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The 2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 20th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership season.

Gains And Losses of Squad 2018

Players

or	Player	2017 Club	2018 Club	Ref(s)
	Mitchell Allgood	Super League: Wakefield Trinity	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	James Graham	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Jeremy Latimore	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Josh Dugan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
	Kalifa Faifai Loa	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
	Siliva Havili	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canberra Raiders
	Jake Marketo	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Timișoara Saracens (Romanian rugby union)
	Will Matthews	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Gold Coast Titans
	Josh McCrone	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Toronto Wolfpack
	Russell Packer	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers
	Joel Thompson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

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Ladder progression

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Season Results

ROUND	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time (AEDT)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
1	St George Illawarra Dragons	34 – 12	Brisbane Broncos	Thursday, 8 March, 7:50pm	UOW Jubilee Oval	Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall	14,457
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	16 – 20	St George Illawarra Dragons	Thursday, 15 March, 7:50pm	Southern Cross Group Stadium	Gavin Badger, Peter Gough	13,517
3	Gold Coast Titans	8 – 54	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 25 March, 4:10pm	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Henry Perenara, Chris Butler	7,297
4	St George Illawarra Dragons	30 - 12	Newcastle Knights	Sunday, 1 April, 4:10pm	WIN Stadium	Grant Aitkins, Jon Stone	18,589
5	St George Illawarra Dragons	16 - 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Friday 6 April, 7:50pm	UOW Jubilee Oval	Gavin Badger, Peter Gough	16,709
6	St George Illawarra Dragons	40 - 20	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Friday 13 April, 7:50pm	WIN Stadium	Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger	17,882
7	New Zealand Warriors	20 - 12	St George Illawarra Dragons	Friday 20 April, 8:00pm (NZ)	Mt Smart Stadium	Ben Cummins, Henry Perenara	18,295
8	St George Illawarra Dragons	24 - 8	Sydney Roosters	Wednesday 25 April 4:10PM (AEST)	Allianz Stadium	Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger	41,142
9	St George Illawarra Dragons	34 - 14	Melbourne Storm	Sunday, 6 May 2PM (AEST)	UOW Jubilee Stadium	Matt Cecchin, Chris Butler	19,173
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24 - 10	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 13 May 2PM (AEST)	ANZ Stadium	Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	13,062
11	St George Illawarra Dragons	25 - 18	Canberra Raiders	Sunday, 20 May 2PM (AEST)	Glen Willow Stadium	Ashley Klein, Peter Gough	8,962
12	Penrith Panthers	28 - 2	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 26 7 May:30PPM (AEST)	Panthers Stadium	Gerard Sutton, Chris Sutton	21,565
13		BYE
14*	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16 - 18	St George Illawarra Dragons	Monday, 11 June 4PM (AEST)	ANZ Stadium	Matt Cecchin, Tim Roby	21,376
15	St George Illawarra Dragons	32 - 8	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Saturday, 16 7 June:30PM (AEST)	WIN Stadium	Jon Stone, Alan Shortall	13,069
16	St George Illawarra Dragons	20 - 18	Parramatta Eels	Thursday, 28 7 June:50PM (AEST)	WIN Stadium	Ben Cummins, Peter Gough	6,933
17	Melbourne Storm	52 - 30	St George Illawarra Dragons	Thursday, 5 7 July:50PM (AEST)	AAMI Park	Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds	12,167
18	St George Illawarra Dragons	16 - 20	Wests Tigers	Sunday, 15 4 July:10PM (AEST)	UOW Jubilee Stadium	Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	15,992
19	North Queensland Cowboys	10 - 24	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 21 7 July:30PM (AEST)	1300SMILES Stadium	Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	18,068
20	Sydney Roosters	36 - 18	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 29 4 July:10PM (AEST)	Allianz Stadium	Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton	19,878
21	St George Illawarra Dragons	12 - 18	New Zealand Warriors	Saturday, 4 August 3PM	WIN Stadium	Gerard Sutton, Chris Butler	13,924
22	Parramatta Eels	4 – 40	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 11 7 August:30PM	ANZ Stadium	Adam Gee, Phil Henderson	10,541
23	Wests Tigers	10 – 20	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 18 5 August:30PM (AEST)	Leichhardt Oval	Grant Atkins, Mayy Noyen	18,387
24	St George Illawarra Dragons	0 – 38	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sunday, 26 4 August:10PM (AEST)	UOW Jubilee Stadium	Ben Cummins, Henry Perenara	12,436
25	Newcastle Knights	14 – 24	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 1 September	McDonald Jones Stadium	Henry Perenara, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	24,662
Finals 1	Brisbane Broncos	18 – 48	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 9, 4 September:10pm (AEST)	Suncorp Stadium	Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton	47,296
Finals 2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	13 – 12	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday 15 September	ANZ Stadium	Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins	48,188
Legend:   Win  Loss  Bye

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