2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the second in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2000 premiership season. The team finished ninth in the regular season, missing out on finals for the first time in their history.

Squad gains and losses[edit]

or	Player	1999 Club	2000 Club	Source
	Jamie Fitzgerald	North Sydney Bears	St. George Illawarra Dragons	[1]
	Solomon Haumono	Balmain Tigers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Lee Hookey	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Wes Patten	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Robbie Simpson	London Broncos (Super League)	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Craig Fitzgibbon	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Roosters
	Brad Mackay	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Bradford Bulls (Super League)
	Matthew Rodwell	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Penrith Panthers
	Warren Carney	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers
	Mark Coyne	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
	Paul McGregor	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
	Rod Wishart	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement

Ladder[edit]

2000 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos (P)	26	18	2	6	696	388	+308	38
2	Sydney Roosters	26	16	0	10	601	520	+81	32
3	Newcastle Knights	26	15	1	10	686	532	+154	31
4	Canberra Raiders	26	15	0	11	506	479	+27	30
5	Penrith Panthers	26	15	0	11	573	562	+11	30
6	Melbourne Storm	26	14	1	11	672	529	+143	29
7	Parramatta Eels	26	14	1	11	476	456	+20	29
8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26	13	0	13	570	463	+107	26
9	St George Illawarra Dragons	26	12	0	14	576	656	-80	24
10	Wests Tigers	26	11	2	13	519	642	-123	24
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26	10	1	15	469	553	-84	21
12	Northern Eagles	26	9	0	17	476	628	-152	18
13	Auckland Warriors	26	8	2	16	426	662	-236	18
14	North Queensland Cowboys	26	7	0	19	436	612	-176	121

¹ North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Ladder progression[edit]

Season results[edit]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date	Venue	Referee	Attendance	Source
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 – 28	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	5 February	Stadium Australia	Tim Mander	62,255	[3]
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 – 6	North Queensland Cowboys	12 February	Wollongong Showground	Matt Hewitt	6,024	[4]
3	St. George Illawarra Dragons	14 – 16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	18 February	Sydney Football Stadium	Sean Hampstead	16,163	[5]
4	Northern Eagles	20 – 21	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26 February	Central Coast Stadium	Tim Mander	19,092	[6]
5	Melbourne Storm	70 – 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	3 March	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Bill Harrigan	23,239	[7]
6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	9 – 15	Wests Tigers	12 March	Wollongong Showground	Paul Simpkins	12,021	[8]
7	Auckland Warriors	8 – 36	St. George Illawarra Dragons	18 March	Mount Smart Stadium	Mark Oaten	11,129	[9]
8	Newcastle Knights	18 – 25	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24 March	Newcastle International Sports Centre	Sean Hampstead	12,842	[10]
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24 – 18	Canberra Raiders	2 April	Sydney Football Stadium	Sean Hampstead	9,812	[11]
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24 – 20	Sydney Roosters	9 April	Wollongong Showground	Steve Clark	13,221	[12]
11	Brisbane Broncos	34 – 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16 April	Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre	Tim Mander	22,190	[13]
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	28 – 20	Penrith Panthers	22 April	Sydney Football Stadium	Sean Hampstead	8,949	[14]
13	North Queensland Cowboys	50 – 4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	29 April	Willows Sports Complex	Mark Oaten	13,768	[15]
14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	54 – 0	Auckland Warriors	6 May	Wollongong Showground	Tim Mander	7,039	[16]
15	Parramatta Eels	30 – 24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	14 May	Parramatta Stadium	Bill Harrigan	14,135	[17]
16	Sydney Roosters	32 – 24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20 May	Sydney Football Stadium	Sean Hampstead	13,285	[18]
17	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 – 22	Northern Eagles	28 May	Sydney Football Stadium	Mark Oaten	7,693	[19]
18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	50 – 4	Melbourne Storm	4 June	Wollongong Showground	Paul Simpkins	10,141	[20]
19	Wests Tigers	24 – 36	St. George Illawarra Dragons	9 June	Campbelltown Stadium	Tim Mander	15,263	[21]
20	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10 – 40	St. George Illawarra Dragons	18 June	Endeavour Field	Steve Clark	19,507	[22]
21	St. George Illawarra Dragons	36 – 24	Newcastle Knights	25 June	Sydney Football Stadium	Bill Harrigan	13,270	[23]
22	Canberra Raiders	20 – 30	St. George Illawarra Dragons	1 July	Canberra Stadium	Steve Clark	14,171	[24]
23	Penrith Panthers	42 – 12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	8 July	Penrith Stadium	Bill Harrigan	19,330	[25]
24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	14 – 44	Brisbane Broncos	16 July	Wollongong Showground	Mark Oaten	14,184	[26]
25	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10 – 28	St. George Illawarra Dragons	23 July	Stadium Australia	Steve Clark	21,609	[27]
26	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24 – 32	Parramatta Eels	29 July	Sydney Football Stadium	Tim Mander	13,317	[28]

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