2025 R9 MAGIC Sat - Wests Tigers 34-28 St Geo Illa @ Suncorp

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 9
Wests Tigers v St George Illawarra Dragons
Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal (TICKETS)

Saturday 3 May 2025
NRL kickoff 7:45pm.
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Jahream Bula 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Adam Doueihi 4. Starford To'a 5. Brent Naden 6. Lachlan Galvin 7. Jarome Luai 8. Terrell May 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Fonua Pole 11. Samuela Fainu 12. Alex Seyfarth 13. Alex Twal
14. Tallyn Da Silva 15. Royce Hunt 16. Jack Bird 17. Sione Fainu
18. Tony Sukkar 19. Heath Mason 20. Kit Laulilii 21. Solomona Faataape 22. Tristan Hope

Unchanged

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Tyrell Sloan 3. Moses Suli 4. Valentine Holmes 5. Corey Allan 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Lyhkan King-Togia 8. Toby Couchman 9. Damien Cook 10. David Klemmer 11. Dylan Egan 12. Jaydn Su'A 13. Hamish Stewart
14. Jacob Liddle 15. Jack de Belin 16. Emre Guler 17. Luciano Leilua
18. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 19. Nathan Lawson 20. Blake Lawrie 21. Lachlan Ilias 22. Raymond Faitala-Mariner

Out: Sione Finau (wing), Lachlan Ilias, Blake Lawrie (to reserve)
In: Corey Allan (wing), Lyhkan King-Togia (halfback), Hamish Stewart (lock)
Changes: Jack De Belin (lock to bench)

Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Sideline Officials: Matt Noyen, Drew Oultram
Video Referee: Kasey Badger

HEAD TO HEAD - 2000 - 2024​

	TOTAL	WESTS TIGERS	ST GEO ILLA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	46	21	25	0
SUNCORP	1	1	0	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 24	ST GEO ILLA 24-22	CommBank	9789
2023	Round 10	WESTS TIGERS 18-16	Suncorp	46835
2023	Round 21	ST GEO ILLA 18-14	WIN	7246
2024	Round 6	ST GEO ILLA 24-12	Campbelltown	17141
2024	Round 14	ST GEO ILLA 56-14	WIN	9969

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2004	Round 15	ST GEO ILLA 50-0	Oki Jubilee	16915
2019	Round 24	WESTS TIGERS 42-14	SCG	9136

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 10	Round 11	Round 13	Round 14
WESTS TIGERS	MELBOURNE (A)	SOUTH SYDNEY (H)	NORTH QLD (A)	PENRITH (H)
ST GEO ILLA	WARRIORS (H)	BRISBANE (A)	NEWCASTLE (H)	DOLPHINS (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 6		Round 7		Round 8
WESTS TIGERS	NEWCASTLE	W 20-4	PARRAMATTA	L 22-38	CRONULLA	W 20-18
ST GEO ILLA	GOLD COAST	W 38-16	MANLY	W 20-18	SYDNEY	L 18-46

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
WESTS TIGERS	9th	8	0	4-4-0	180	166
ST GEO ILLA	10th	7	1	3-4-0	156	164

 

[This Year?]

Can make a case for why either side will win but I think Tigers win it based on their defence and their better completion rate. Also Dragons have never won a magic round game. Either way it will be a great contest for all the wrong reasons.
If you're a degenerate like me Unders and Turuva ATS would be a sure thing.

 

[Speedy Gonzales]

Dragons have f**ked us in the ass royally the last couple games

I’ll go us by 4 in a tight one

 

[wittyfan]

Completely outrageous that Ilias has been dropped!!!

Tigers by 16.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Wests by 14. The Drags are in free fall. I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the bottom 4 in the not too distant future.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Looks like the Galvin drama was either a storm in a teacup or is in the rear view mirror. If that’s truly the case we should win this.

Should be a chaotic 80 minutes of topball regardless.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

galvin & luai Vs flanno & illias

lol

 

[Marshall_magic]

galvin & luai Vs flanno & illias

lol

Can’t wait to make Flanno and Illias look like the Johns brothers.

and as plod as Jack and Cooper are they’re still good enough to grind out a win against us.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

Can’t wait to make Flanno and Illias look like the Johns brothers.

and as plod as Jack and Cooper are they’re still good enough to grind out a win against us.

Rumours illias dropped... The King might play..

 

[The Rosco]

Completely outrageous that Ilias has been dropped!!!

Tigers by 16.

Yeah, but Ryles must value actual ability over cuteness.
Pffft.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Rumours illias dropped... The King might play..

Absolutely filthy, give him one more game!

 

[This Year?]

With a king at fullback and halfback there's no way we can lose this!

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

let's f**king go!

illias can go back to souths the useless WEAK turnstile

 

[Marshall_magic]

let's f**king go!

illias can go back to souths the useless WEAK turnstile

Look, I absolutely despise the vermin but that’s too far

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

Look, I absolutely despise the vermin but that’s too far

He is a horrible defender

 

[Marshall_magic]

He is a horrible defender

I know, absolutely dreadful, but I wouldn’t wish him on any club, even Souths

 

[Someguy]

Ilias dropped. If I could be bothered downloading reddit I would go troll those jerks on the NRL sub, they talking him up like he is some kind of football god

 

[Vic Mackey]

Cant believe I'm saying this but Starford Toa is a massive out, hes lowkey been one of the form centres of the comp. With Skelton out too we also have our next two backups out so Charlie Staines who hasnt played a game this year in any grade comes in. Our middles should be way too strong here but we'll struggle to score enough points to kick clear.

Wests by 10 and to make it look much harder then it should be.

 

[JamesRustle]

I can't recall Corey Allan being fast when he last played 2 seasons ago. He's not screaming pace... and may even make Charles Staines look like a first grader.

Go the King... surely bringing youngsters into grade will pay of for the Dragons like it has the other teams and hopefully he can kick the ball with a bit more length and variation than the "halves" we have used so far in season 2025.

Will May play another 80 minutes here, or is he a bit gassed after last week? I reckon he does and goes well, putting all of the Dragons forwards to shame on the stats sheet.

Dragons in a fashion and a margin that will have their fans slumped in exhaustion at full time.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Some mail that theres another significant out for wests tomorrow, will await the 745 team update with dread

Edit crisis averted, Terrell May wasnt on the plane with the rest of the team, but apparently went up on another one