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2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

Field	Value
year	2010
league	NRL
league_champions	NRL
league_rank	1st
cup	Challenge Cup
league_wins	17
league_draws	0
league_losses	7
points_for	591
points_against	319
CEO_title	CEO
CEO	AUS Peter Doust
coach	AUS Wayne Bennett
assistant_coach	AUS Steve Price
captain	AUS Ben Hornby
stadium	WIN Jubilee Oval
top_tries	Brett Morris (20)
top_goals	Jamie Soward (84)
top_points	Jamie Soward (197)
prev_season	[2009](2009-st-george-illawarra-dragons-season)
next_season	[2011](2011-st-george-illawarra-dragons-season)

WIN Stadium The 2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 12th in the joint venture club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership, securing their second successive minor premiership. The Dragons went on to compete in the 2010 NRL Grand Final, defeating the Sydney Roosters to gain the club's first premiership since their formation as a joint venture club in 1999.

Season summary

Restarting their ambitions of a maiden Premiership, the Dragons began the 2010 season without dual international Wendell Sailor after the winger announced his retirement during the pre-season. The Dragons had been competition favourites since day one of the 2010 season, and for all but three rounds of the entire regular season were on top of the ladder (the Sydney Roosters were on top after rounds 1 and 2 and the Melbourne Storm were on top after round 4, when they defeated the Dragons 17-4).

In the regular season of 2010, the Dragons lost only seven matches, against Melbourne in round 4, Manly in round 9, Canberra in rounds 11 and 24, Penrith in round 17, the Gold Coast in extra time in round 20 and Brisbane in round 21. The Dragons built their season on defence and when they finished the regular season, they became only the 2nd team in the NRL to concede less than 300 points in a season. 299 points were scored against them at an average of 12.4 points per game. The St George Illawarra Dragons headed into the week one of the finals and had a great victory against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles winning 28 - 0. After the week off the St George Illawarra Dragons faced the Wests Tigers in the preliminary final and won 13 - 12. The Dragons then faced the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final and despite trailing 6–8 at halftime they scored 26 unanswered points in a wet second half to win 32-8 and secure the first NRL Premiership for the joint venture.

A major coup for the club was the re-signing of former captain and star centre Mark Gasnier following his stint in French rugby union.

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
14 February	Trial	Parramatta Eels	Members Equity Stadium, Perth	34 – 20	9,450	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171637/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=22580](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171637/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=22580)
20 February	Mercury Challenge	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	16 – 14		[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171656/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=22778](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171656/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=22778)
27 February	Charity Shield	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	26 – 26	27,221	[http://www.dragons.com.au/?s=article-display&id=22974](http://www.dragons.com.au/?s=article-display&id=22974)

Regular season

WIN = #CCFFCC LOSS = #FFBBBB DRAW = #FFFFCC

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
12 March	1	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta	18 – 12	18,293	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171730/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23371](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171730/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23371)
19 March	2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	26 – 6	16,177	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171749/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23618](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171749/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23618)
26 March	3	North Queensland Cowboys	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	33 – 8	13,267	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181109/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23877](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181109/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=23877)
2 April	4	Melbourne Storm	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne	4 – 17	25,480	[https://web.archive.org/web/20100403221717/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24119](https://web.archive.org/web/20100403221717/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24119)
9 April	5	Brisbane Broncos	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	34 – 16	15,374	[https://web.archive.org/web/20100413204734/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24377](https://web.archive.org/web/20100413204734/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24377)
16 April	6	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	19 – 6	21,336	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181127/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24663](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181127/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24663)
25 April	7	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	28 – 6	36,212	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145329/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24933](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145329/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=24933)
1 May	8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	38 – 0	15,779	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181142/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25182](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181142/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25182)
8 May	9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly	6 – 24	16,745	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181148/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25432](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181148/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25432)
14 May	10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	19 – 6	37,773	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145346/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25708](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145346/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25708)
23 May	11	Canberra Raiders	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	14 – 22	14,728	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145358/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25962](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010145358/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=25962)
28 May	12	Parramatta Eels	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	30 – 0	15,068	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181159/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=26206](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010181159/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=26206)
6 June	13	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	22 – 20	8,312	[https://web.archive.org/web/20110308172917/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=26524](https://web.archive.org/web/20110308172917/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=26524)
	14
20 June	15	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toyota Stadium, Cronulla	22 – 4	16,773	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172156/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27007](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172156/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27007)
25 June	16	Wests Tigers	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	34 – 10	16,574	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172208/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27230](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172208/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27230)
5 July	17	Penrith Panthers	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	8 – 12	12,974	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172226/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27577](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172226/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27577)
	18
16 July	19	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	16 – 13	22,368	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172246/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27950](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172246/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=27950)
23 July	20	Gold Coast Titans	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	10 – 11	12,688	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172256/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28213](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172256/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28213)
1 August	21	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	6 – 10	42,269	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172343/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28515](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172343/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28515)
8 August	22	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	19 – 12	37,994	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172356/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28836](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172356/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=28836)
16 August	23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	32 – 10	14,740	[https://web.archive.org/web/20100818075533/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29148](https://web.archive.org/web/20100818075533/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29148)
22 August	24	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	16 – 32	20,445	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172421/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29396](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172421/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29396)
28 August	25	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle	26 – 18	23,148	[https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234144/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29656](https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234144/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29656)
5 September	26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	38 – 24	18,274	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172451/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29998](https://web.archive.org/web/20120307172451/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=29998)

Finals

WIN = #CCFFCC LOSS = #FFBBBB DRAW = #FFFFCC

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
12 September	Qualifying Final	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah	28 – 0	15,574	[https://web.archive.org/web/20110308154949/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30298](https://web.archive.org/web/20110308154949/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30298)
25 September	Preliminary Final	Wests Tigers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	13 – 12	71,212	[https://web.archive.org/web/20110308150922/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30774](https://web.archive.org/web/20110308150922/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30774)
3 October	Grand Final	Sydney Roosters	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	32 – 8	82,334	[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010063255/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30983](https://web.archive.org/web/20101010063255/http://www.dragons.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=30983)

2010 NRL Ladder

Squad

(GK) *VC - Vice Captain *GK - Goal Kicker

Transfers

Gains

Player	Gained From
Michael Greenfield	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Peni Tagive	Wests Tigers
Junior Paulo	Parramatta Eels
Mark Gasnier	Stade Français

Losses

Player	Lost To
Mickey Paea	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Justin Poore	Parramatta Eels
Wendell Sailor	Retirement
Chase Stanley	Melbourne Storm
Dean Whare	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

References

Warren, Adrian. (12 November 2009). "Wendell Sailor announces his retirement from rugby league". [[Fox Sports (Australia).

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