2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

St. George Illawarra Dragons
2004 season
CEO Peter Doust
Head coach Nathan Brown
Captain Trent Barrett[1]
NRL5th, Qualifying Final
Top try scorerClub: Matt Cooper (17)
Top points scorerClub: Mathew Head (119)
Highest home attendance18, 932 (vs. Penrith in Round 6, 18 April 2004)
Lowest home attendance9, 362 (vs. Newcastle in Round 4, 4 April 2004))
Average home attendance14, 347
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 6th in the joint-venture club's history, and they competed in the 2004 NRL season. Coached by Nathan Brown and captained by Trent Barrett, they finished the 2004 Telstra Premiership 5th (out of 15 teams) at the end of the regular season. The Dragons then reached the first week of the finals when they were knocked out by the Penrith Panthers. This was the result of some major upsets which involved two of the top three ranked teams (Bulldogs and Brisbane Broncos) also losing in the first week of the finals.

Draw and Results

14 March 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-21 Canberra Raiders Kogarah, New South Wales
14:30
 Dean Young  43'
Reece Simmonds  55'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/2
Brett Firman 1/1 		Stadium: OKI Jubilee Oval
Player of the Match: Mark McLinden
20 March 2004 New Zealand Warriors 10-16 St. George Illawarra Dragons Auckland, New Zealand
17:30
 Matt Cooper  35'
Mathew Head  40'
Reece Simmonds  53'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 2/3
Mathew Head 0/1 		Stadium: Ericsson Stadium
Player of the Match: Matt Cooper
28 March 2004 Melbourne Storm 34-6 St. George Illawarra Dragons Melbourne, Victoria
15:00
 Matt Cooper  13'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/2 		Stadium: Olympic Park
Player of the Match: Steve Turner
4 April 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 48-2 Newcastle Knights Wollongong, New South Wales
15:00
 Reece Simmonds  40, 68'
Mark Riddell  58, 64'
Shaun Timmins  3'
Mark Gasnier  15'
Nathan Blacklock  23'
Lance Thompson  72'
Trent Barrett  75'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 4/6
Mathew Head 2/3 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
Player of the Match: Mark Riddell
11 April 2004 Wests Tigers 10-39 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney, New South Wales
14:30
 Ben Hornby  22, 54'
Matt Cooper  33, 64'
Mark Gasnier  38'
Shaun Timmins  45'
Ashton Sims  67'
Goals:
Mathew Head 3/5
Mark Riddell 2/3
Field Goal:
Trent Barrett 57' 		Stadium: Telstra Stadium
Player of the Match: Matt Cooper
18 April 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 44-18 Penrith Panthers Wollongong, New South Wales
14:30
 Matt Cooper  23, 25, 55, 70'
Trent Barrett  2'
Mathew Head  53'
Nathan Blacklock  59'
Mark Riddell  63'
Goals:
Mathew Head 5/6
Mark Riddell 1/2 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
Player of the Match: Matt Cooper
25 April 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-11 Sydney Roosters Sydney, New South Wales
15:00
 Reece Simmonds  44'
Goals:
Mathew Head 2/2 		Stadium: Aussie Stadium
Player of the Match: Brad Fittler
1 May 2004 Cronulla Sharks 12-42 St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla, New South Wales
19:30
 Ben Hornby  19, 61, 66'
Mark Gasnier  4, 75'
Tony Jensen  7'
Nathan Blacklock  43'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 6/6
Mathew Head 1/1 		Stadium: Toyota Park
Player of the Match: Ben Hornby
9 May 2004 Manly Sea Eagles 21-10 St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly, New South Wales
15:00
 Brent Kite  60'
Reece Simmonds  66'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/2 		Stadium: Brookvale Oval
Player of the Match: John Hopoate
15 May 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-38 Canterbury Bulldogs Wollongong, New South Wales
17:30
 Justin Poore  73'
Ben Hornby  79'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/2 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
21 May 2004 Parramatta Eels 6-37 St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta, New South Wales
19:30
 Daniel Holdsworth  65, 76'
Reece Simmonds  5'
Mathew Head  55'
David Howell  63'
Mark Riddell  71'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 5/6
Mathew Head 1/1
Field Goal:
Mathew Head 69' 		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Player of the Match: Mathew Head
28 May 2004 Brisbane Broncos 24-22 St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane, Queensland
19:30
 Mark Gasnier  3, 80'
Ben Hornby  16'
Shaun Timmins  36'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 2/3
Mathew Head 1/1 		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Player of the Match: Casey McGuire
5 June 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-14 North Queensland Cowboys Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30
 Matt Cooper  27'
David Howell  65'
Ben Creagh  76'
Goals:
Mathew Head 0/3 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
11 June 2004 Penrith Panthers 8-28 St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith, New South Wales
19:30
 David Howell  3'
Lincoln Withers  36'
Reece Simmonds  43'
Matt Cooper  53'
Michael Henderson  76'
Goals:
Mathew Head 4/4
Mark Riddell 0/1 		Stadium: Penrith Stadium
Player of the Match: Trent Barrett
20 June 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 50-0 Wests Tigers Kogarah, New South Wales
15:00
 Mark Gasnier  11, 26, 44, 56'
Matt Cooper  21'
Ashton Sims  30'
Ben Creagh  39'
Dean Young  65'
Mark Riddell  80'
Goals:
Mathew Head 7/9 		Stadium: OKI Jubilee Oval
Player of the Match: Mark Gasnier
27 June 2004 South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-52 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney, New South Wales
15:00
 Ben Hornby  21, 25'
Reece Simmonds  16, 49'
Matt Cooper  71, 77'
Mark Gasnier  4'
Lance Thompson  6'
Brent Kite  19'
Ben Creagh  59'
Goals:
Mathew Head 5/9
Mark Riddell 1/1 		Stadium: Aussie Stadium
Player of the Match: Mark Gasnier
BYE v St. George Illawarra Dragons
9 July 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 14-28 Brisbane Broncos Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30
 Shaun Timmins  13'
Lincoln Withers  70'
Andrew Frew  79'
Goals:
Mathew Head 1/3 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
Player of the Match: Neville Costigan
16 July 2004 Sydney Roosters 18-14 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney, New South Wales
19:30
 Ryan Cross 26' to 36' Clint Greenshields 53' to 63'
Nathan Blacklock  18'
John Carlaw  27'
Goals:
Mathew Head 3/3 		Stadium: Aussie Stadium
25 July 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 26-14 Cronulla Sharks Kogarah, New South Wales
15:00
 Reece Simmonds  9, 75'
Trent Barrett  18'
Lincoln Withers  45'
Mark Riddell  73'
Goals:
Mathew Head 3/5 		Stadium: OKI Jubilee Oval
Player of the Match: Trent Barrett
31 July 2004 North Queensland Cowboys 34-10 St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville, Queensland
19:30
 Ben Creagh  40'
Nick Youngquest  60'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/1
Mathew Head 0/1 		Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Player of the Match: Matt Bowen
6 August 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 34-10 Melbourne Storm Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30
 Matt Cooper  3, 62'
Trent Barrett  37'
John Carlaw  46'
Reece Simmonds  59'
Lincoln Withers  69'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 3/4
Mathew Head 2/2 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
Player of the Match: Jason Ryles
14 August 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-10 New Zealand Warriors Wollongong, New South Wales
19:30
 John Carlaw  10'
Mark Riddell  13'
Reece Simmonds  36'
Ben Hornby  39'
Nick Youngquest  50'
Ashton Sims  73'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 1/3
Mathew Head 1/3 		Stadium: WIN Stadium
Player of the Match: Mathew Head
20 August 2004 Newcastle Knights 22-24 St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle, New South Wales
19:30
 Nick Youngquest  8, 60'
Mathew Head  53, 56'
Matt Cooper  73'
Goals:
Mathew Head 2/4
Mark Riddell 0/1 		Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Player of the Match: Mathew Head
29 August 2004 St. George Illawarra Dragons 36-34 Manly Sea Eagles Kogarah, New South Wales
14:30
 Nathan Blacklock  57, 62'
Shaun Timmins  33'
Lincoln Withers  47'
Ben Hornby  64'
Matt Cooper  67'
Justin Poore  77'
Goals:
Mark Riddell 3/5
Mathew Head 1/2 		Stadium: OKI Jubilee Oval
St. George Illawarra Dragons v BYE
10 September 2004 Penrith Panthers 31-30 St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith, New South Wales
20:00
 Preston Campbell
Trent Waterhouse
Luke Priddis


