# 2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season is the 25th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain Ben Hunt and Head Coach Anthony Griffin retain their club roles for the 3rd consecutive season before being sacked before round 8 of the 2023 season being replaced by Ryan Carr.

## Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.

### Gains

| Player/Coach | Previous Club | Length |
| Zane Musgrove | Wests Tigers | 2024 |
| Nick Lui-Toso | Northern Pride RLFC | 2023 |
| Jacob Liddle | Wests Tigers | 2023 |
| Ben Murdoch-Masila | New Zealand Warriors | 2024 |
| Paul Turner | Gold Coast Titans | 2024 |

### Losses

| Player/Coach | New Club |
| Jackson Ford | New Zealand Warriors |
| George Burgess | Retired |
| Poasa Faamausili | Dolphins |
| Jack Gosiewski | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Andrew McCullough | retired |
| Tariq Sims | Melbourne Storm |
| Josh McGuire | Warrington Wolves |

## Pre-Season Challenge

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Saturday, 11 February | Trial 1 | St Helens | WIN Stadium | 18 – 30 | Zac Lomax 18' Treigh Stewart 21' Savelio Tamale 72' | Zac Lomax (2/2) Alexander Lobb (1/1) | 6,463 |
| Saturday, 18 February | Trial 2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Glen Willow Oval | 24 – 42 | Moses Mbye 49' Jayden Sullivan 58' Mathew Feagai 65' Jacob Liddle 76' | Zac Lomax (4/4) | 8,317 |

## Regular season

Source:

### Ladder

2023 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
| 2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
| 5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
| 7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
| 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
| 10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
| 12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
| 13 | Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
| 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
| 16 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |
FG = Field Goal
PG = Penalty Goal

