CLUB
AND TEAM RECORDS, FIRST GRADE 1921- 2005
First
Grade Premiers TOTAL = 15
St George Dragons:
15
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 0 |
•St
George
1941 1949 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1977
1979 |
First
Grade Runners-Up TOTAL = 14
St George Dragons:
13
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 1 |
•St
George
1927 1930 1933 1937 1942 1946 1953
1971 1975 1985 1992 1993 1996
•St George Illawarra
1999 |
|
First
Grade Grand Finals appearances
TOTAL = 26
To win
an Australian Rugby League Grand
Final is widely regarded as the
greatest prize of all.... The
Dragons, with 26 grand final appearances
are twice that of their nearest
rivals...
more
>>> a brief outline of
grand final history - click
here
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•St George
1930 1942 1946 1949 1953 1956
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1971 1975
1977 1977replay 1979 1985 1992
1993 1996
•St George Illawarra
1999
NB: St
George also contested the following
'Finals' (ie non grand final competitions):
1927 1933 1937
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First
Grade Minor Premiers
TOTAL = 15
(ie most competition points prior
to semi-finals)
St George Dragons: 15
Illawarra Steelers: 0
St George Illawarra Dragons: 0
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•St
George
1928* 1946 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1979
1985
* Equal minor premiers
in 1928 with but with better for
and against record.
NB: Also equal minor premiers with
Wests in 1961 and with Canterbury
in 1993 but with lower for and against
record. (1961 reports show that
the NSWRL awarded the prize jointly
between Wests & St George). |
Club
Championships TOTAL = 18
In 1930, the
NSWRL introduced a club championship...
St George have won the most club
championships...
more
>>> a brief outline on
Club Championships- click here |
•St
George
1940
1942 1946 1949 1951 1955 1956 1957
1958 1959 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1971 1984 1985 |
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Other
Championships
|
•St George
Night Football Champions, 1933
Winners Cup-Tie, 1944 1959
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup,
1963 1964 1965 1971
Panasonic (Mid Week) Cup, 1988
•Illawarra:
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup,
1992
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Charity
Shield
The
Charity Shield is an annual event
and trial match between St George
and South Sydney. Proceeds from
gate takings are donated to charity
- the original tradition seeing
donations being made to hospitals
in the St George and South Sydney
districts.
In all, there have been 23 Charity
Shields with the honours going
to St George 13, Souths 7 and
three draws.
The Charity Shield match is generally
regarded as an indication that
the Rugby League Football season
has begun.
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1982
- St George 9-7 at Redfern Oval.
1983 - St George 28-10 at Redfern
Oval.
1984 - South Sydney 24-6 at Redfern
Oval.
1985 - St George 10-8 at Redfern
Oval.
1986 - St George 12-0 at Redfern
Oval.
1987 - St George 28-14 at Redfern
Oval.
1988 - South Sydney 30-6 at Redfern
Oval.
1989 - South Sydney 20-16 at SFS.
1990 - Drawn 10-all at SFS.
1991 - Drawn 16-all at SFS.
1992 - South Sydney 21-20 at SFS.
1993 - St George 10-8 at SFS.
1994 - St George 14-11 at SFS.
1995 - St George 18-10 at SFS.
1996 - St George 30-6 at SFS.
1997 - St George 26-18 at SFS.
1998 - St George 14-4 at SFS.
1999 - South Sydney 16-14 at SFS.
2002 - Drawn 20-all at Aussie Stadium.
2003 - St George 28-10 at Aussie
Stadium.
2004 - St George 34-8 at Aussie
Stadium.
2005 - Souths 30-6 at Aussie Stadium.
2006
- Souths 14-12 at Telstra Stadium.
