Grand Final, First Division
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Sunday 06 October 2002: Saints 22 - Canterbury Bulldogs 24
Sun 3:50PM, 06 October 2002 Telstra Stadium, Referee: T Archer
St George Dragons 22 (Tries: McBride, Nero, Kativerata, Tutt. Goals: Christenson 3/5)
defeated by
Canterbury Bulldogs 24 (Tries: Thurston 2, Harris, Howland. Goals: Thurston 4/4)
By the clock:
4th min: TRY - Harris scores for the Bulldogs. Conversion succesful. Bulldogs 6 - 0
30th min: After the initial play all being with the Bulldogs in the opening 10 minutes the tides have turned. The Dragons look have gotten on top with some stinging defense and strong runs. Only their hands have let them down with dropped balls in perfect attacking positions.
34th min: TRY - McBride scores for the Dragons after constant pressure and back to back penalties. Christenson converts. Bulldogs 6 - 6
40th min: After Thurston breaks through the line and looks set to score. Reece Simmonds pulls a rabbit out of the hat and comes up with a one on one steal over the try line and makes it back into the field of play.
Half Time
45th min: TRY - Nero scores for the Dragons after Barry spills the pill bringing the ball back from a bomb. Christenson converts. Dragons 12 - 6
48th min: TRY - Thurston gets a 40 metre free run to the try line off a Oliver pass. Thurston converts. Dragons 12 - 12
53rd min: TRY - Thurston gets his second scoring out wide on the back of a great team effort. Thurston converts his own try. Bulldogs 18 - 12
61st min: TRY - Kativerata scores a try after Howland from the Dogs knocks the ball down in an intercept attempt. Christensen misses. Bulldogs 18 - 16
67th min: TRY - Tutt puts the Dragons back in front with a try under the posts. Christensen converts. Dragons 22 - 18
75th min: TRY - Howland locks the scores up with a try in the corner. Thurston converts. Bulldogs 24 - 22
Full Time

Grand Final, Jersey Flegg
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Sunday 06 October 2002: Saints 22 - Sydney Roosters 23
Sun 2:00PM, 06 October 2002 Telstra Stadium, Referee: R Lawrence
St George Dragons 22 (Tries: Griffiths, O'Regan, Howell, Smith. Goals: Naiqama 3/4)
defeated by
Sydney Roosters 23 (Tries: Shillington 2, Veratau 2. Goals: Williams 3/4. Williams 1 Field goal)
By the clock:
Dragons defending northern end, slight breeze favours Roosters. 35 minutes each way. Saints kick off...
4 min: Second penalty of the match to Dragons. Shawn Mackay (Roosters) cautioned for head high tackle. Saints getting lion's share of possession. Saints rewarded with the Roosters being forced into a line drop out.
6 min: TRY - Dragons. Five eighth Joseph Griffiths scores a solo try 4m in from touchline. Conversion Wes Naiqama an absolute ripper. Dragons 6-0
13 min: TRY - Roosters. Forward David Shillington scores next to uprights as the Roosters strike back. Follows some sustained attack. Conversion Joe Williams successful. 6-all
17 min: TRY - Dragons. Centre Les O'Regan score a remarkable try when half back Matthew Head kicks into the in-goal, ball lands on its points and bounces favourably for O'Regan. Naiqama kicks from opposite touchline and its a beauty! Dragons 12-6
Roosters kick off goes out on the full!
25 min: Dragons controlling possession. Roosters repeatedly kicking early on tackle count and making too many handling errors... looking tired.
27 min: TRY - Dragons. Fullback David Howell out-leaps the defence to pluck a perfect kick from Head out of the air. Follows break from Naiqama. Conversion Naiqama from out wide unsuccessful. Dragons 16-6
33 min: Roosters getting consecutive sets of six at the Dragons' line late in the first half. The Dragons defence is magnificent and hold the Roosters out.
35 min: HALF TIME - Roosters look dead on their feet and at three tries to one, St George have been controlling play. Roosters have to be the next team to score if they're a hope.
FROM THE SHEDS - Michael Henderson (Dragons) allegedly eye gouged and being treated.
39 min: TRY - Shillington scores a double. Set up by Williams. Conversion Williams from almost in front. Dragons 16-12
43 min: Dragons injuries with Howell and Ashton Sims forced from the field. Saints currently down to two man bench. No word on Henderson so only one reserve available.
50 min: Michael Henderson back on. Dragons looking rattled as Mackay (Roosters) makes big break. Naiqama (Dragons) comes up with a try saver.
54 min: TRY - Dragons. Simon Smith scores a classy try. Head taking ball to the line and kicking through. A dust up follows with players coming in. Aaron Mercer (Roosters) coming in with elbows to the back of the try scorer. A lot of pushing and shoving. There's been plenty of niggle in this match. Conversion right in front Naiqama. Dragons 22-12
58 min: TRY - Roosters. Henari Veratau scores after some fine ebd to end play. Rooaters not done with yet. Conversion from sideline just over the cross and just inside the upright. Dragons 22-18
60 min: Roosters look certain to score but Mark Dalle Cort (Dragons) intercepts after previously coming up with try saving tackle. Dalle Cort doesnt have the pace. We're in for a big finish. Howell and Sims for the Dragons is back on.
66 min: TRY - Roosters. Veratau scores after Roosters successfully attack the left hand side. Conversion from Williams to put the Roosters in front HITS THE UPRIGHTS and is unsuccessful... are we heading for extra time? 22-all
68 min: FIELD GOAL - Roosters. Joe Williams has all the time in the world to take a shot at field goal. Roosters hit the front for the first time. Roosters 23-22
FULLTIME: An absolute boil over. Saints were red hot favourites only to lose the match in the final 90 seconds.

Semi Final, week two (Elimination match) 
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Saturday 21 September 2002: Saints 24 - Cronulla Sharks 40
Sat 7:30PM, 21 September 2002 Aussie Stadium, Referee: W Harrigan, Crowd: 31783
St George Dragons 24 (Tries: Ryles 2, Gasnier, Hookey. Goals: Clarke 2/2, Riddell 2/2)
defeated by
Cronulla Sharks 40 (Tries: Franze 2, Peachey, P Bailey, Bickerstaff, Mellor, Bird
Goals: Kimmorley 6/7)
By the clock:
7 min: TRY - Sharks. Peachey scores through a staggered defensive line. Follows a break by Reick down left flank which set the scene. Conversion near uprights from Kimmorley is successful. Sharks 6-0
12 min: TRY - Dragons. Gasnier scores after being first receiver from scrum base, getting out of some ordinary tackles. Conversion Clarke from near posts. 6-all
M Johns (Sharks) carrying a shoulder injury and looking like a passenger and heading for the sheds with a limp arm. He will take no further part.
17 min: TRY - Dragons. Jason Ryles scores next to posts following break from Millard on 20m line. Conversion Clarke. Dragons 12-6
21 min: TRY - Sharks. Phil Bailey scores, running on the burst through some soft defence close to the line, 8m from goal. Conversion Kimmorley. 12-all
Leo Clarke (Dragons) off with calf problem and will take no further part.
37 min: TRY - Sharks. Paul Franze scores 5m from touch. Follows sustains pressure with Sharks getting the majority of possession. Conversion Kimmorley successful. Sharks 18-12
(39 min) Jason Stevens (Sharks) on report for high tackle on Tutt.
HALF TIME: Sharks looking the better of the two teams with more possession. Boths sides attacking at every opportunity.
45 min: TRY - Sharks. Matt Bickerstaff scores under the posts after Brett Kimmorley makes a break from 25m out. Conversion Kimmorley. Sharks 24-12
53 min: TRY - Sharks. Franze gets a double scoring 10m in from touch. Follows repeat sets. Conversion Kimmorley. Sharks 30-12
59 min: TRY - Sharks. Mellor scores out wide. Sluggish defence unable to shut down Peachey. Follows some poor handling which gave more possession to the Sharks. Kimmorley misses one. Sharks 34-12
All over red rover.
68 min: TRY - Dragons. Lee Hookey scores after Trent Barrett makes a break on his own 20m line, Hookey running 50m to score. Conversion Riddell. Sharks 34-18
73 min: TRY - Dragons. Jason Ryles does the unexpected and grubbers into the in-goal, following through and scoring. Conversion Riddell. Sharks 34-24
76 min: TRY - Sharks. Bird snuffs out any faint hope Saints may have had with a try out wide. Conversion Kimmorley sets a new Sharks record for goal kicking in one season. Sharks 40-24
FULL TIME: Sharks too good with Peachey shining off the back of some great go forward. Saints unable to match it up front.
Sharks now take on the Warriors next weekend, the winner of that match going onto the 2002 grand final. The Dragons are knocked out.

