Squad gains and losses edit
1 The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches .
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ladder Position 11th 8th 12th 9th 9th 10th 12th 12th 11th 9th 8th 8th 10th 10th 11th 9th 9th 10th 10th 8th 9th 11th 9th 7th 8th 7th Source: [1]
Round Home Score Away Match Information Date Venue Referee Attendance Source 1 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 24 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 17 March Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 12,470 [2] 2 Penrith Panthers 16 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 March Penrith Stadium Tony Archer 10,207 [3] 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 33 – 14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 31 March Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 37,183 [4] 4 BYE 5 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 20 Parramatta Eels 14 April Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 16,321 [5] 6 Melbourne Storm 12 – 4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 April Olympic Park Stadium Sean Hampstead 8,023 [6] 7 (ANZAC Day ) St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 24 Sydney Roosters 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Tony Archer 20,588 [7] 8 Northern Eagles 22 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 May Brookvale Oval Steve Clark 11,828 [8] 9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 – 21 Canberra Raiders 12 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 8,052 [9] 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 33 – 22 Wests Tigers 18 May Wollongong Showground Shayne Hayne 10,823 [10] 11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 20 Brisbane Broncos 26 May Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 9,051 [11] 12 North Queensland Cowboys 40 – 32 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 June Willows Sports Complex Matt Cecchin 10,561 [12] 13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 34 – 13 St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 June Endeavour Field Shayne Hayne 12,554 [13] 14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 30 Melbourne Storm 15 June Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 8,021 [14] 15 New Zealand Warriors 22 – 32 St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 June Mount Smart Stadium Matt Cecchin 15,303 [15] 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 45 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys 29 June Wollongong Showground Matt Cecchin 7,987 [16] 17 Brisbane Broncos 34 – 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 7 July Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Shayne Hayne 19,998 [17] 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 28 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 July Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 18,048 [18] 19 South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 – 48 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 July Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 15,219 [19] 20 Wests Tigers 8 – 42 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 July Campbelltown Stadium Tim Mander 9,889 [20] 21 Newcastle Knights 24 – 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 August Newcastle International Sports Centre Paul Simpkins 17,621 [21] 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 20 Northern Eagles 11 August Sydney Football Stadium Tim Mander 9,621 [22] 23 St. George Illawarra Dragons 58 – 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 August Wollongong Showground Matt Cecchin 12,122 [23] 24 BYE 25 Sydney Roosters 26 – 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 15,629 [24] 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 22 Newcastle Knights 8 September Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 16,297 [25] FW1 Newcastle Knights 22 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 September Newcastle International Sports Centre Bill Harrigan 21,051 [26] FW2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 40 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 31,783 [27]
^ "Ladder" . National Rugby League . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 18 v Sharks 24 / Round 1, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Penrith 16 v St George Illawarra 24 / Round 2, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Bulldogs 33 v St George Illawarra 14 / Round 3, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Parramatta 20 / Round 5, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Melbourne 12 v St George Illawarra 4 / Round 6, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Sydney Roosters 24 / Round 7, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Northern Eagles 22 v St George Illawarra 18 / Round 8, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 21 v Canberra 21 / Round 9, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 33 v Wests Tigers 22 / Round 10, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 28 v Brisbane 20 / Round 11, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / North Queensland 40 v St George Illawarra 32 / Round 12, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Sharks 34 v St George Illawarra 13 / Round 13, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 30 v Melbourne 30 / Round 14, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / New Zealand 22 v St George Illawarra 32 / Round 15, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 45 v North Queensland 18 / Round 16, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Brisbane 34 v St George Illawarra 22 / Round 17, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 26 v Bulldogs 28 / Round 18, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Souths 10 v St George Illawarra 48 / Round 19, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Wests Tigers 8 v St George Illawarra 42 / Round 20, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Newcastle 24 v St George Illawarra 16 / Round 21, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 18 v Northern Eagles 20 / Round 22, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 58 v Souths 16 / Round 23, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Sydney Roosters 26 v St George Illawarra 10 / Round 25, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 40 v Newcastle 22 / Round 26, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 26 v Newcastle 22 / Qualifying Final, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .^ "Rugby League Tables / Sharks 40 v St George Illawarra 24 / Semi-final, 2002" . afltables.com . Retrieved 2020-04-16 .