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Second
Grade / Reserve Grade /
First Division / Premier League
Premiers
TOTAL = 7 |
•St George
1938 1962 1963 1964 1976 1985
•St George Illawarra
2001
|
Second
Grade / Reserve Grade /
First Division / Premier League
Runners-Up
TOTAL = 17
|
•St George
1927 1931 1940 1941 1942 1950
1951 1955 1958 1959 1965 1971
1972 1973 1978 1984
•St George Illawarra
2002
|
Third
Grade / U23s /
Jersey Flegg Premiers
TOTAL = 16 |
•St
George
1940 1942 1949 1951 1953 1957 1963
1965 1966 1972 1974 1983 1985 1987
1996
•St George Illawarra
2005 |
Third
Grade / U23s /
Jersey Flegg Runners-Up
TOTAL = 11
|
•St
George
1930 1943 1958 1964 1971 1978 1979
1984 1990 1992
•St George Illawarra
2002 |
|
Biggest
Wins
|
•St
George 91 - Canterbury 6
Earl Park 11 May 1935 (Premiership
record)
•Illawarra 45 - Canberra Raiders
0
Wollongong 25 April 1982
•St George
Illawarra 54 - Warriors 0
WIN Stadium 6 May 2000 |
|
Worst
Defeats
|
•St
George 0 - Manly Sea Eagles 61
Brookvale Oval 3 July 1994
•Illawarra
0 - Newtown Jets 51
Henson Park 2 May 1982
•St George Illawarra 10 - Melbourne
Storm 70
M.C.G. 3 March 2000 |
|
Longest
Winning Streak
|
•St
George
12 matches 6 June 1958 - 24 May
1959
(St George went
through the 1959 season undefeated,
however they drew one game. During
this period, the Saints played an
amazing 23 matches without loss).
•Illawarra
4 matches 4 July - 25 July 1993
4 matches 25 June - 17 July 1997
•St George
Illawarra
7 matches 22 May - 17 July 1999
7
matches 24 June - 9 July 2006
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Longest
Losing Streak
|
•St
George
8 matches 3 July - 28 August 1926
•Illawarra
11 matches 1988
•St George
Illawarra
5 matches 14 July - 13 August 2006 |
|
Largest
Home Crowd
|
•St
George Dragons v South Sydney
Rabbitohs 23,582 Kogarah
Jubilee Oval 4 May 1975
•Illawarra
Steelers v St George Dragons 17,527
WIN Stadium Wollongong
21 May 1993
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney
Roosters 20,578 Aussie
(Sydney Football) Stadium 25 April
2002
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs
18,932 WIN Stadium Wollongong
18 April 2004
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks
16,915 Kogarah Jubilee
Oval 20 June 2004
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks
17,113 Kogarah Jubilee
Oval 24 July 2005
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Eels
17,523 Kogarah Jubilee
Oval 21 August 2005
•St
George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks
19,608 WIN Stadium Wollongong
10 September 2005
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Largest
Grand Final Crowd
|
•St
George v South Sydney Rabbitohs
78,056 Sydney Cricket Ground
18 September 1965 (Australian Rugby
League record at the time)
•St George
Illawarra v Melbourne Storm 107,999
Stadium Australia 26 Sept 1999 (World
record Rugby League crowd) |
| Most
consecutive Grand Final Wins |
•St
George Dragons 11, 1956-1966
(World first grade record for
any elite team in any sport) |
| Won
three grades in one season |
•St
George Dragons 1963 |
| Undefeated
premiers |
•St
George Dragons 1959 |
INDIVIDUAL
RECORDS, FIRST GRADE 1921- 2005
|
Most
Tries in a Match
|
•St
George
Jack Lindwall 6 tries v
Manly, Hurstville Oval, 3 May
1947
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 5 tries Gold
Coast Chargers, Steelers Stadium,
4 May 1991
•St
George Illawarra
Matt Cooper 4 tries v Penrith
Panthers, WIN Stadium, 18 April
2004
Mark Gasnier 4 tries v
Wests Tigers, Kogarah Jubilee
Oval, 29 June 2004
Dragons hat tricks since 1999:
Jamie Ainscough 3 tries
v North Sydney Bears,
WIN Stadium, 4 April 1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Canberra Raiders, Kogarah Jubilee
Oval, 18 April 1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Manly
Sea Eagles, WIN Stadium, 28 August
1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Melbourne Storm, Olympic Park,
4 September 1999
Anthony Mundine 3 tries
v Cronulla Sharks, Stadium Australia,
19 September 1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Northern
Eagles, NorthPower Stadium, 26
February 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Auckland Warriors, WIN Stadium,
6 May 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Wests Tigers, Campbelltown Stadium,
9 June 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Canterbury Bulldogs, Sydney
Showground, 20 May 2001
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Wests Tigers,
Leichhardt Oval, 3 June 2001
Lee Hookey 3 tries v Wests
Tigers, WIN Stadium, 18 May 2002
Mark Gasnier 3 tries v
Wests Tigers, Campbelltown Stadium,
28 July 2002
Shane Laloata 3 tries v
Brisbane Broncos, Aussie Stadium,
26 May 2002
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v South Sydney
Rabbitohs, WIN Stadium, 21 June
2003
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries
v Penrith Panthers,
WIN Stadium, 03 August 2003
Ben Hornby 3 tries v Sharks,
Toyota Park, 01 May 2004
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Most
Goals in a Match
|
•St
George
Les Griffin 15 goals v Canterbury,
Earl Park
11 May 1935