Qualifying Final, week one
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Saturday 14 September 2002: Newcastle Knights 22 - Saints 26 
Sat 7:30PM, 14 September 2002 Energy Australia Stadium, Referee: W Harrigan, Crowd: 21051
Newcastle Knights 22 (Tries: Peden, Woolnough, Tahu, Bailey . Goals: Abraham 2/2, Peden 1/2, Johns 0/1)
defeated by
St George Dragons 26 (Tries: Smith, Thompson, Barrett, Clarke, Riddell. Goals: Riddell 3/5)
By the clock:
3rd min: TRY - Peden has scored the opening try of the match, scoring while being held up by 4 dragons players. Johns misses from out wide.
6th min: This game is being played at a rapid pace. The Knights have had the upper hand.
8th min: Hornby has been pushed back into the in goal for a line drop out.
9th min: Johns has been kneed in the back by Bailey and is in real trouble. Could be the end of his night. A penalty has been awarded right in front.
9th min: PENALTY GOAL - Peden kicks it from 20 out.
11th min: Johns has been taken from the field, he has been struggling to run let alone walk since copping the accidental knee.
13th min: The Knights have butchered a real chance to score.
15th min: The Dragons seemed to be panicking, throwing bad and sometimes stupid passes, handing the Knights chance after chance. Fortunately the Knights are without Johns and haven't capitalised without him there.
23rd min: TRY - Smith has scored for the Dragons after a Riddell chip kick. Riddell Converts.
25th min: TRY - Thompson bust the Knights open and scores a great try. Riddell misses.
28th min: TRY - Barrett scores a great try after Peters puts him into a gap with a beautiful short ball. Riddell misses from the same spot as the Thompson try.
30th min: As you can guess the Knights have dropped off almost as soon as Johns left the field, and the Dragons have lifted, carving them up. barrett is throwing his wieght around, smashing people and running riot with Thompson and Riddell in attack.
33rd min: Reports from the Knights dressing room are that Andrew Johns is in real trouble. Experiencing back spasms and a lot of pain.
34th min: Justin Smith has been blood binned with a serious cut to the noggin.
35th min: The Knights have butchered another chance, dropping the ball only metres out. Buderus is also struggling to throw anything that resembles a good pass.
37th min: TRY - Woolnough scores a strong solo try after Hornby hands the the Knights another set of six with a dropped ball. Abraham converts.
Half Time.
The Dragons will take a 2 point lead into the break. The Knights look headless without Johns out there, and are only in the match thanks to Dragons dropped ball. If the Dragons stop handing the Knights chances in their 20 they will win this comfortably.
44th min: TRY - Clarke for the Dragons has scored the simplest of tries, Kurt Gidley lets the ball bounce and Clarke pounces on the ball and races over to score. Riddell converts.
51st min: TRY - Tahu scores under the posts. Abraham converts.
54th min: TRY - Riddell has scored under the posts after the Knights let the kick off go dead. Riddell converts.
62nd min: TRY - Bailey scores for the Knights to get them back in the match. Peden misses the conversion from out wide.
69th min: The Knights have used up all their replacements, and will play out the last 11 minutes with no more reserves being able to be used.
72nd min: Millard drops the ball 40 out from his own line. The Dragons seem determined to hand the Knights every chance to win the match.
74th min: Dragons have knocked on again handing the Knights yet another chance inside their 30.
74th min: Dragons hold on, but for how long. If they drop the ball again the Knights look like they will make them pay, big time.
76th min: Riddell has speared Peden into the ground, and followed through, he is on report and could very well be sitting out the rest of the year, and some of next year.
79th min: Knights have to go 90 metres if they want to win this game.
80th min: The Dragons have won. The Knights will not get a week off, and the Eels are GOOOOOOOOOOOOONE
FULL TIME

Round 26
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Sunday 8 September 2002: Saints 40 - Newcastle Knights 22
Sun 3:00PM, 8 September 2002 Aussie Stadium (SFS), Referee: P Simpkins, Crowd: 16297
St George Dragons 40 (Tries: Hornby 2, Gasnier, Kativerata, Riddell, Tutt, Smith, Millard. Goals: Clarke 2/3, Riddell 2/5, Bailey 0/1)
defeated
Newcastle Knights 22 (Tries: Quinn 2, Kennedy, Tahu. Goals: Johns 3/4)
By the clock:
The game to decide the Minor Premieres is underway, with a great atmosphere at Aussie Stadium
5th min: PENALTY - Clarke for Dragons, from 35 metres out in front. Dragons 2-0
7th min: TRY - Gasnier for Dragons, following a mistake by the Knights. Gasnier broke through the defence with ease, great individual try. Clarke misses the conversion. Dragons 6-0
25th min: TRY- Kativerata for Dragons. A penalty to bring the Dragons closer to their line, great support play and Kativerata gets across out wide. Riddell's kick is wide of the mark. Dragons 10-0
28th min: TRY - Riddell for Dragons. A fired up Dragons pack hits the line again with some great support, Riddell is there to follow through on Barrett's offload. Riddell converts. Dragons 16-0
40th min: TRY - Kennedy for Newcastle. Keeping the ball alive, Newcastle manage to twist around the Dragons defence. Johns converts. Dragons 16-6
HALF TIME: A fired up Dragons pack are getting the rewards they deserve by being up 16-6 at the break. 40 minutes to go, and if the score stays like this they're in the Top 8, and Newcastle will be 2nd behind the NZ Warriors.
42nd min: TRY - Hornby for Dragons. A very committed start for the Dragons and it's paid off. Great little chip kick by Peters gets Hornby under the posts. Riddell gets the kick. Dragons 22-6
46th min: TRY - Tutt for Dragons. Great support by the Dragons players. Newcastle defence in tatters, and Tutt commits himself to the line. Riddell misses the kick, and tells himself off. Dragons 26-6. Go you beauties!!
49th min: TRY - Quinn for Knights. Newcastle hit back straight away with Tahu setting up Quinn to get around Clarke. Johns converts. Dragons 26-12
55th min: TRY - Smith for Dragons. Barrett runs into space drawing the defenders, and Smith is on the inside to cross the line. Riddell misses another. Dragons 30-12
58th min: TRY - Tahu for Newcastle. Once again the Knights hit straight back, with Tahu outside his man, and scores easily. Johns misses the kick. Dragons 30-16
61st min: TRY - Quinn for Knights. Too quick for the Dragons defence and Newcastle score again. Johns converts. Dragons 30-22
67th min: TRY - Millard for Dragons. Short line dropout by the Knights, and the Dragons get the ball. Millard, close to the line, ducks under the defence to score. Clarke, from out in front, converts. Dragons 36-22
79th min: TRY - Hornby for Dragons. Following penalty after penalty to the Knights, the Dragons get one of their own, and make the most of it. Bailey misses the conversion. Dragons 40-22
FULL TIME: Committed play by the Dragons, and NZ Warriors say a big thank you, they are the 2002 Minor Premiers

Round 25
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Sunday 1 September 2002: Roosters 26 - Saints 10 
Sun 3:00PM, 1 September 2002 Aussie Stadium (SFS), Referee: W Harrigan, Crowd: 15,629
Sydney Roosters 26 (Tries: Minichiello 2, Fitzgibbons, Flannery. Goals: Fitzgibbons 5/5)
defeated
St George Dragons 10 (Tries: Hookey, Bailey. Goals: Riddell 1/2)
By the clock:
Overcast, windy and rainy conditions. Dragons defending Paddington end of the ground in first half.
5 min:  Halfback, Willie Peters (Dragons) injured and temporarily moved to left wing. Roosters attack that wing.
7 min:  Jason Cayless (Roosters) forced from the field with what looks like shoulder injury, heads straight for tunnel.
16 min: PENALTY GOAL - Roosters. Craig Fitzgibbons right in front. Roosters 2-0
20 min:  Saints bomb try after Gasnier busts 'em open. With line open, Jason Hooper is unable to take the pass cleanly and Roosters are off the hook.
Great battle going for territory as both sides employ the use of the boot in the swirly stadium conditions.
32 min: TRY - Roosters. Minichiello scores after sustained attack, finally cracking some tremendous Dragons defence. Conversion from touchline from Fitzgibbons is an absolute cracker. Roosters 8-0
35 min: TRY - Roosters. Fitzgibbons scores after some broken play. Conversion Fitzgibbons right in front. Roosters 14-0
40 min: TRY - Roosters. Minichiello runs 100m to score under posts. Moments earlier, Saints won a scrum against the feed and looked likely to score. Minichiello picked up a grubber (kicked selfishly by Ben Hornby despite having an overlap) and with no one in front ran the length of the field. Conversion Fitzgibbons. Roosters 20-0
HALF TIME: After a tight first quarter, Roosters have opened up the defence. Saints looking better than the scoreline indicates but have been let down by some some poor handling and poorer on-field decisions. Roosters finding room down the left side.
Roosters growing in confidence should go on with it. St George will have a slight breeze at their backs in the second half.
60 min: TRY - Dragons. Lee Hookey finally puts points on the board for the visitors. Conversion Riddell unsuccessful. Despite scoring a four pointer, Saints are out of ideas and really battling with the Roosters putting in a near perfect display. Roosters 20-4
Peters (Dragons) and Luke Ricketson (Roosters) leave the field.
67 min: NEWS - Ref Harrigan penalises Saints after Hornby slips over in the greasy conditions and is deemed to have submitted to voluntary tackle - a typically selective ruling from ref Bill who seems to have ignored Roosters' fullback, Phillips who has been clever enough to do the same thing more than once before. Poor judgment from the ref.
69 min: TRY - Dragons. Luke Bailey scores after some broken play. Conversion in front Riddell. Roosters 20-10
77 min: TRY - Roosters. Chris Flannery seals the match with a try after Saints turn it over from close range. Conversion Fitzgibbon. Roosters 26-10
- Mark Riddell (Dragons) leaves field with arm braced in his jersey.
FULL TIME

