Dragons Announce 2007 Home Game Venue Split

Further re-development works at OKI Jubilee Stadium will see the St George Illawarra Dragons play the majority of their early season home games at the Kogarah venue.

The NRL released the 2007 schedule in mid-November, enabling the Dragons to determine the distribution of the home game program.

Dragons Chief Executive Officer Peter Doust said there were a number of issues to consider in making the decision including the building works at OKI Jubilee and venue clashes at WIN Stadium.

?We are very lucky to have two great venues within our region to play rugby league,? said Doust.

?While the impact of the ongoing upgrade to OKI Jubilee Stadium is not ideal for our decision making, such a commencement date of works will try to ensure everything is back to normal in 2008.

?Part of our ongoing strategy is also to spread the opposition teams across our venues each year and we believe the venue allocation on balance, with all things taken into consideration, provides for an appropriate distribution of matches,? added Doust.

In 2007, the Dragons will host the Knights in their first home game at OKI Jubilee Stadium in Round 2 followed by the Storm (Rnd 5), Panthers (Rnd 8), Broncos (Rnd 12), Sharks (Rnd 13) and Sea Eagles (Rnd 16).

WIN Stadium will host the Cowboys (Rnd 3), Titans (Rnd 10), Raiders (Rnd 17), Bulldogs (Rnd 20), Rabbitohs (Rnd 22) and Eels (Rnd 24).

The Dragons will continue to honour their traditions with the St George Heritage game planned for Round 13 v Sharks; recognising 40 years of the ?local derby? and Round 17 v Raiders the Illawarra Heritage game, as the Steelers and Raiders both entered the NSWRL competition in 1982.

The Dragons will play two pre-season matches, the first against the Bulldogs at WIN Stadium on February 24, followed by the traditional Charity Shield at Telstra Stadium v the Rabbitohs on March 3.

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS 2007 ROUND DRAW
Pre-Season Matches
February 24 Dragons v Bulldogs WIN Stadium
March 6 Charity Shield v Rabbitohs Telstra Stadium

RD TEAM DAY DATE VENUE
1 Titans Sunday 18 March Away
2 Knights 23-26 March OKI Jubilee Stadium
3 Cowboys 30 March - 2 April WIN Stadium
4 Sharks 6-9 April (Easter) Away
5 Storm 13-16 April OKI Jubilee Stadium
6 BYE
7 Roosters 25 April Aussie Stadium
8 Panthers 4-7 May OKI Jubilee Stadium
9 Wests Tigers 11-14 May Away
10 Titans 18-21 May WIN Stadium
11 Raiders 25-28 May Away
12 Broncos 1-4 June OKI Jubilee Stadium
13 Sharks 8-11 June OKI Jubilee Stadium
14 Eels 15-18 June Away
15 Storm 22-25 June Away
16 Sea Eagles 29 June - 2 July OKI Jubilee Stadium
17 Raiders 6-9 July WIN Stadium
18 Warriors 13-16 July Away
19 Panthers 20-23 July Away
20 Bulldogs 27-30 July WIN Stadium
21 Knights 3-6 August Away
22 Rabbitohs 10-13 August WIN Stadium
23 Cowboys 17-20 August Away
24 Eels 24-27 August WIN Stadium
25 Sea Eagles 31 August - 3 Sept Away