Dragons pathways: Round 5 wrap

 Harvey Norman Women's Premiership

This was another St George v Illawarra affair at Kogarah, with the Steelers this time claiming the win as they racked up 40 points with plenty of NRLW stars on show. Jillaroo Keeley Davis scored the first of her two tries in just the second minute while Zali Yeo, Jade Etherden, Keele Browne, Olivia Vale, Taliah Fuimaono and Rose Tafengatoto also scored. Georgina Brooker nabbed a late consolation try for the Dragons. 

UNE Harold Matthews Cup

Both the Dragons and the Steelers had the bye in round five. 

Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup

The third match in the Dragons v Steelers triple-header on Saturday also saw a big win for Illawarra. Doubles to Sulieti Ahio, Ella Fisher and Darcy Eade plus tries to Hope Millard, Taleisha Love, Mia-Rose Walsh underpinned the 46-0 result. 

SLE Laurie Daley Cup 

The Illawarra South Coast Dragons won a thriller at Camden's Kirkham Oval against the Macarthur Wests Tigers, scoring the final three tries of the match in a narrow 30-28 win. Toby Rumble answered the Tigers first-minute try just five minutes later while tries to Lincoln Miners and Samuel Kennedy kept the Dragons in it as the Tigers added four more. But from 28-16 down with half an hour to play, Kennedy's second and further four-pointers to Eden Hodges and Samson McAllister-Wood earned the win for the Dragons. 

SLE Andrew Johns Cup

There was no such joy for the Illawarra SC Under-16s at Camden, despite Benjamin Askew and Zane Timmins scoring in the opening 10 minutes. Jake Talbott scored around five minutes before half time but the Dragons were on the wrong end of a 16-0 second half run from the Tigers as they went down 34-16.