Round 24 - BYE

Round 23
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Sunday 18 August 2002: Saints 58 - South Sydney Rabbitohs 16
Sun 2:30PM, 18 August 2002 WIN Stadium, Referee: M Cecchin, Crowd: 12,122
St George Dragons 58 (Tries: Peters 2, Hookey 2, Riddell, Gasnier, Hooper, Bailey, Hornby, Barrett, Timmins. Goals: Riddell 5/7, Gasnier 2/3, Hooper 0/1)
defeated
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 (Tries: Hinson 2, Olzard. Goals: Sheehan 1/3, Olzard 1/1)
By the clock: 
Cold and blustery conditions. The wind at the back of the Dragons in the first half.
3 min: TRY - Dragons. Mark Riddell from dummy half gets the better of the markers and scores a trademark try from close range. Riddell's conversion from sideline is a cracker. Dragons 6-0
7 min: PENALTY GOAL - Souths. Sheehan right in front. Dragons 6-2
9 min: TRY - Dragons. Gasnier runs onto pass one off the ruck to score easy try 10m from posts. Riddell conversion an ordinary one goes across face of goal. Dragons 10-2
12 - 14 min: Saints bomb two tries when Riddell attempts to charge over from dummy half on last tackle despite having an overlap. Two minutes later, Gasnier fumbles with try line beckoning.
16 min: TRY - Souths. Hinson takes last pass to score after Fitzgerald backs up previous offload. Conversion Sheehan 10m in from touch unsuccessful. Dragons 10-6
25 min: TRY - Dragons. Hooper takes final pass after Justin Smith makes a bust up the middle from 30m out. Conversion 5m from posts Riddell successful. Dragons 16-6
30 min: TRY - Souths. Olzard forces over from dummy half 12m in from touch. Conversion Sheehan unsuccessful. Dragons 16-10
34 min: TRY - Dragons. Willie Peters (pictured, right) scores near upright after backing up Lee Hookey (pictured, top) who finds space from 40m out. Conversion Riddell brings up his 100 points for the season. Dragons 22-10
HALF TIME: Running with the wind, Saints hold the lead but dont look impressive against a determined Souths side.
44 min: TRY - Dragons. Bailey crashes over with ease from first receiver. Conversion Gasnier. Dragons 28-10
46 min:  Dragons captain Trent Barrett placed on report for a head slam on Olzard.
47 min:  Brett Sheehan (Souths) is knocked senseles for the second time in the match after accidentially getting his head in the wrong place again. This time he is forced from the field.
51 min: TRY - Dragons. Hornby steps through some woeful defence to score next to posts. Conversion Gasnier. Dragons 34-10
53 min: TRY - Dragons. Barrett finishes off a great team try that starts 10m inside of Dragons half. Conversion Gasnier from wide is unsuccessful.
57 min: TRY - Souths. Hinson takes simple intercept and runs 50m to scoreunder posts. Conversion Olzard. Dragons 38-16
60 min: TRY - Dragons. Lee Hookey scores out wide after Saints get possession courtesy of Paul Stringer (Souths) dropping ball from kickoff. Conversion Riddell unsuccessful. Dragons 42-16
64 min: TRY - Dragons. Willie Peters runs through huge gap to score untouched. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 48-16
69 min: TRY - Dragons. Shaun Timmins accepts Riddell's offload to rack up the half century. Conversion next to posts Riddell. Dragons 54-16
72 min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey gets double after Willie Peters kicks through out wide. Follows Timmins and Hooper carving them up the middle. Conversion Hooper unsuccessful. Dragons 58-16
77 min:  Scott Geddes (Souths) sin binned for late tackle and stiff arm into Barrett who was on his back.
FULL TIME: Convincing performance from the Dragons who remain in touch with the top eight. Souths were competitive for much of the first half but simply fell in a heap in the second forty.

Round 22
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Sunday 11 August 2002: Saints 18 - Northern Eagles 20
Sun 2:30PM, 11 August 2002 Aussie Stadium (SFS), Referee: T Mander, Crowd: 9,621
St George Dragons 18 (Tries: Riddell, Barrett. Goals: Riddell 4/4. Kent 1/2) defeated by
Northern Eagles 20 (Tries: Ferris, Reeves, Menzies. Goals: Williamson 4/4)
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By the clock
Hot, sunny conditions. Saints kicking off and looking directly into sun.
5 min: TRY - Dragons. Riddell from dummy half easily scores from 1m out and next to the posts. Eagles having most of posession early on. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 6-0
13 min: PENALTY GOAL - Eagles. Williamson successful. Dragons 6-2
16 min: TRY - Eagles. Ferris picks up loose ball and races away to score under sticks. Follows unforced error from Hornby (Dragons) who knocked on. Eagles 8-6
25 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Kent from 40m out just clears the cross bar. 8-all
36 min:  Luke Dorn (Eagles) limps off and looks unlikely that he'll return.
39 min: TRY - Eagles. Reeves scores under posts after Menzies makes a break inside in own half. Follows a period a sustained Eagles possession. Conversion Williamson. Eagles 14-8
47 min: TRY - Dragons. Barrett scores 8m in from touch after busting the line from 40m out. Conversion attempt from Kent a shocker. Eagles 14-12
55 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Riddell successful right in front. 14-all
58 min:  Kent replaced by Willie Peters (Dragons). Peters to halfback, Hornby to fullback.
66 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Riddell right in front as Dragons are taking it up another level. Eagles (penalised for accidential offside) are barely hanging on. Dragons 16-14
73 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Riddell just wide of the goal is successful. Penalty against Shipway (Eagles) for head high on Peters. Dragons 18-14
78 min: TRY - Eagles. Menzies scores next to uprights after Eagles get several back to back sets of six. Conversion Williamson. Eagles 20-18
FULL TIME: Both sides showing plenty of spirit, the Eagles getting home right on fulltime.

Round 21
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Friday 02 August 2002: Newcastle Knights 24 - Saints 16
Fri 7:30PM, 02 August 2002 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Referee: P Simpkins, Crowd: 17,621

Newcastle Knights 24 (Tries: M Gidley, Tahu x2,Woolnough. Goals: Johns 4/5) defeated
St George Illawarra Dragons 16 (Tries: Ryles, Gasnier x2. Goals: Gorrell 1/1, Riddell 1/2)

By the clock:
10th min: PENALTY - Johns for Knights, Cooper (Dragons) carrying on in the tackle on Johns. Knights 2-0
A suspected bite mark on Perry's arm (Knights) has gone on report, in the 17th min. Not too much fuss from either side
19th min: Ryles for Dragons (pictured), scrambles over by the post, following a couple of soft tackles. Gorrell converts. Dragons 6-2
36th min: TRY - Matt Gidley for Knights. Out wide and unanswered, Quinn suffering a knock on the nose. Johns converts. Knights 8-6
HALF TIME: End to end stuff, a great game. Knights up by 8-6
43rd min: TRY - Gasnier for Dragons. A one on one strip from Thompson, quick play of the ball, and Gasnier throws a great dummy to score out wide. A great kick by Riddell is over. Dragons 12-8
50th min: TRY - Tahu for Knights. Quick plays of the ball after a mistake near the line by the Dragons, and Tahu is over out wide. Johns, with a hard kick, misses. 12-12
54th min: TRY - Gasnier for Dragons. Once again, the quick plays, and soft defence leads to the try. Gasnier, running from dummy half, stretching out to reach the line. No video ref used, which caused a lot of booing from the crowd. Riddell misses the kick. Dragons 16-12
58th min: TRY - Tahu for Knights. Tahu stretches out to score out wide, one on one. Johns, from the side, gets a lovely kick over. Knights 18-16
78th min: TRY - Woolnough for Knights. A desperate lost ball by Cooper, right on the line, went horribly wrong, and Woolnough is there to pick up the scraps, for his 2nd try in first grade. Johns converts. Knights 24-16
FULL TIME: Excellent stuff by both sides, a shame there has to be a loser. Knights win 24-16

