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Sat March 17, 2012
by ABC Sport
Source: www.abc.net.auSt George Illawarra showed that tales of its demise are very much exaggerated as the 2010 premiers brushed aside an under-par Wests Tigers 36-12 in Friday's NRL clash at Kogarah.
Dragons coach Steve Price binned the video of his side's 30-4 humbling by Canterbury last Saturday and vowed the Red V would move on from one of its worst performances for years.
And his players showed no ill-effects as they raced out to a 24-6 half-time lead thanks to tries from Mitch Rein, Dan Hunt, Nathan Fien and Ben Hornby.
Dragons debutant Daniel Vidot and Ben Creagh crossed late in the game to seal the comprehensive victory, while Jamie Soward kicked six goals.
Beau Ryan and Joel Reddy were the try-scorers for the Tigers, who have now lost two successive matches and looked anything but preseason premiership favourites as their much-vaunted attacking game failed to fire.
However, the main talking point from the game was three high shots in the first half in a bad-tempered encounter between two sides who have little love for one another.
Wests Tigers stars Benji Marshall and Ryan were both collected by swinging arms in the opening stanza by Jeremy Latimore and Trent Merrin, with Adam Blair doing the same to Dragons winger Jason Nightingale.
Merrin and Latimore went unpunished and although Blair was penalised, no player was put on report by referees Tony Archer and Phil Haines.
All three incidents will almost certainly be scrutinised by the match review committee on Monday.
A lifting tackle by Robbie Farah on Hornby in the opening two minutes will also be looked at with the Tigers skipper escaping any sanctions on the field.
The Dragons were hit by the loss of starting centres Matt Cooper and Beau Scott to injury before the game, forcing Price into a late reshuffle with Kyle Stanley and Nathan Green deputising.
Brett Morris moved to full-back with new recruit Vidot handed a debut on the wing.
Morris revelled in his new role, producing a high-class performance that could see him stay in the position long-term.
The man who was originally earmarked for the role, Tim Moltzen, who decided to remain with the Tigers after the Dragons announced he had signed with them, endured a torrid evening.
The 22-year-old's every touch was jeered by the 18,726-strong crowd, and they roared with delight when he knocked on at the base of the scrum in front of his own posts just before Fien's try.
Soward, who was involved in a running verbal battle with Ryan all game, also had an impressive game at five-eighth as the Dragons sealed their second win in three games.
Price was pleased with the way his side bounced back from last week's poor performance and said the display banished the memories of the heavy defeat to the Bulldogs at the Olympic stadium.
"We showed tonight how the Dragons can play and put a lot of things right from last week," Price said.
The rookie coach refused to condemn the referees for not placing any players on report for the high shots and felt there was no reason for any further action to be taken.
"I couldn't see anything from up in the box. I didn't see any intent and for me there is no major issues," he said.
Veteran Tigers coach Tim Sheens said he was not sure why no action was taken against Merrin for the shot on Ryan after Blair was penalised for an almost identical incident on Nightingale.
Play was stopped to allow the winger to receive treatment, but there was no penalty awarded to the Tigers.
"What ball we did get we threw it away and we trailed 9-3 on the penalty count and I think the crowd got them home from there," Sheens said.
"I am perplexed about the penalty on Nightingale and then being told that the one on Ryan wasn't a penalty because he was falling.
"I've never known where I stand with the judiciary and referees. You can have no penalty and a player cited and a then a referee puts a player on report and they let it go.
"They are on different pages sometimes."
Dragons: 36 (B Creagh, N Fien, B Hornby, D Hunt, M Rein, D Vidot tries; J Soward 6/7 goals)
Wests Tigers: 12 (J Reddy, B Ryan tries; B Marshall 2/2 goals)
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Source: www.dragons.com.auSt George Bank Dragons prop Dan Hunt will make his milestone 100th Dragons appearance when he takes to the field against the New Zealand Warriors at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Sunday.
The Dapto Canaries junior made his first grade debut for the Dragons in the opening round of the 2007 season against the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium after starting off his career within the Club's junior ranks.
"It's a nice milestone to have achieved and hopefully it can be celebrated this weekend with a win over the New Zealand Warriors," said Hunt.
"We're playing back on home turf at WIN Stadium, Wollongong for the final two games so we'll be aiming to use it as a base to start building some momentum leading into the finals.
"We're expecting it to be a tough battle against the Warriors but I'm confident that our defence is back to where it should be."
