By Brad Forrest

St.George Leader

04/10/2007

Dragons fans have been warned they could lose their seats at Kogarah's OKI Jubilee Stadium unless they buy a new package at Telstra Stadium next season.

St.George Illawarra Dragons have left Kogarah vacant and will play their Sydney home games at Homebush next season, as they wait to gain additional Government funding to begin new building works at Kogarah, centred around extending their grandstand.

Red V and long-term Kogarah season ticket holders have been told they must buy a seat at Telstra next season if they want to keep their seat at Kogarah for the following 2009 season.

"They will forgo their seats at Kogarah unless they purchase seats next year," a Dragons spokesman confirmed this week.

"The Red V packages will be sent out around the end of this month."

 R2K wants three board seats

By Brad Forrest

St.George Leader

4/10/2007

The Return to Kogarah group will run three candidates in the 2008 election for the St.George Leagues Club board of directors.

President Lachlan McLean said following the club's poor season in 2007 and the Dragons' shock announcement to quit Kogarah in 2008, R2K believes that it is in the "best interests of the club" for three R2K candidates to fill three vacancies on the board.

McLean said that while the St.George Leagues Club are yet to call for nominations for the board and an election date hasn't been announced, R2K feels it isn't premature to tell Dragons' supporters they have "an opportunity to make a difference" at the ballot box in March.

"We want to provide St.George members an alternative to the incumbents and we are passionate about utilising the democratic processes of the Club to return St.George to its rightful glory," McLean said.

"R2K is keen to ensure that the St.George Leagues Club continues to guarantee that the Dragons can be successful in the long-term by providing an appropriate level of funding."

R2K was formed seven years ago and, with others, successfully lobbied for the Dragons' return to Kogarah in 2003 and the redevelopment of the ground, now known as OKI Jubilee Stadium.

The R2K group, which went close to getting a seat on the board at the last elections, will confirm its candidates at a policy launch.