Round 20
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Sunday 28 July 2002: Wests Tigers 8 - Saints 42
Sun 2:30PM, 28 July 2002 Campbelltown Stadium, Referee: T Mander, Crowd: 9,889
Wests Tigers 8 (Tries: Skandalis, McGuinness. Goals: Skandalis 0/1, Jeffries 0/1) defeated by
St George Dragons 42 (Tries: Gasnier 3, Cooper, Barrett, Hornby, Riddell, Roberts. Goals: Roberts 0/2, Riddell 5/6)
By the clock:
3rd min: Lee Hookey (Dragons) heavily concussed and stretchered off. Looks unlikely to return.
8 min: TRY - Dragons. Gasnier scores out wide on left wing. Conversion Roberts unsuccessful. Dragons 4-0
14 min: TRY - Dragons. Cooper scores out wide on right wing courtesy of an overlap (pictured). Conversion Roberts unsuccessful. Dragons 8-0
31 min:  Justin Smith (Dragons) concussed after being hit high. The second-rower forced from the field with a neck brace and on a stretcher. Dragons reduced to a two-man bench.
HALF TIME: Poor handling from both sides with Dragons bombing at least two tries. Wests Tigers only 8 points behind and have two extra players on the interchange bench. Dragons with 56% of the ball really should be further in front.
45 min: TRY - Dragons. Barrett scores next to uprights after forcing his way over, taking three defenders with him. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 14-0
50 min: TRY - Dragons. Hornby kicks through and scores after a shocking handling error from McGuinness in front of his own posts. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 20-0
57 min: TRY - Dragons. Riddell barges over to score under posts. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 26-0
62 min: TRY - Tigers. Skandalis scores 10m in from touch after Tigers get back to back penalties. Conversion Skandalis a shocker. Dragons 26-4
65 min: TRY - Dragons. Gasnier picks up loose ball and runs 40m through some ordinary defence to score under posts. Follows simple handling error from Tigers. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 32-4
Tigers kick out on full at re-start
69 min: TRY - Tigers. McGuinness forces loose ball out wide following kick. Follows intercept from Saleh (Tigers) who ran some 70m only to be chased down by Hornby (Dragons). Tigers scored two rucks later. Conversion Jeffries unsuccessful. Dragons 32-8
71 min: TRY - Dragons. Gasnier gets his first hat trick in first grade. Follows cross field bomb from Barrett. Conversion Riddell from the sideline a ripper. Dragons 38-8
79 min: TRY - Dragons. Roberts scores out wide after regathering deft chip from Barrett. Conversion Riddell unsuccessful. Dragons 42-8

Round 19
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Saturday 20 July 2002: South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 - Saints 48
Sat 3:00PM, 20 July 2002 Aussie Stadium (SFS), Referee: S Hayne, Crowd: 15,219
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 (Tries: Craigie, Hart. Goals: Craigie 1/2) defeated by
St George Illawarra Dragons 48 (Tries: Gasnier 2, Hookey 2, Millard, Smith, Hornby, Kite, Cooper. Goals: Smith 0/1, Roberts 2/2, Riddell 4/6)
By the clock: 
9th min: TRY - Hornby for Dragons. Barrett sends a great little kick through for Hornby to touch down unopposed. First time down their end of the field, and the Dragons score. The conversion by Smith misses. Dragons 4-0
14th min: TRY - Hookey for Dragons. Millard flies up the field from dummy half, great support play by the team, especially out wide. Roberts converts the try. Dragons 10-0
20th min: TRY - Millard for Dragons, great offload by Timmins, who had cut through the soft defence. Millard there to back up. Roberts gets the kick from out in front. Dragons 16-0
Chris Cauana (Souths) has just come on, in the 25th min, his 1st premiership game since Round 26, 1999
31st min: TRY - Smith for Dragons. The defence by Souths let the Dragons players through, great support play yet again by the Dragons. Riddell converts the try. Dragons 22-0
36th min: TRY - Gasnier (pictured) for Dragons, who put the foot down, and gets across the line out wide. Riddell's kick hits the post and misses. Dragons 26-0
HALF TIME: The Dragons are well ahead on the scoreboard, but a lot of unforced errors near their own goal line could've let Souths into the game, if they had taken advantage of the opportunities. Dragons lead 26-0 at the break
Muir (Souths) on report in the 41st min, for a suspected head slam on Felsch
43rd min: TRY - Craigie for Souths. Soft try for Souths, Craigie ended with a one on one with Smith, and over he goes. Craigie converts his own try. Dragons 26-6
48th min: TRY - Kite for Dragons. Wonderful play by the Dragons players, fooled the defence and Kite has an easy run to the try line. Riddell has no trouble with the conversion. Dragons 32-6
54th min: TRY - Hookey for Dragons. Souths not numbering up properly, and a fired up Dragons side, taking full advantage of it. Hookey in for his second. Riddell, from the sideline, misses the conversion. Dragons 36-6
59th min: TRY - Cooper for Dragons. Another brilliant try by the Dragons, Souths just have no answers at all today. Riddell gets the kick over. Dragons 42-6
71st min: TRY - Gasnier for Dragons. Taking 3 Souths players with him, Gasnier gets across the line with no trouble. Riddell gets one from the sideline over. Dragons 48-6
79th min: TRY - Hart for Souths. A consolation try to Souths by Hart, who has tried hard all game. Craigie misses the conversion. Dragons 48-10
FULL TIME: A great effort by all the Dragons players, and they deserve all the credit.The full time score a true indication of the game. Dragons win 48-10

Round 18
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Sunday 14 July 2002: Saints 26 - Canterbury Bulldogs 28
Sun 2:30 PM, 14 July 2002, WIN Stadium, Referee: P Simpkins, Crowd 18048
St George Illawarra Dragons 26 (Tries: Bailey, Hookey, Cooper, Roberts, Kite. Goals: Riddell 3/5) defeated by Canterbury Bulldogs 28 (Tries: G Hughes, Patten, Talau, Anasta, Feeney. Goals: El Masri 4/5)
By the clock: 
4th min: TRY - Dragons. Bailey (Dragons) forces ball with Hornby (Dragons) after Luke Patten (Bulldogs) loses ball behind own tryline. Conversion Riddell. Dragons 6-0
9th min: TRY - Bulldogs. Glen Hughes steps and scores easy try 12m in from touch. Conversion El Masri. 6-all
13 min: TRY - Bulldogs. Patten scores next to posts unopposed after taking inside pass from 10m out. Follows Dragons unforced handling error on halfway. Conversion El Masri. Bulldogs 12-6
18 min: TRY - Bulldogs. Talau scores 10m in from touch on back on penalty after Anasta is deemed to have been tackled late. Conversion El Masri is pushed to the right side of the posts. Bulldogs 16-6
37 min: TRY - Bulldogs. Anasta dives on Sherwin Campbell grubber into in-goal. Follows repeats sets of six. Conversion El Masri. Bulldogs 22-6
HALF TIME: Bulldogs dominating the ruck area and enjoying 67% of the possession.
44 min: TRY - Bulldogs. Feeney scores easy try 10m from uprights after accepting top class flick out the back from Talau. Conversion El Masri. Bulldogs 28-6
57 min: TRY - Dragons. Lee Hookey scores his 12th try of the year. Follows back to back penalties. Conversion Riddell from sideline just wide of right hand upright. Bulldogs 28-10
61 min: TRY - Dragons. Cooper scores out wide after more possession following penalties. Bulldogs guilty of some ill disciplined play. Riddell conversion from right side touchline is a ripper. Bulldogs 28-16
68 min: TRY - Dragons. Roberts scores under posts. Follows sensational break down middle of field from Hookey of some 70m. Conversion Riddell. Bulldogs 28-22
73 min: Paul Rahihi (Bulldogs) on report after knocking out Dragons skipper, Jason Hooper with high tackle.
75 min: Field goal attempt from Bulldogs hits uprights. errors from both sides as match turns on an exciting finish.
76 min: TRY - Dragons. Brent Kite scores tremendous try following some great passing down the right hand flank. Riddell conversion attempt not an easy one and he slices it to the right side of the uprights. Bulldogs 28-26
FULLTIME: Some confusion in the end as the siren is almost drowned out by the atmosphere of the finish. Dragons come close to scoring but its all over, the Bulldogs just hanging on to win.