NRL v Warriors
2.00pm Sunday, August 28
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Coach: Wayne Bennett
1 Darius Boyd
2 Brett Morris
3 Mark Gasnier
4 Matt Cooper
5 Jason Nightingale
6 Jamie Soward
7 Ben Hornby [c]
8 Dan Hunt
9 Dean Young
10 Michael Weyman
11 Beau Scott
12 Ben Creagh
13 Matt Prior
14 Adam Cuthbertson
15 Trent Merrin
16 Jon Green
17 Kyle Stanley
18 Nathan Fien
20 Mitch Rein
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 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
9 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 3 [16 Mar 12] W 36-12 v Wests Tigers (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 4 [24 Mar 12] W 17-6 v Manly (H). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [30 Mar 12] L 20-28 v Brisbane (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [07 Apr 12] L 0-12 v Cronulla (A). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [13 Apr 12] W 12-4 v Newcastle (H). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [25 Apr 12] W 28-24 v Roosters (H). [PR]
[View] Round 9 [04 May 12] L 6-30 v North Qld (A). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [14 May 12] L 12-13 v Penrith (A). [PR]
[View] Round 11 [20 May 12] L 18-19 v Souths (H). [PR]
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2011 World Club Challenge
St George Illawarra Dragons
1 games; [View] WCC [27 Feb 11] W 21-15 v Wigan (A). [PR]
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
25 games; [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 11] W 25-16 v Titans (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 11] L 10-16 v Cronulla (A). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [27 Mar 11] W 25-12 v Warriors (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 11] W 20-18 v Knights (A). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 11] W 25-6 v Canterbury (H). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 11] W 16-0 v Rabbitohs (A). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 11] W 24-10 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 11] W 30-0 v Eels (H). [PR]
[View] Round 9 [08 May 11] W 22-8 v Cowboys (H). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 11] W 15-10 v Canterbury (A). [PR]
[View] Round 12 [29 May 11] W 24-18 v Wests Tigers (H). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [03 Jun 11] D 14-14 v Eels (A). [PR]
[View] Round 14 [10 Jun 11] L 14-28 v Titans (H). [PR]
[View] Round 15 [17 Jun 11] L 14-21 v Broncos (A). [PR]
[View] Round 16 [27 Jun 11] W 24-6 v Sea Eagles (H). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 11] L 10-14 v Knights (H). [PR]
[View] Round 19 [18 Jul 11] W 38-8 v Cronulla (H). [PR]
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 11] L 24-34 v Rabbitohs (H). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [05 Aug 11] L 14-16 v Wests Tigers (A). [PR]
[View] Round 23 [14 Aug 11] L 12-20 v Roosters (H). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 11] L 6-8 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 11] W 26-22 v Warriors (H). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 11] W 32-12 v Panthers (H). [PR]
[View] Finals Week 1 [09 Sep 11] L 12-21 v Wests Tigers. [PR]
[View] Finals Week 2 [17 Sep 11] L 12-13 v Brisbane. [PR]
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2011 City vs Country
Country Origin
1 games; [View] Place of Origin [06 May 11] W 18-12 v City Origin (H). [PR]
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
10 games; [View] Round 1 [12 Mar 10] W 18-12 v Eels (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 10] W 26-6 v Bulldogs (H). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [26 Mar 10] W 33-8 v Cowboys (H). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 10] L 4-17 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 10] W 34-16 v Broncos (H). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 10] W 19-6 v Titans (A). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 10] W 28-6 v Roosters (H). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [01 May 10] W 38-0 v Sharks (H). [PR]
[View] Round 9 [08 May 10] L 6-24 v Sea Eagles (A). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [14 May 10] W 19-6 v Bulldogs (A). [PR]
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
26 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Mar 09] L 16-17 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 09] W 16-10 v Titans (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [29 Mar 09] W 10-6 v Sharks (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 09] W 25-12 v Broncos (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 09] W 22-8 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 09] L 18-24 v Knights (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 09] W 29-0 v Roosters (A). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [03 May 09] W 12-11 v Warriors (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [09 May 09] L 20-24 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 09] W 20-18 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [23 May 09] W 26-4 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [29 May 09] W 38-10 v Panthers (H). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [08 Jun 09] L 24-28 v Titans (A). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [14 Jun 09] W 32-18 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 09] W 21-10 v Tigers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 09] W 34-12 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [12 Jul 09] W 48-18 v Sea Eagles (H). [PR]
[View] Round 20 [26 Jul 09] W 29-4 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [31 Jul 09] W 26-12 v Storm (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [07 Aug 09] W 25-6 v Panthers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 09] L 12-24 v Raiders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 09] L 2-12 v Broncos (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [29 Aug 09] L 6-41 v Rabbitohs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 09] W 37-0 v Eels (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [13 Sep 09] L 12-25 v Eels. [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 09] L 10-24 v Broncos. [BE]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
24 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 2 [24 Mar 08] W 30-12 v Gold Coast (H). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [29 Mar 08] L 14-21 v Raiders (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [05 Apr 08] L 16-18 v Sharks (H). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [12 Apr 08] L 16-20 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [19 Apr 08] L 18-30 v Bulldogs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] W 26-6 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [11 May 08] L 18-19 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [17 May 08] W 36-12 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [23 May 08] W 20-18 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [01 Jun 08] W 26-12 v Rabbitohs (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [06 Jun 08] W 28-10 v Broncos (H). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [20 Jun 08] W 13-12 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] W 26-22 v Gold Coast (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [05 Jul 08] W 24-16 v Knights (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [13 Jul 08] L 12-19 v Raiders (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [21 Jul 08] L 0-26 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [28 Jul 08] W 30-0 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [02 Aug 08] L 12-13 v Sharks (A). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [08 Aug 08] L 10-18 v Tigers (H). [PR]
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 08] W 24-20 v Broncos (A). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [24 Aug 08] W 34-6 v Warriors (H). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [30 Aug 08] W 40-14 v Eels (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 08] L 0-10 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Finals Week 1 [13 Sep 08] L 6-38 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
St George Illawarra Dragons
18 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [18 Mar 07] W 20-18 v Gold Coast (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [23 Mar 07] L 12-16 v Knights (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [31 Mar 07] L 18-22 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [09 Apr 07] L 4-40 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [14 Apr 07] L 10-24 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [04 May 07] W 28-16 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [13 May 07] L 8-27 v Tigers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [25 May 07] L 6-30 v Raiders (A). [PR]
[View] Round 15 [24 Jun 07] L 6-28 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [01 Jul 07] W 26-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [08 Jul 07] W 58-16 v Raiders (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [21 Jul 07] W 38-20 v Panthers (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [28 Jul 07] L 24-28 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 07] W 20-4 v Knights (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [11 Aug 07] L 14-24 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [18 Aug 07] L 14-24 v Cowboys (A). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [27 Aug 07] W 14-6 v Eels (H). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] L 24-28 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
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