### Matches

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| | 1 | BYE | | | | | |
| Sunday, 12 March | 2 | Gold Coast Titans | Jubilee Oval | 32 - 18 | Jacob Liddle 31' Ben Hunt 36' Mikaele Ravalawa 39' Tyrell Sloan 45' Blake Lawrie 66' | Zac Lomax (3/5) PG: Zac Lomax (3/3) | 8,538 |
| Saturday, 18 March | 3 | Brisbane Broncos | Lang Park | 40 - 18 | Mathew Feagai 6' Tyrell Sloan 27' Jayden Sullivan 33' | Zac Lomax (2/3) PG: Zac Lomax (1/2) | 26,612 |
| Sunday, 26 March | 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Jubilee Oval | 08 - 40 | Ben Hunt 19' Jaydn Su'a 24' | Zac Lomax (0/2) | 15,126 |
| Saturday, 1 April | 5 | Dolphins | WIN Stadium | 38 - 12 | Jacob Liddle 18' Blake Lawrie 26' Zac Lomax 41' Ben Hunt 53' Mikaele Ravalawa 61' Mikaele Ravalawa 67' Tyrell Sloan 74' | Zac Lomax (5/7) | 16,472 |
| Sunday, 9 April | 6 | Gold Coast Titans | Cbus Super Stadium | 20 - 18 | Zac Lomax 17' Mikaele Ravalawa 42' Ben Hunt 73' | Zac Lomax (2/3) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 12,452 |
| Sunday, 16 April | 7 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium | 20 - 14 | Tautau Moga 38' Mathew Feagai 53' Tautau Moga 77' | Zac Lomax (0/3) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 13,817 |
| Tuesday, 25 April | 8 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 27 - 26 | Tautau Moga 15' Jack Bird 33' Tautau Moga 50' Tyrell Sloan 52' Tautau Moga 58' | Zac Lomax (3/5) | 40,191 |
| Sunday, 30 April | 9 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | WIN Stadium | 18 - 16 | Mathew Feagai 18' Toby Couchman 46' Max Feagai 59' | Zac Lomax (2/3) | 16,678 |
| Sunday, 7 May | 10 | Wests Tigers | Lang Park | 18 - 16 | Mikaele Ravalawa 9' Jayden Sullivan 31' Jayden Sullivan 52' | Jayden Sullivan (2/3) | 34,568 |
| Saturday, 13 May | 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 42 - 22 | Jack De Belin 2' Jaydn Su'a 55' Mikaele Ravalawa 68' Mosese Suli 78' | Jayden Sullivan (1/1) Jack Bird (1/1) Moses Mbye (1/1) Tyrell Sloan (0/1) | 17,852 |
| Friday, 19 May | 12 | Sydney Roosters | Jubilee Oval | 24 - 22 | Mosese Suli 7' Ben Hunt 12' Jaydn Su'a 72' Mathew Feagai 79' | Zac Lomax (3/4) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 9,007 |
| Thursday, 25 May | 13 | Dolphins | Kayo Stadium | 26 - 12 | Jack Bird 5' Toby Couchman 39' | Zac Lomax (1/2) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 10,047 |
| Sunday, 4 June | 14 | Penrith Panthers | BlueBet Stadium | 26 - 18 | Mikaele Ravalawa 14' Mikaele Ravalawa 36' Zac Lomax 65' | Zac Lomax (1/3) PG: Zac Lomax (2/2) | 16,912 |
| Saturday, 10 June | 15 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Jubilee Oval | 36 - 30 | Ben Hunt 15' Mikaele Ravalawa 19' Jacob Liddle 50' Jaydn Su'a 60' Michael Molo 66' Jaiyden Hunt 72' | Zac Lomax (5/6) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 17,357 |
| | 16 | BYE | | | | | |
| Friday, 25 June | 17 | New Zealand Warriors | WIN Stadium | 48 - 18 | Tyrell Sloan 13' Zane Musgrove 45' Francis Molo 66' | Zac Lomax (3/3) | 9,275 |
| Thursday, 29 June | 18 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | PointsBet Stadium | 52 - 16 | Mikaele Ravalawa 1' Tautau Moga 20' Tyrell Sloan 50' | Zac Lomax (2/3) | 10,267 |
| Friday, 7 July | 19 | Canberra Raiders | WIN Stadium | 36 - 26 | Mikaele Ravalawa 33' Zac Lomax 41' Mikaele Ravalawa 56' Zac Lomax 61' Mikaele Ravalawa 63' | Zac Lomax (3/5) | 9,319 |
| | 20 | BYE | | | | | |
| Thursday, 20 July | 21 | Wests Tigers | WIN Stadium | 18 - 14 | Tyrell Sloan 16' Zac Lomax 22' Mikaele Ravalawa 63 | Zac Lomax (3/3) | 7,246 |
| Saturday, 29 July | 22 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | WIN Stadium | 24 - 18 | Francis Molo 6' Billy Burns 57' Tyrell Sloan 69' | Zac Lomax (2/3) PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) | 14,872 |
| Sunday, 6 August | 23 | Parramatta Eels | CommBank Stadium | 26 - 20 | Mikaele Ravalawa 19' Mikaele Ravalawa 25' Mikaele Ravalawa 38' Mikaele Ravalawa 49' | Zac Lomax (2/4) | 23,596 |
| Saturday, 12 August | 24 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Barlow Park | 26 - 14 | Mikaele Ravalawa 19' Ben Hunt 44' Tyrell Sloan 65' | Ben Hunt (1/3) | 8,378 |
| Saturday, 19 August | 25 | Melbourne Storm | WIN Stadium | 38 - 28 | Billy Burns 12' Tyrell Sloan 17' Talatau Amone 24' Billy Burns 43' Mikaele Ravalawa 73' | Ben Hunt (4/5) | 8,326 |
| Friday, 25 August | 26 | New Zealand Warriors | Mount Smart Stadium | 18 - 6 | Zac Lomax 61' | Zac Lomax (1/1) | 25,095 |
| Saturday, 2 September | 27 | Newcastle Knights | Jubilee Oval | 32 - 12 | Ben Hunt 17' Mikaele Ravalawa 66' | Zac Lomax (2/2) | 10,137 |