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Sunday 07 July 2002: Brisbane Broncos 34 - Saints 22
Sun 3:00 PM, 07 July 2002, ANZ Stadium, Referee: S Hayne, Crowd 19998
Brisbane Broncos 34 (Tries: Tate, Devere, Meyers, Webb, Langer, Lockyer, Berrigan. Goals: Devere 3/7) defeated St George Dragons 22 (Tries: Hookey x 2, Smith, Hooper. Goals: J Smith 1/2, Riddell 2/2)
By the clock
6th min: TRY - Broncos. Tate scores. Conversion attempt Devere unsuccessful. Broncos 4-0
10th min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey score 11m from posts. Conversion Justin Smith. Dragons 6-0
18th min: TRY - Broncos. Devere scores out wide. Conversion attempt from sideline Devere unsuccessful. Broncos 8-6
23rd min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey gets his second. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 10-8.
28th min: TRY - Broncos. Brad Meyers. Conversion unsuccessful. Broncos 12-10.
35th min: TRY - Dragons. Justin Smith scores. Conversion successful. Dragons 16-12.
41st min: TRY - Broncos. Webb scores in the first minute after the break. Conversion successful. Broncos 18-16.
56th min: TRY - Broncos. Alf scores to extend the Broncos lead. Conversion successful. Broncos 24-16.
66th min: TRY - Broncos. Lockyer scores to put the match beyond reach. Conversion unsuccessful. Broncos 28-16.
73rd min: TRY - Broncos. Berrigan scores besides the posts to extend their lead.Conversion successful. Broncos 34-16.
77th min. TRY - Dragons.Hooper gets a consolation try for the Dragons. Conversion successful. Broncos 34-22.

Round 16
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Saturday 29 June 2002: SAINTS 45 - North Queensland Cowboys 18
Sat 5:30 PM, 29 June 2002, WIN Stadium , Referee: M Cecchin, Crowd: 7987
St George Illawarra Dragons 45 (Tries: Riddell 2, Hornby, Ryles, Hooper, Smith, Millard, Cooper. Goals: Riddell 4/4, Gorrell 2/4. Field Goals: Riddell 1/1) defeated Nth Qld Cowboys 18 (Tries: Bowen, Sing, Fien. Goals: Hannay 3/3)
By the clock:
8th min: TRY - Dragons. Hornby scores under the posts. Conversion successful. Dragons 6-0.
11th min: TRY - Dragons. Ryles crashes over after an inside ball. Riddell has been very hard to handle in the early stages and is running rampant. Conversion successful. Dragons 12-0.
19th min: TRY - Dragons. Jason Hooper streaks away from what can only be described as pathetic defence from the Cowboys. The Cowboys current completion rate is 4/9. They are on a hiding to nothing tonight. Conversion successful. Dragons 18-0.
26th min: TRY - Dragons. The carnage continues as the Dragons Justin Smith makes a mockery of the Cowboys defence to score a fine 70 metre try. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 22-0.
32nd min: TRY - Cowboys. Bowen scores a great long range try. Conversion successful. Dragons 22-6.
40th min: TRY - Dragons. Millard carries one over the line to break the backs of the Cowboys, who were looking much better in the latter stages of the first half. Conversion successful. Dragons 28-6.
44th min: TRY - Dragons. Matt Cooper jumps up above the pack to take a great mark and plant the ball over the line. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 32-6.
54th min: TRY - Cowboys. Matt Sing crosses out wided after some excellent passing movements from the Cowboys. Conversion successful. Dragons 32-12.
64th min: TRY - Dragons. Riddell breaks through some tired and feeble defence to give the Dragons an unbeatable lead with just over fifteen minutes to go. Conversion successful. Dragons 38-12.
67th min: TRY - Dragons. Riddell rubs some salt into the already gaping wound of the Cowboys as he runs from dummy half. thirty metres out from the Cowboys line and makes a mockery of their defense. Riddell (pictured) celebrates the try by jumping the fence, sitting down and applauding his effort, much to the delight of the small crowd that braved the cold and windy conditions. Conversion successful. Dragons 44-12.
71st min: FIELD GOAL - Dragons. Mark Riddell kicks a field goal. Saints are leading by 33 points with less than ten minutes remaining. Dragons 45-12
80 min: TRY - Cowboys. Nathan Fien scores late consolation try. Conversion Hannay.
FULL TIME: Dragons 45-18

Round 15
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Sunday 23 June 2002: New Zealand Warriors 22 - SAINTS 32
2:00PM (NZST) 12:00 (AEST), Sunday 23 June 2002, Ericsson Stadium, Referee: M Cecchin, Crowd 15303
New Zealand Warriors 22 (Tries: Carlaw, Fa'fili, Webb, Toopi, Laui'titi . Goals: Cleary 0/2, Jones 1/3 )
St George Illawarra Dragons 32 (Tries: Hornby x 2, Hookey x 2, Thompson. Goals: Riddell 2/3, Gorrell 4/5 )
By the clock
8th min: TRY - Warriors. Nice grubber from Jones gives the Warriors the opening try to John Carlaw. Ominous signs for the Dragons. Conversion unsuccessful. Warriors 4-0.
20th min: TRY - Dragons. Hornby scores next to the posts after some good offloads by the Dragons. Conversion successful. Dragons 6-4.
27th min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey extends the lead with a try close to the posts. Conversion successful. Dragons 12-4.
35th min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. The Warriors are looking sluggish compared to an enthusiastic Dragons outfit who are taking their chances. Dragons 14-4.
38th min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. St George extend their lead as the Warriors find themselves two converted tries behind the Dragons.
42nd min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey gets his second with a try out wide as the Dragons tighten the screws on the Warriors. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 20-4.
49th min: TRY - Dragons. Hornby gets his second after some excellent individual play and puts the Warriors to the sword. Conversion successful. Dragons 26-4.
52nd min: TRY - Warriors. Fa'fili gets one back out wide for the hoome team. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 26-8.
64th min: TRY - Dragons. Thompson gets the match winner after some very dubious calls against the home side which sees them lose any chance of victory. Conversion successful. Dragons 32-8.
69th min: TRY - Warriors. Webb gets one back but it's all too late. Conversion unsuccessful Dragons 32-12.
71st min: TRY - Warriors. Toopi edges them closer but poor goalkicking has left them with too big a mountain to climb. Conversion unsuccessful. Dragons 32-16.
73rd min: TRY - Warriors. Ali Laui'titi gets another back for the Warriors and reduces the deficit. Conversion successful. Dragons 32-22.

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SAT, 15 JUNE: SAINTS 30 - STORM 30
3:00PM, 14 June 2002 WIN Stadium, Referee: S Hampstead, Crowd 8021
Dragons 30 (Tries: Smith, Laloata, Cooper, Felsch, Riddell, Gorrell. Goals: Gorrell 2/4, Riddell 1/2) draw with
Storm 30 (Tries: Orford 2, Williams, Swain, Leyshon. Goals: Orford 5/6)
By the clock
7th min: TRY - Orford for Storm. Super quick from a set scrum, and under the posts to score. Conversion from right in front is over for Orford. Storm 6-0
Barrett (Dragons) on report in the 17th min, for a foreman on Howe in a tackle.
19th min: TRY - Williams for Storm. Back to back penalties had Storm close to the line. A suspected forward pass got Williams across the line. Conversion from Orford misses. Storm 10-0
23rd min: TRY - Smith for Dragons. Perfectly timed kick by Peters into the ingoal, for Smith to dive on. Conversion by Gorrell is over. Storm 10-6
27th min: TRY - Laloata for Dragons. Following a one on one strip by Roberts, the ball gets out to Laloata out wide. Conversion by Gorrell misses. 10 all
Walker (Storm) sent off for a swinging arm on Ryles jaw (pic). Storm down to 12 men for the rest of the match
32nd min: TRY - Swain for Storm. Great play by the Storm, Orford chips through for Swain to touch down. Orford from out front converts. Storm 16-10
36th min: TRY - Cooper for Dragons. A great burst of speed by Hookey to get through the gap, gets Cooper over the line. Conversion from Gorrell on the sideline misses. Storm 16-14
39th min: PENALTY Orford for Storm. Storm 18-14
HALF TIME: Both teams have a lot to play for and it shows. With the Storm down a man, the second half has the promise of a very tough match
43rd min: TRY - Felsch for Dragons. Following a very good start to the second half, the Dragons get the reward with a try. Gorrell converts. Dragons 20-18
52nd min: TRY - Leyshon for Storm. Swain runs around a few of the defenders, lucky bounce of a Dragon player's head, to get Leyshon over. Conversion by Orford is successful. Storm 24-20
56th min: TRY - Orford for Storm. Great inside pass close to the line from Swain and Orford scores. Orford converts his own try. Storm 30-20
64th min: TRY - Riddell for Dragons, following a penalty ,and some tired Storm defence. Riddell converts his own try. Storm 30-26
73rd min: TRY - Gorrell for Dragons. Gets the ball at speed and scores out wide. Riddell misses a tough conversion. 30 all
FULL TIME: Full credit to the Storm, playing their hearts out with 12 players for most of the game. But the Dragons managed to hold it together for the draw.