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 10 goals v Parramatta
Eels, Steelers Stadium 16 July 1995
•St George
Illawarra
Amos Roberts 9 goals v Auckland
Warriors, WIN Stadium 6 May 2000 |
|
Most
Points in a Match
|
•St
George
Les Griffin 36 points (2
tries, 15 goals) v Canterbury, Earl
Park 11 May 1935
Jack Lindwall 36 points (6
tries, 9 goals) v Manly, Hurstville
Oval 3 May 1947
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 22 points (1
try, 9 goals) v Western Suburbs,
Steelers Stadium
27 August 1995
Rod Wishart 22 points (3
tries, 5 goals) v Newcastle Knights,
Marathon Stadium
4 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2
tries, 7 goals) v Penrith Panthers,
Steelers Stadium
25 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2
tries, 7 goals) v South Sydney Rabbitohs,
WIN Stadium
9 March 1997
•St George
Illawarra
Amos Roberts 22 points (1
try, 9 goals) v Auckland Warriors,
WIN Stadium
6 May 2000 (premiership record for
points scored on debut) |
|
Most
Tries in a Season
|
•St
George
Tommy Ryan 26 tries, Season
1957
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 19 tries, Season
1991
•St George
Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 27 tries,
Season 2001 |
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Most
Goals in a Season
|
•St
George
Harry Bath 108 goals, Season
1958
•Illawarra
John Dorahy 76 goals, Season
1983
•St George
Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 71 goals, Season
1999 |
|
Most
Points in a Season
|
•St
George
Harry Bath 225 points, (3
tries, 108 goals) Season 1958
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 176 points, (11
tries, 66 goals) Season 1995
•St George
Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 162 points,
(5 tries, 71 goals) Season 1999 |
|
Most
Tries in Club History
The
second highest try scorer was
St George Immortal, Reg Gasnier
who scored 127 tries in 129 matches
(1959-1967)
Nathan Blacklock also scored 20
tries for St George to give him
a total of 120 tries from 137
matches (1997-2004)
|
•St
George
Johnny King 143 tries, 1960-1971
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 68 tries, 1989-1998
•St George
Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 100 tries,
1999-2004 (+ 20 for St George
= 120 tries since 1997) |
|
Most
Goals in Club History
|
•St
George
Graeme Langlands 648 goals,
1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 386 goals, 1989-1998
•St
George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 79 goals, 1999-2002
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Most
Points in Club History
|
•St
George
Graeme Langlands 1554 points,
(86 tries, 648 goals) 1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 1044 points,
(68 tries, 386 goals) 1989-1998
•St George
Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 374 points,
(8 tries, 171 goals) 1999-2001 |
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Most
Grand Final Appearances
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 11, 1953, 1956-1965 |
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Top
10 First Grade / NRL Appearances
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 256, Billy Smith 234,
Craig Young 234, Graeme Langlands
227, Michael Beattie 210, Mark Coyne
207, Ricky Walford 207, Rod Reddy
204, Barry Beath 198, Graeme Wynn
195
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 167, Brett Rodwell
156, Rod Wishart 154, Neil Piccinelli
145, Brian Hetherington 144, John
Cross 137, Alan McIndoe 125, Paul
McGregor 124, John Simon 120, David
Walsh 114
•St George
Illawarra
Trent Barrett 134 (179 since 1996)*,
Lance Thompson 132 (201 since 1995),
Nathan Blacklock 114 (137 since
1997), Shaun Timmins 113 (199 since
1994)*, Ben Hornby 107*, Luke Bailey
100*, Matt Cooper 99*, Jason Ryles
98*, Mark Gasnier 94*, Jason Hooper
79 (90 since 1998), Chris Leikvoll
75 (111 since 1997), Dean Young
73*, Wayne Bartrim 72 (155 since
1995), Jamie Ainscough 69, Andrew
Hart 67 (97 since 1997), Darren
Treacy 66 (106 since 1997), Lee
Hookey 61
*~2005 |
|
Top
10 All Grade Appearances
|
•St
George
Billy Smith 297, Norm Provan 283,
Robert Stone 281, Michael Beattie
273, Ricky Walford 246, Graeme Wynn
244, Barry Beath 236, Rod Reddy
235, Craig Young 234, Graeme Langlands
232, Mark Coyne 232
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 212, Neil Piccinelli
182, Dean Hanson 175, Brett Rodwell
170, Dean Callaway 164, Alan McIndoe
163, David Walsh 159, Rod Wishart
157, Ian Russell 155, John Cross
154 |
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Australian
Test Captains
TOTAL = 6
|
•St
George
Ken Kearney 1956
Reg Gasnier 1962-1967
Ian Walsh 1963-1966
Johnny Raper 1967
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974
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Australian
World Cup Captains
TOTAL = 3
|
•St
George
Johnny Raper 1968
Billy Smith 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974 |
'Dally
M' Medal Winners TOTAL = 2
Best
First Grade / NRL player of the
year - awarded after votes are tallied
for every First Grade match throughout
the season.
