St George Illawarra chief executive Peter Doust said the quality of the ground's facilities would be high on the agenda when the club began talks next year about its commitment to Wollongong beyond when the joint-venture agreement expired.
Stadiums in NSW and interstate have been pledged tens of millions of dollars by governments in a bid to boost local economies and local teams. But the stadium's facilities are regarded among the worst for elite football competition. In a chicken-and-egg scenario, he said the State Government would consider more money if the Dragons committed to playing more games in Wollongong.
Team supporters look forward with a degree of apprehension to the coming season in the light of the departure of Wayne Bennett. Andrew Farrar. The team colours of the St. George Illawarra Dragons are red and white, colours shared by both the St. The joint venture's logo was taken directly from that of St George, with the addition of "Illawarra" to the bottom of the emblem. The emblem reflected the rich history of the St George Dragons, including an incredible 11 consecutive premierships, and the future strength of the club with the Illawarra.
The club name Dragons, is a shortened version of "Dragonslayers", the original nickname of St George. The emblem features a red shield with a silhouette of St. George , overlaid with a white stylised Dragon , with the words "ST. It was originally intended for St George to face right and the Dragon to face left. It is one of the most recognisable logos in Australian sport.
When the St George Illawarra Dragons were formed in , it was decided that the jersey of St George first used in , the famous "Red V" on white, would become the main jersey for the new club.
The red used was changed to the scarlet tone used by the Steelers. The alternate jersey initially used by the club was red and white horizontal stripes, similar to the St George Jersey known as the "blood and bandages".
In and , the club used a jersey similar to the Steelers main jersey for Heritage matches, acknowledging the rugby league history of the Illawarra region, though not as a full time alternate strip. This jersey was predominantly red with white stripes on the sleeves. With Adidas producing the club's official merchandise from , a generic Adidas design — predominantly red with three white stripes down the sleeves — was adopted as the full time alternate strip; before another re-design in , which better reflected the old Steelers jersey.
Reebok will produce supporter and team kits from the season. Again the Red V was the Main jersey and the Alternate jersey was a red design with white slash marks. Referred by supporters as the Wolverine jersey. The Dragons have two home grounds, reflecting the joint nature of the club;.
Half of the Dragons home matches are played at Jubilee Oval previously the home of the St George Dragons , while the remainder of their home matches are played at the Wollongong Showground previously the home ground of the Illawarra Steelers. The club has previously played Sydney home games out of the Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Football Stadium — and Stadium Australia , due to redevelopment or unavailability of Jubilee Oval. In when the match was first held, the Sydney Football Stadium was, at the time, one of the Dragons' main home grounds, whilst in the match was played at ANZ Stadium, a very unpopular move amongst supporters.
Stadium records. As well as having two administrative offices, St. George Illawarra are supported by two separate Leagues clubs — one in each of the St. George and Illawarra areas. George Leagues Club: The St. Established in , St. George was one of the first Super Leagues clubs developed in the 60's and was commonly referred to as the Taj Mahal because of the use of white marble in the original building. Very little of the original building is still there today after extensive refurbishing and redesigning the entire club to make it one of the most superbly fitting clubs in Australia.
It is currently ranked 9th out of 10 of the best Leagues Clubs in Sydney. It is directly across the road from the grounds Western Grandstand. Established in , the club has struggled financially against much larger and more popular leagues clubs in Wollongong, such as Collegians, Dapto Leagues Club, Wests Illawarra Leagues Club, and Shellharbour Workers Club in Shellharbour. However, after a major restructure of its operations, the Steelers Club has trading profitably over the last 12 months.
The sale fetched 2. Supporters of the Dragons mainly come from the club's local areas, the suburbs of the St. George Illawarra Dragons also have a huge following in south-east Queensland, as a significant number of the club's 'Red V' memberships are from people in this area.
Notably there is also a large Dragons following in Victoria, based around Melbourne and Geelong. Due to St George enjoying great success over the years, the St George Illawarra Dragons have inherited several fierce rivalries, while also creating a few new ones since forming the joint venture. The Bulldogs were founded in , 14 years after St George. George inflicted a RL record 91—6 defeat of Canterbury in but Canterbury enjoyed premiership success first, however St.
George recorded 11 straight premierships in the years following — It was also the Bulldogs who put an end to their Premiership run in , when the Bulldogs beat them by 1 point in the preliminary final to face the Rabbitohs in the Grand Final.
Since then, both clubs have inflicted Premiership defeats on the other, St George defeating the Bulldogs in , Canterbury returning the favour in In the Dragons won both matches convincingly, keeping the Bulldogs to just one try in both matches whilst scoring 26 and 19 of their own in rounds 2 and 10 respectively.
This rivalry is fuelled even more with the Morris twins playing for both clubs, Brett for the Dragons and Josh for the Bulldogs. In the Dragons had a convincing 25—6 victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round five followed by an epic 15—10 victory just five weeks later in round ten.
This result ensured that the Dragons remained unbeaten by the Bulldogs during the Wayne Bennett era with the famous red and white club.
In fact, the Bulldogs remain winless against the great Red V since Round 6, The Sharks originally were part of the St George juniors area, and the Sharks are often referred to as St George's "little brother".
In fact, since the Dragons entered the competition in , both the Dragons and Sharks have finished higher than the other six times apiece. The rivalry increased in when they met in a final at a sold out WIN Stadium; the Dragons winning 28— Cronulla finished the season as minor premiers, but the Dragons beat them 26—8 in the preliminary final to progress to the NRL Grand Final at the Sharks' expense. The Dragons trailed 0—8 at halftime.
Both clubs have been accused of poaching players from the other, and compete for fans in the same region. The Dragons won the four clashes across —, winning 10—6, 26—4, 38—0 and 22—4. However, in Round 2 of the season, the Sharks caused a major upset winning 16— Log In. View All. Women's Rugby League 5 min read. Dragons Package description Represent the Red V all year with your ticket secured to every Dragons home game in with our full season membership.
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