Round 13
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SAT, 8 JUNE: SHARKS 34 - SAINTS 13
Kickoff: 5:30PM, Toyota Park, Referee: S Hayne, Crowd: 12554
Sharks (Tries: Mellor 2, McKenna, Kimmorley, Lovell, Reick. Goals: Kimmorley 5/6)
Dragons (Tries: Roberts 2. Goals: Smith 1/1, Gorrell 1/1. Field Goals: Peters 1)
HALF TIME SCORE: Sharks 0 - Saints 13
By the clock:
3rd min: Mark Gasnier (Saints) leaves the field. First game back for the international centre and looks unlikely he will take any further part in this match. He can't put any weight on his foot (picture right). Reportedly same foot, same injury that has kept him out for the majority of the season.
5 min: Sharks have penalty right in front but opt for kick tap. They are penalised when Stevens ruled not to play ball correctly.
Ref Hayne issuing penalties at will in the opening 8 minutes.
11 min: TRY - Saints. Amos Roberts pounces on Peters' low range bomb into in-goal. Horror bounce for Sharks fullback, Peachey. First time this year that Sharks have conceded a try off a bomb. Conversion Justin Smith. Saints 6-0
32 min: Play is mainly in Saints' half but poor handling letting the Sharks down. Saints also guilty of some handling errors. Ref Hayne has isued 10 penalties (5-5) and seems to think that we've come to the game to watch him.
35 min: The slumber is disturbed by a great break by Shaun Timmins (Saints) but ball is knocked on... and play breaks down.
37 min: TRY - Saints. Amos Roberts scores a doble under the posts after Willie Peters races out quickly from dummy half. Cronulla crowd are filthy because of incorrect ref ruling (knock on againsy Peachey) in previous set. Conversion Gorrell. Saints 12-0
40 min: FIELD GOAL - Saints. Willie Peters kicks a field goals after Ref Hayne orders a scrum to re-packed after the the half time siren. Ref is correct on this occasion as scrum was set before half time and broke up. It had to re-packed. Saints 13-0
HALF TIME: Peachey (Sharks captain) berates referee and crowd boos ref as the players leave the field.
Saints looking the better team as the scores indicates. Sharks unable to convert field position into points.
49 min: TRY - Sharks. Things go Cronulla's way when McKenna scores near posts after two forward passes. Conversion Kimmorley. Saints 13-6
55 min: TRY - Sharks. Video ref rules benefit of doubt to Mellor who touches down on the line. Conversion Kimmorley from out wide a beauty. Saints 13-12
61 min: TRY - Sharks. Mellor scores out wide after break down right side flank. Conversion Kimmorley misses. Sharks in front 16-13
69 min: TRY - Sharks. Kimmorley shows a good turn of pace scores what looks like the winning try. Conversion Kimmorley. Sharks 22-13
75 min: TRY - Sharks. Lovell scores against a tiring Dragons defence. Conversion Kimmorley. Sharks 28-13
78 min: TRY - Sharks. Reick scores out wide after standing up fullback. Saints defence falling apart. Sharks coming home strong. Conversion Kimmorley. Sharls 34-13
FULL TIME: Sharks scored 34 unanswered points in the second half to break their seven game losing streak.

Round 12
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SAT 1 JUNE: NQ COWBOYS 40 - SAINTS 32
Kickoff: 5:30 PM, Dairy Farmers Stadium, Referee: M Cecchin, Crowd: 10561
Cowboys (Tries: Bowman 2, Williams, Morrison, Gatis, Sing, Jones. Goals: Morrison 6/7)
Dragons (Tries: Hookey, Peters, Thompson, Tutt, Gorrell, Stapleton. Goals: Roberts 1/2, Gorrell 3/4)
HALF TIME: 16-all
By the clock:
7th min: TRY - Bowman for Cowboys, crashing over the top of Hooper to cross the line. A lot of ball for the Cowboys, finally gets a result. Conversion from near the touchline is over for Morrison. Cowboys 6-0
10th min: TRY - Hookey for Dragons. A mistake from the kickoff by the Cowboys, gave the ball to the Dragons on halfway, which they made full use of to cross the line. Roberts kicks a great conversion. 6-6
18th min: TRY - Bowman for Cowboys. Morrison keeps the defence guessing by drifting out to the side, to have Bowman clear for the corner. Morrison's kick from the sideline misses. Cowboys 10-6
21st min: TRY - Williams for Cowboys. Once again kicking to Blacklock's wing. Three Cowboys on one Dragon defender, the result is a try. Great conversion from the sideline is over for Morrison. Cowboys 16-6
29th min: TRY - Peters for Dragons. Peters caught the defence napping close to the line, and nips over the line. Conversion by Roberts misses. Cowboys 16-10
Bower for Dragons is not taking part in the game, due to falling ill, prior to the start. Dragons only have 3 on the bench
33rd min: TRY - Thompson (pictured) for Dragons, bursting through the tiring Cowboys defence. Conversion by Gorrell is successful. 16-16
HALF TIME: An evenly contested match, between the two teams, in front of a vocal crowd. 16-16. You just get the impression that one of these teams will cut loose in the 2nd half, the question is, which team?
42nd min: TRY - Morrison for Cowboys. Dragons defence were still on the half time break, Morrison gets across the line easily. Morrison converts his own try. Cowboys 22-16
50th min: TRY - Gatis for Cowboys, amongst a sea of white, Gatis manages to get the ball just over the line. Conversion by Morrison is over. Cowboys 28-16
53rd min: TRY - Sing for Cowboys, following a charge down on a Peters kick. It was a matter of who was going to cross the line for the Cowboys. An excellent conversion from Morrison. Cowboys 34-16
57th min: TRY - Tutt for Dragons. Blacklock drifts across the line of defence to hand the ball to Tutt, who was clear on the wing. Gorrell's kick misses. Cowboys 34-20
Hooper on report for a high shot on Matty Sing
61st min: TRY - Jones for Cowboys. Close to the line and crashes through the Dragons defence. Conversion by Morrison is successful. Cowboys 40-20
72nd min: TRY - Gorrell for Dragons. Disjointed defence from the Cowboys see Peters make a break and get the pass to Gorrell who wrong footed Williams to score under the posts. Conversion by Gorrell is successful. Cowboys 40-26
76th min: TRY - Stapleton for Dragons. Great attack by the Dragond ending with a grubber kick into the ingoal, dived on by Stapleton. Gorrell converts. Cowboys 40-32
FULL TIME: Once again, the Cowboys came out firing, only to be pulled in by the Dragons, in the last 20 mins. An entertaining game with the Cowboys coming out on top.

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SUN 26 MAY: SAINTS 28 - BRISBANE BRONCOS 20
Kickoff: 3:00 PM Aussie Stadium (SFS) Referee: S Hayne Crowd 9051
Dragons 28 (Tries: Laloata 3, Hookey, Roberts. Goals: Roberts 2/4, Gorrell 2/4) defeated
Broncos 20 (Tries: McGuire, Tallis, Webcke, Kelly. Goals: L Tuqiri 2/4)
By the clock:
Blacklock (Dragons) is in run on side.
6th min: TRY - Dragons. Laloata. Conversion Roberts unsuccessful. Dragons 4-0
11 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Roberts Dragons 6-0
15 min: TRY - Broncos. McGuire under posts after 70m movement. Conversion L Tuqiri. 6-all
30 min: Following some good attacking raids from Saints, Broncos intercept while offside. Saints elect to shoot for goal. Wide penalty goal attempt from Gorrell unsuccessful.
33 min: Lote Tuqiri (Broncos) on report for lifting tackle on Gorrell (Dragons)
38 min: TRY - Broncos. Tallis scores near posts just before the break. Important try when Saints have been the dominant team for the first half. Conversion L Tuqiri. Broncos 12-6
HALFTIME: Dragons 6 - Broncos 12.
Dragons have been the better team with some great defence but too much dropped ball have cost them a number of scoring opportunities.
43 min: TRY - Dragons. Laloata takes tremendous final pass from Willie Peters to score out wide. Conversion from Aaron Gorrelll a beauty. 12-all
49 min: TRY - Broncos. Webcke survives double movement scrutiny from video ref. Conversion L Tuqiri unsuccessful. Broncos 16-12
54 min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey scores. Conversion Gorrell. Dragons 18-16
58 min: Aaron Gorrell (Dragons) on report for high tackle on Tate (Broncos).
65 min: TRY - Dragons. Laloata (pictured) scores his hat trick after some sustained Dragons attack. Conversion right on the touchline from Gorrell unsuccessful. Dragons 22-16
73 min: TRY - Broncos. Kelly scores out wide off Seymour kick. Conversion attempte L Tuqiri unsuccessful. Dragons 22-20
76 min: TRY - Dragons. Amos Roberts has scored after video ref rules he got to loose ball first. Conversion attempt from Roberts hits uprights and misses. Dragons 26-20
79 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Roberts slots a two pointer and the Dragons are home. Dragons 28-20
FULL TIME: Dragons 28 - Broncos 20. Brisbane crash to their first defeat of 2002 at the hands of St George. Saints scoring five tries to four.