|
•St
George
Michael Potter 1991
•St George
Illawarra
Trent Barrett 2000 |
'Clive
Churchill' Medal Winners
TOTAL = 1
Best
player in the Grand Final. |
•St
George
Brad Mackay 1993 |
|
New
South Wales Player of the Year
TOTAL = 7
Defunct
awards, best player in the First
Grade / NSWRL
|
•St
George
Ken Kearney 1955, Norm Provan 1957,
Reg Gasnier 1959, 1961, 1964, John
Raper 1960, 1964, Ian Walsh 1963,
Billy Smith 1966, Graeme Langlands
1970 |
Sun
Herald Best and Fairest Awards
TOTAL = 4
Defunct
awards, best and fairest First Grade
/ NSWRL player
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 1954, John Raper 1960,
1963, 1967, Billy Smith 1966, Graeme
Langlands 1970 |
|
International
Representatives
St
George 48
Illawarra 4
St George Illawarra 9
TOTAL = 61
|
•St
George
Wayne Bartrim 1995-1996
Barry Beath 1971
Tony Branson 1968,
1971
Bob Bugden 1959-1960
George Carstairs 1921-1922
(first St George
junior international)
Brian Clay 1957, 1959-1960
Mark Coyne 1995-1997
Percy Fairall 1935-1938
Wally Fullerton-Smith
1988
Fred Gardner Snr 1933-1934
Reg Gasnier 1959-1965,
1967-1968
Ted Goodwin 1972-1973
Scott Gourley 1991
Johnny Hawke 1949,
1951
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Jack Holland 1948-1950
Pat Jarvis 1983
Alec 'Rick' Johnston
1921-1922
Brian Johnston 1987
Arthur Justice 1928-1930
Ken Kearney 1952-1958
Johnny King 1966-1968,
1970
Ross Kite 1955
Graeme Langlands 1963-1975
Eddie Lumsden 1959-1963
Brad Mackay 1990,
1992-1994
Matt McCoy 1949
Doug McRitchie 1948-1950
Noel Mulligan 1951
Kevin O'Brien 1956-1957
Michael O'Connor 1986
Bryan Orrock 1956-1957
Noel Pidding 1948,
1950-53
Norm Provan 1954,
1956-1960
Graeme Quinn 1980
Johnny Raper 1959-1960,
1962-1964, 1966-1968
Elton Rasmussen 1962,
1967-1968
Rod Reddy 1977-1980,
1982
John Riley 1959-1960
Ron Roberts 1949-1950
Steve Rogers 1983
Kevin Ryan 1963-1964
Tommy Ryan 1952-1953
Billy Smith 1964-1968,
1970
Ian Walsh 1962-1966
Billy Wilson 1959-1960
John Wittenberg 1968-1970
Graeme Wynn 1980
Craig Young 1978-1982,
1984
•Illawarra
Bob Lindner 1993
Alan McIndoe 1988
Paul McGregor 1994-1995, 1997
Rod Wishart 1991-1992, 1994-1996
•St
George Illawarra
Luke Bailey 2003-2004
Trent Barrett 2000-2002, 2004-2005
Nathan Blacklock 2001
Matt Cooper 2004-2005
Ben Creagh 2005
Mark Gasnier 2001, 2005
Jason Ryles 2001-2002, 2004-2005
Craig Smith (NZ) 1999-2001
Shaun Timmins 1999-2000, 2002, 2004 |
|
St
George Illawarra Player of the
Year
Best
First Grader
Sponsored by Intergral Energy
1999-2003, St George Bank 2004-2005
|
Jamie
Ainscough 1999
Trent Barrett 2000
Jason Ryles 2001
Shaun Timmins 2002
