I read a little while back that there was some conjecture over how many premierships we have won, is it 16 for the St George side of the merger & 1 for the Illawarra side, or is it just 1 for the St George Illawarra era. Firstly I wore the St George jersey with pride during the mid 70's in the lower grades & I am still proud that todays side plays in the same colours as I did, but over time I am starting to believe that it may be time to unite both sides with their own jersey. Illawarra would not be in the competition today if it hadn't been for St George bailing them out financially, but St George would of found it difficult as a stand alone club & may have had to re - look at the merger with the Roosters or another club further down the track. To say we were lucky that both St George & the Illawarra executives had the foresight to merge is an understatement of huge proportions, if we take a look at how many Illawarra juniors have played for the joint venture compared to how many St George juniors have played, the difference would be staggering & weigh heavily on the Illawarra side. The way I see it is that we have won 1 premiership with many more to come, so why not design another jersey? it's not that we would have to change the colour, & myself as a fanatical St George supporter would feel just as proud to support it. If I have offended anyone from both sides of the fence I am sorry, but after 10 plus years of playing together there should'nt be a fence.