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SAT 18 MAY: SAINTS 33 - WESTS TIGERS 22
Kickoff: 7:30pm WIN Stadium Referee: S Hayne Crowd 10,823
St George Illawarra Dragons 33 (Hookey 3, Peters, J Smith tries. Gorrell 5/5, Roberts 1/2 goals, Peters 1 field goal.) defeated Wests Tigers 22 (Wilson, Wozniack 2, Mears tries. Caine 3/4 goals.)
Half time score: Dragons 14 - Tigers 10
By the clock:
Saints depleted by loss of Blacklock (injury) and Bailey (Rep duties). This in addition to no Gasnier, Ryles, Barrett, Cooper, Timmins and Riddell.
20 min: TRY - TIGERS. Wilson. Conversion Caine unsuccessful. Tigers 4-0
23 min: TRY - Tigers. Wozniack from close range. Tigers getting plenty of ball (68%) and converting it into points. Conversion Caine. Tigers 10-0
32 min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey scores out wide. Set up by Justin Smith. Saints score on a rare occasion that they've had an opportunity to do so. Conversion Gorrell is a beauty. Tigers 10-6
34 min: TRY - Dragons. Hookey falls on loose ball in the in-goal. Conversion from wide Gorrell. Dragons 12-10
40 min: PENALTY GOAL - Dragons. Gorrell. Dragons 14-10.
Half time: Shouts of 'great work' from Saints team mates as they leave the field.
Tigers will have a decent breeze in the second half.
47 min: PENALTY GOAL - Gorrell. Dragons 16-10
Tigers in danger of having a player sin binned.
50 min: TRY - Dragons. Peters scores 10m from uprights after Gorrell carves them up the middle. Marvellous 50m movement. Conversion Gorrell. Dragons 22-10
61 min: TRY- Dragons. Hookey picks up a loose ball and hat trick as he runs 30m to score next to posts. Conversion Roberts (Gorrell off the field). Dragons 28-10
64 min: TRY - Dragons. Justin Smith on the burst close to the line. Conversion Roberts unsuccessful. Dragons 32-10
70 min: TRY - Tigers. Mears scores from close range. Conversion Caine successful. Dragons 32-16
75 min: TRY - Tigers. Wozniack. Conversion Caine. Dragons 32-22
80 min: FIELD GOAL - Dragons. Willie Peters pots a one pointer right on full time.
FULL TIME: Dragons 33 - Tigers 22

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SUN 12 MAY: SAINTS 21 - CANBERRA RAIDERS 21
Kickoff : 2:30 PM Venue: WIN Stadium Referee: P SimpkinsCrowd: 8,052
Scorers: St George Illawarra Dragons 21 (Tries: Timmins 2, Millard, Riddell. Goals: Riddell 2/3, J.Smith 0/1. Field Goal: Peters) draw with Canberra Raiders 21 (Tries: Lolesi 2, Jensen, Martin. Goals: Graham 2/4. Field Goal: Finch)
Half time score: Dragons 8 - Raiders 21
By the clock:
Thompson, Riddell and Bailey (Dragons) returning to Saints line up today. Woolford (Raiders) comes into run-on side. Croker (captain Raiders) wins toss and elects to run into the breeze.
2nd min: TRY - Raiders. Lolesi scores out wide from scrum play. Follows a mistake from Dragons' first touch of the ball. Wide conversion into breeze from Graham is successful. Raiders 6-0
10 min: TRY - Dragons. Timmins scores out wide following backline movement close to line. Great last pass from Willie Peters. Follows 40m break from Amos Roberts. Conversion Riddell pushed wide. Raiders 6-4
20 min: TRY - Raiders. Jensen scores out wide, diving on short grubber kick. Conversion Graham unsuccessful. Raiders 10-4
24 min: TRY - Dragons. Shane Millard scores out wide. Set up by Shaun Timmins. Conversion Justin Smith unsuccessful. Raiders 10-8
28 min: TRY - Raiders. Lolesi scores out wide after overlap appeared. Conversion Graham unsuccessful. Raiders 14-8
34 min: FIELD GOAL - Raiders. Brett Finch pops one over just before half time giving his team a 7 point buffer. Raiders 15-8
37 min: TRY - Canberra. Martin under posts. Set up by Finch. Conversion Graham. Raiders 21-8
HALF TIME: Dragons players booed off the field by their home crowd.
Raiders 63% possession. Bailey (Dragons) has completed 21 tackles after 40 minutes while the Raiders' top tackler, Mapp has completed just 9 tackles. Raiders controlling the centre of the ruck. Dragons looking weak as well down their right hand side. Raiders defending well with some blemishes down their right hand side. News from sheds is that Mapp (Raiders) is injured and will take no further part.
45 min: TRY - Dragons. Timmins scores after scrutiny from video ref. Timmins ruled not to have made a double movement. Next to posts. Conversion Riddell. Raiders 21-14
60 min: Lolesi (Raiders) injured in a tackle, clutching arm is helped from the field and unlikely to return. Cooper (Dragons) has yet to take the field for second half and is reportedly injured as well.
61 min: Troy Thompson (Raiders) on report for high tackle on Lance Thompson (Dragons). Lance Thompson forced from the field with concussion. Troy Thompson stays.
68 min: TRY - Dragons. Riddell in brilliant solo effort after taking advantage of broken play. Riddell runs and steps his way to tryline from 25m out. Poor defence. Conversion Riddell. Raiders 21-20.
74 min: Riddell (Dragons) SENT OFF for high late tackle on McLinden. Both players being injured in exchange. Mark Riddell only just coming back from 4 weeks suspension for similar incident. He breaks down momentarily on the sideline. Saints down to 12 men.
80 min: FIELD GOAL - Dragons. Peters scores field goal after fulltime. Differential penalty is awarded to Dragons. Unable to take shot at penalty goal, Dragons take ball back to 25m, taps the ball and Peters calmly pops the equaliser.
Late controversy in an otherwise uninspiring match. FULL TIME 21-all