Ben Hornby 2003
Mathew Head 2004
Luke Bailey 2005 |
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St
George Life Memberships
1938-2003
|
Fuesedale,
R.D - 1938
Gilbert, H - 1938
Hall, W.J - 1938
McGraw, J.W - 1938
Yager, A.W - 1938
Burt, J.H - 1939
Moymow, A.V - 1941
Killiby, T - 1942
Brown, R - 1944
Harding, W - 1944
Justice, A.J - 1944
Mogridge, J.R - 1947
Ross, D - 1948
Clarkson, A - 1949
Sadlier, W - 1951
Fahy, C.W - 1952
Kelly, LT - 1953
wales, B.P - 1954
Tipping, N - 1955
O'Connor, R - 1957
McGrath, J.F - 1958
Proops, J - 1960
Summerell, W - 1961
Mackie, A.I - 1962
( MBE )
Maher, H.C - 1963
Provan, N - 1963
Brown, A.G - 1964
Facer, F.H - 1964
Black, E.H - 1965
( OBE )
Price, G - 1965
Dellow, L.C - 1966
Floods, R.S - 1966
Clay, B - 1967
Ellwood, J - 1968
Lumsden, E - 1969
Raper, J - 1971 (
MBE )
Gardner, F.H - 1972
Langlands, G - 1973
( MBE )
Smith, W - 1973
Palmer, I - 1974
Beath, B - 1976
Fleming, J - 1980
Reddy, R - 1981
Summerell, W - 1982
Ryder, D - 1982
Stone, R - 1984
Jansen, J - 1986
Wynn, G - 1988
Young, C - 1988
Gasnier, R - 1989
Grant, J - 1989
Johnston, B - 1990
Beattie, M - 1990
Kearney, K - 1991
Robbins, A - 1991
Doust, L - 1992
King, J - 1992
Starkey, B - 1993
Carroll, P - 1993
Lindwall, J - 1994
Kite, R - 1995
Kenyon, B - 1996
Walford, R - 1996
McRitchie, D - 1997
McLelland,
D - 2000
French, J - 2000
Connelly, R - 2001
Saunders, W - 2001
Lockwood, W - 2002
Kinna, D - 2002
Grosvenor, R - 2003
Robinson, D - 2003 |
| Coach
Appointments Since 1921 |
•St
George
David Waite (1996-98), Brian Smith
(1991-95), Craig Young (1989-90),
Ted Glossop (1988), Roy Masters
(1982-87), Harry Bath (1977-81),
Graeme Langlands (1972-76), Jack
Gibson (1970-71), Johnny Raper (1969),
Norm Provan (1962-65, 1968), Ian
Walsh (1966-67), Ken Kearney (1954-55,
1957-61), Norm Tipping (1953, 1956),
John Hawke (1951-52), Jim Duckworth
(1948-50), Doug McRitchie (1947),
Arthur Justice (1936, 1947), Charlie
Lynch (1947), Herb Narvo (1946),
Percy Williams (1945), Bill Kelly
(1944), Neville Smith (1939-41,
1943), Len Kelly (1942), Norm Pope
(1938), Frank Burge (1927-30, 1937),
Peter Burge (1937), Eddie Root (1936),
Albert Johnston (1933-35), Harry
Kadwell (1931-32), Herb Gilbert
(1921-24).
•Illawarra
Andrew Farrar (1997-98), Allan McMahon
(1996), Graham Murray (1991-95),
Ron Hilditch (1989-90), Terry Fearnley
(1988), Brian Smith (1984-87), Allan
Fitzgibbon (1982-83 and 1995).
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Brown (2003-), Andrew Farrar
(2000-02), David Waite & Andrew
Farrar (1999-2000).
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