St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has named a strong 28-man squad for the Dragons' first NRL pre-season trial against the Newcastle Knights.

"It has been a productive 14-week pre-season and the players and coaching staff are really excited that the season is finally before us," McGregor said on the club website.

"2019 is the beginning of something better for the Dragons, and we are approaching the coming season in good shape. We have a squad of 28 for Saturday, all of whom will get an opportunity to play.

"The only players not playing are James (Graham), Tyson (Frizell), Jonus (Pearson) who has been given time away from training and Jack (de Belin) who is unlikely to train to much this week after being sent home from training by the medical staff on Monday with an upper respiratory tract infection.

"This weekend will be a good opportunity to build towards Round 1 as we take a look at our technical and tactical tweaks, the development of our younger players and recruits and how the team plays under fatigue and pressure."

Dragons Squad (alphabetical order)

Euan Aitken
Mitchell Allgood
Matt Dufty
Jai Field
Jackson Ford
Jacob Host
Ben Hunt
Josh Kerr
Tim Lafai
Jeremy Latimore
Blake Lawrie
Luciano Leilua
Zac Lomax
Joe Lovodua
Lachlan Maranta
Steven Marsters
Cameron McInnes
Darren Nicholls
Corey Norman
Jordan Pereira
Mikaele Ravalawa
Reece Robson
Tristan Sailor
Korbin Sims
Tariq Sims
Lachlan Timm
Paul Vaughan
Gareth Widdop

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