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SUN 5 MAY: NORTHERN EAGLES 22 - SAINTS 18
Kickoff 2:30 PM, Venue: Brookvale Oval, Referee: S Clark, Crowd: 11,847
Scorers: Northern Eagles 22 (Tries: Pethybridge, Torrens, Kosef. Goals: Ferris 3/4, Pethtbridge 1/1, Reeves 1/2) defeated St George Illawarra Dragons 18 (Tries: Barrett, Cooper, Blacklock, J. Smith. Goals: Gorrell 1/3, Roberts 0/1)
Half time score: Eagles 10  - Dragons 10
By the clock:
3rd min: Penalty goal attempt Ferris (Eagles) goes across the face of goal. Saints penalised twice in the first 3 minutes. Roberts (Saints) returns ball with a 70m run.
6 min: No try to Hooper (Saints) after Cooper (Saints) makes a break. Vid ref correctly rules that Hooper put foot into touch after being tackled by desperate cover defence.
10 min: TRY Eagles. Pethybridge scores after Reeves returns football with 20 m run. Wade Forrester (Eagles) made the next break up the middle and finds Pethtbridge in support. This agianst the run of play as Roberts (Saints) bombed a try at other end a minute earlier. Conversion successful Ferris. Eagles 6-0
13 min: TRY Saints. Trent Barrett (pictured) scores under posts after set move from 30 m out finds a gap at third receiver. This follows handling error on halfway from John Hopoate (Eagles). Conversion Gorrell. 6-all
18 min: Try to Saints disallowed after video ref rules Nathan Blacklock (Saints) guilty of double movement. Blacklock sitting on 99 career tries will have to wait for his 100th.
28 min: Gary Winter (Eagles) knocked out. Ryles (Saints) placed on report for head high.
30 min: TRY - Saints. Cooper scores out wide. Saints exploiting the overlap as Gary Winter was being helped from the field. Plenty of controversy as ref allows play to resume before replacement can come on. Conversion unsuccessful Roberts. Saints 10-6
33 min: PENALTY GOAL Eagles. Ferris. Saints 10-8
34 min: PENALTY GOAL Eagles as ref evens the score. Both sides now having running battles with Referee Clark. Ferris pops an easy goal. 10-all.
37 min: Ferris (Eagles) comes off the field with what looks like a broken wrist or forearm. Unlikely to return.
HALF TIME: Plenty of whistle blowing from Referee Steven Clark and plenty of controversy. Saints look to be the better side with two tries to one and have had their chances with a number of tries going begging. Plenty of spirit from both sides but the finshing could be better. Penalties heavily in favour of Eagles (8-2) are keeping the home side well in the game although they may be facing the second half with two less men on the bench.
48 min: TRY - Eagles. Torrens under posts. Break from halfway from scrum play. Eagles taking advantage of poor defensive play. Conversion Pethybridge. Eagles 16-10
59 min: Eagles try disallowed after Reeves is deemed by video ref to have knocked on over tryline. Jason Winter (Eagles) getting ready to return to the field.
60 min: TRY - Saints. Nathan Blacklock scores in corner after tremendous run from Shaun Timmins. Blacklock inches from sideline. Conversion attempt Gorrell unsuccessful. Eagles 16-14
NATHAN BLACKLOCK SCORES HIS 100th CAREER TRY. CONGRATULATIONS TINGHA!
67 min: PENALTY GOAL Eagles. Reeves. Penalties now favour Eagles 10-2. Score: Eagles 18-14
71 min: Nathan Blacklock in all sorts of trouble with what looks like a leg / knee injury. Stretchered from the field for the first time in his career.
73 min: TRY - Eagles. Kosef scores in corner after Eagles get  repeat set of six. Questionable last pass but ref has no hesitation in awarding try. Conversion unsuccessful Reeves. Eagles 22-14
76 min: TRY - Saints. Justin Smith scores after 2nd man set play. Gorrell conversion attempt midway touchline and goal unsuccessful. Eagles 22-18
79 min: Exciting finish to game. Eagles get their 11th penalty (penalty count 11-2) but a Hopoate pass is intercepted by Peters (Saints) who runs 80m. In the next play Saints send the ball wide and Saints' winger, Matt Cooper only needs to finish the movement and the scores are level witha kick to come. The video ref replay shows Cooper has knocked on by a matter of inches and the Eagles pull off an extraordinary win.
SUMMARY: A great win to the struggling Eagles side. The match itself had more than its fair share of action and controversy. Often marred by poor handling from both sides but an entertaining day for the Brookvale crowd.
For Saints, they now have to re-group with the knowledge that have only won one game after eight rounds. The Eagles will savour the victory but look to have lost their goal kicker Jason Ferris for some time following images of his left arm wrapped in plaster.
FULL TIME: Eagles 22-18

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THUR 25 APRIL (ANZAC DAY):
SAINTS 20 - ROOSTERS 24
Kickoff 3:00 PM Venue: Aussie StadiumReferee:T Archer Crowd: 20, 578
Scorers: St George Illawarra Dragons 20 (Tries: Barrett, Tutt, Peters. Goals: Gorrell 3/3, Roberts 1/1.) defeated by Sydney Roosters 24 (Tries: Hegarty, Phillips, Holbrook, Wing . Goals: Holbrook 4/5.)
Half time score: St George Dragons 8 - Sydney Roosters 8
By the clock:
A very good crowd for the Anzac Day game, with tributes to the Anzac soldiers past and present
10th min - PENALTY - Holbrook for Roosters. Roosters 2-0
12th min: PENALTY - Gorrell for Dragon, right in front, following a high shot from Morley. Saints 2 -Roosters 2
16th min: TRY - Hegarty for Roosters, breaking through a tackle, set play from a scrum. Conversion Holbrook. Roosters 8-2
Morley is out of the game with mild concussion, following a heavy tackle
33rd min: TRY - Barrett for Dragons. Sensational offload from Barrett earlier in the play, to follow up and grab an excellent pass from from Peters to put him through the gap beside the post. Conversion Roberts, from right in front. Saints 8 - Roosters 8
HALF TIME: A very good contest by both teams
41st min:  TRY - Phillips for Roosters. Going wide from the kick off and great end to end try, with Phillips stumbling over the line under the post. Conversion by HolBrook right in front. Roosters 14-8
Bailey (Saints) on report for high tackle on Phillips
50th min: TRY - Holbrook for Roosters. Filter drifted acrooss the line, putting Holbrook through the gap. Not converted. Roosters 18-8
Holbrook (Roosters) on report for a high shot
Morley (Roosters) on again after his earlier problem, has left the field for good after a solid tackle left him in 'gaga' land
60th min:  Wing for Roosters, following a great chip kick from Fitler, and a good bounce for Wing. Conversion from in front for Holbrook. Roosters 24-8
66th min: Tutt for Saints. Blacklock, who was involved twice, starting a great move from the other end of the field, sending it out wide, to put Tutt over the line. Conversion swung in from Gorrell. Roosters 24-14
71st min: TRY - Peters for Saints. Great bust through the gap by Ryles to put Peters under the post. Conversion Gorrell. Saints are coming back. Roosters 24-20
FULL TIME: A great comeback by the Dragons, after looking to be down and out, but not enough to win the game. Some dubious decisions by the ref did not help either team.

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SAT 20 April 2002: MELBOURNE 12 - SAINTS 4
Kickoff 3:00 PM. Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne. Referee: S Hampstead. Crowd: 8023
Scorers: Melbourne Storm 12 (Tries: Langi, Russo. Goals: Smith 0/1, Swain 2/2. )
defeated St George Dragons 4  (Tries: Tutt. Goals: Hornby 0/1. )
Half time score: Melbourne Storm 4 - St George Illawarra 0
By the clock:
17th min: TRY - Langi for Storm, 1st try of the season for him, after Storm having a lot of possesion. Not converted 8 metres in. Storm 4-0
Half time:  A very tight game as the score at halftime indicates. Dragons have made a few errors. Good defence by both teams.
Storm have the wind behind them in the second half, the ground is considered ' heavy '
47th min: TRY - Tutt for Dragons,1st try in the NRL, good break by Blacklock out wide, passing on the inside to Tutt. Not converted. Storm 4  - Dragons 4
71st min: TRY - Russo for Storm, after sustained attack and a 40/20 kick from Hill, and brilliant defence. Conversion Swain. Storm 10-4
79th min: PENALTY - Swain for Storm, a bit of fustration setting in from Smith (Dragons). Storm 12-4
Full Time: A hard fought win for Melbourne Storm. Once again Richard Swain leading the way.
Saints make 22 handling errors and too many tackles. Saints in own half for 63% of the time and had a poor completion rate of 20 out of 42 sets.
Half time 4-0 to Melb. Score was 4-all until 71st minute, Melb winning courtesy of a late try following a 40/20 kick. Lowest scoring match for two years.

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SUN 14 April 2002: SAINTS 20 - PARRAMATTA 20
Venue: WIN Stadium Referee: T Mander Crowd: 16,321 
Scorers: St George Illawarra Dragons 20 (Tries: Timmins, Hooper x2. Goals: Gorrell 3/3, Hornby 1/2 ) draw with 
Parramatta Eels 20 (Tries: Hindmarsh, Lyon, Ryan. Goals: Hodgson 4/4 ) 
Half time score: St George Illawarra Dragons 12 - Parramatta Eels 14
By the clock:
2nd min: TRY - Timmins for Dragon, conversion Gorrell. Dragons 6-0 
8th min: PENALTY - Hodgson for Eels. Dragons 6-2 
18th min: TRY - Hindmarsh for Eels, conversion Hodgson. Eels 8-6 
26th min: TRY - Lyon for Eels, runaway try, conversion Hodgson. Eels 14-6 
33rd min: TRY Hooper for Dragons, runaway try after great pass from Willie Peters, conversion Hornby. Eels 14-12 
Moodie (Eels) currently off with groin injury. Gasnier (Dragons) currently off with foot injury, and will not take any further part in the game. 
41st min: Ryles (Dragons) on report for putting the elbow in on Irvine. 
49th min: Lyon (Eels) on report for dangerous tackle (lifting) 
64th min: TRY - Hooper for Dragons, after being the attacking team since half time. Conversion Gorrell. Dragons 18-14 
68th min: PENALTY - Gorrell for Dragons. Dragons 20-14 
71st min: TRY - Ryan for Eels, conversion Hodgson. Dragons 20 - Eels 20

Round 4: BYE

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