Goals: Ryan Girdler 5/5
Field Goals: Craig Gower 		Nathan Blacklock  33'
Ben Hornby  37'
Shaun Timmins  53'
Lance Thompson  66'
Dean Young  77'
Goals: Mathew Head 5/5 		Stadium: Penrith Stadium
Attendance: 21,963
Referee: Sean Hampstead
Player of the Match: Trent Waterhouse

Ladder

2004 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 19 0 5 2 710 368 +342 42
2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (P) 24 19 0 5 2 760 491 +269 42
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 1 7 2 602 533 +69 37
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 672 567 +105 34
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 10 2 624 415 +209 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 2 684 517 +167 30
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 1 11 2 526 514 +12 29
8 Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 554 613 −59 26
9 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 509 534 −25 24
10 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 516 617 −101 24
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 2 528 645 −117 24
12 Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 517 626 −109 22
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 0 15 2 615 754 −139 22
14 New Zealand Warriors 24 6 0 18 2 427 693 −266 16
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 2 17 2 455 812 −357 16

Home Ground Attendances

Transfers

Gains:
Losses:

Squad

No. Position Player

Luke Bailey – PR Trent Barrett – FE (captain) Nathan Blacklock – WG John Carlaw – CE Matt Cooper – CE Ben Creagh – SR Brett Firman – HB Andrew Frew – WG Mark Gasnier – CE Clint Greenshields – FB Mathew Head – HB Michael Henderson – PR Daniel Holdsworth – FE Ben Hornby – HB David Howell – CE Michael Howell – LK Tony Jensen – SR

No. Position Player

Brent Kite – PR Nathan Long – PR Bryan Norrie – PR Henry Perenara – SR Justin Poore – PR Ryan Powell – HK Mark Riddell – HK Lachlan Russell – HB Jason Ryles – PR Reece Simmonds – WG Ashton Sims – SR Lance Thompson – SR Shaun Timmins – LK Aaron Wheatley – SR Lincoln Withers – HK Dean Young – LK Nick Youngquest – WG

References

  1. ^ "Dragons lose Barrett". abc.net.au. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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