Dragons enjoy a month of Sundays to start NRLW season

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All up, the Dragons will play three of five home games at WIN Stadium against the Titans, Roosters and Sharks. All three will co-features with NRL clashes, the season-opener on July 28 being a curtain-raiser to the Dragons round-21 clash with the Panthers.

The round four NRLW match against the Roosters will be the lead-in to the Dragons-Titans NRL clash, while August 25 shapes as a monster day in Wollongong, with a local-derby double-header that sees the Dragons host the Sharks in NRL and NRLW showdowns kicking off at 4pm and 6.10pm respectively.

The favourable run through the opening six rounds, that sees just one interstate trip, is in stark contrast to last season that saw Jamie Soward's side play three games in 14 days through rounds two and four, the middle clash on just four days prep that saw them hammered 30-0 by the Roosters.

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It made making the finals cut an uphill climb from the jump, but the 2024 schedule is far kinder, with just one five-day turnaround into a penultimate round showdown with the Tigers on a Thursday night ahead of a nine-day preparation for a final-round 'home' clash with the Broncos in Townsville.

Round one of the season will come on July 25 following the conclusion of a first-ever three-game Women's State of Origin series starting with game one on May 16 and concluding with game three on June 27.

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