Full Time
80:00
6:00pm Fri March 26, 2021
Round 3 - WIN Stadium, Wollongong / Dharawal - Crowd: 9253
80min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax can bring the house down with his 22nd straight. He studies the ball, puts it on the tee. The crowd goes up, nails it.

Dragons lead Dragons 38 - 12 Sea Eagles
79min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Brayden Wiliame. Kick to come.

Williame gets in on the action. Hits the ball hard and beats the defender.

Dragons lead Dragons 36 - 12 Sea Eagles
76min

Foran loses it.

75min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

Garrick kicks the extras.

Dragons lead Dragons 32 - 12 Sea Eagles
75min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Daly Cherry-Evans. Kick to come.

Consolation for the Sea Eagles. Some lovely passing and DCE goes in.

Dragons lead Dragons 32 - 10 Sea Eagles
74min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax with a tough one for 21 straight. From the right side. He goes in, just goes inside.

Dragons lead Dragons 32 - 6 Sea Eagles
73min

RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Held up.

73min

BUNKER TIME! Blake Lawrie looks to get his first ever. Called NO TRY.

70min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Zac Lomax. Kick to come.

Hunt gets into the action. Grubber is knocked on twice and Lomax mops up!

Dragons lead Dragons 30 - 6 Sea Eagles
69min

DCE tries to go short. Out on the full. Dragons can celebrate here.

68min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax adds two more.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 6 Sea Eagles
66min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Matthew Dufty. Kick to come.

Set play and the Dragons finish the game! Norman goes inside to Dufty who burns his defender.

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 6 Sea Eagles
64min

Dragons have made a mess of the kick on last and forced to drop it out.

63min

The game has settled back into the arm wrestle. Both sides have traded sets and Ben Hunt has started to favour his leg more.

56min

Penalty Goal: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Dragons go for the posts! Lomax aiming for 19 straight goals. The youngster has the tee, readies himself and makes it fourteen the difference.

Dragons lead Dragons 20 - 6 Sea Eagles
53min

PENALTY DRAGONS! Hunt was taken out after the kick. Chance for the Dragons to put this away.

50min

Battle of the young guns! Saab rises high, grabs it but is taken ball and all by Ramsay. Sea Eagles peppered the right side in that set. Bird made two good stops.

49min

Dragons go short.. for some reason. Lomax can't handle and the Sea Eagles are right on the line already.

48min

Sea Eagles force a dropout from their best set of the second half. DCE's hard kick was grounded by Hunt.

46min

Dragons have pinned the Eagles down their own end here. Forcing them to ruck it out.

43min

RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Saab knocked on. He regathered it before the kick. Dragons scrum. After all that.

43min

BUNKER TIME! What happened there! The ball came free, and Ramsay maybe mops up. Referee has called NO TRY.

40min

We're back for the second half. The Eagles have to dig themselves out of a 12 point deficit or can the Dragons go on with this.

40min

HALFTIME :: Dragons were on top with three straight tries but the Eagles strike late to keep themselves in the contest. 18-6 at the break.

38min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

Garrick has a chance to convert his own effort. The winger takes his time over the ball. Studies, the former Dragon walks in, steadies it over.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 6 Sea Eagles
37min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Reuben Garrick. Kick to come.

Sea Eagles are on the board! A short kick from Foran isn't able to picked up by Dufty and Garrick pounces.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 4 Sea Eagles
35min

PENALTY SEA EAGLES! Strip.

34min

Dragons again go wide in their half. Faamausili tries to link with Norman. The pass was low and Norman lost it.

33min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax looking for his 18th, nails it.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 0 Sea Eagles
32min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Cody Ramsey. Kick to come.

Dragons are on fire! Hunt shifted down the short, gives Bird a fantastic ball who flicks to Ramsay to finish.

Dragons lead Dragons 16 - 0 Sea Eagles
31min

Sea Eagles show some expansive footy again but again, Parker loses it.

30min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax from in front. Kicks his 17th.

Dragons lead Dragons 12 - 0 Sea Eagles
28min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Matthew Dufty. Kick to come.

Lovely piece of work from the Saints! Tariq Sims surges into the gap, finds his flying fullback and Dufty does the rest.

Dragons lead Dragons 10 - 0 Sea Eagles
27min

Sea Eagles try to isolate Hunt but he smashes Parker and forces it loose.

26min

PENALTY SEA EAGLES! Jack Bird and Moses Suli get involved with each other. The two struck at each other in the play-the-ball then wanted to continue on.

26min

Sea Eagles using the width of the field. They earned another set of six through the ball being played at.

24min

RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Double knock on in the inital play. Sea Eagles ball.

24min

BUNKER TIME! Dragons have started to throw it in their own end. Alvaro lost it. DCE tries to do his best Wollongong Wolves impression to the line. Checking a knock on.

23min

Dragons were stuck on their own line. Norman slices through, has the chance to position Dufty but the pass is too hard.

19min

Again handling lets down the Eagles. Lovely tip on from Paseka but Trbojevic loses it.

18min

Dragons tried to get their two centres linking up. Bird crabbed across but threw the hard pass to Lomax, who spilled it.

17min

The game had settled into a rhythm. Both sides trading sets. Sea Eagles tried to get a roll on through Lachlan Croker but he forgot the ball.

12min

That was the Sea Eagles best set of the contest. A break down the left opened it up and DCE with a smart grubber against the post forced the dropout.

10min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax has a chance to convert his own effort. He is on a 15 consecutive goal kicking streak. He strides in, nails it.

Dragons lead Dragons 6 - 0 Sea Eagles
9min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Zac Lomax. Kick to come.

The high kick again, and Lomax profits this time!

Dragons lead Dragons 4 - 0 Sea Eagles
7min

Sea Eagles fail to get through another set. They have shown promise to shift it wide but handling let them down there.

3min

Sea Eagles spread it from their own end. It sent Garrick down the right side but he stepped on the line.

2min

Dragons go high on last. Lomax gets above the pack but can't hold onto the ball.

1min

Errors cruelled the Sea Eagles last week and Taupau drops one in the opening set.

KICK-OFF!

Here come the Sea Eagles who get the traditional razzing from the home crowd. They are in their maroon and white strip and look to get their season finally underway. Next out is the home team. The Dragons after their win last weekend and in front of a healthy crowd. They head to the southern end to recieve the kick-off.

Welcome to wonderful Wollongong! We kick-off the Friday doubleheader in the 'gong where the Dragons search for back-to-back victories for the first time since August 2020. The Red V aim to continue fortress WIN Stadium with the Sea Eagles without a win here since 2003. The Eagles lost both of their opening games and the pressure is building on the northern beaches. Can they spring an ambush or will the Saints keep marching on! Find out in five minutes as we kick-off!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, Kasey Badger

Video Referee: Chris Butler

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (38)
Tries: Zac Lomax (2), Matthew Dufty (2), Cody Ramsey, Brayden Wiliame
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (6/6)
Penalty Goals: Zac Lomax (1/1)

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (12)
Tries: Reuben Garrick, Daly Cherry-Evans
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (2/2)
Penalty Goals: