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The primary tenants of WIN Stadium are the St. George Illawarra Dragons rugby league team, who play half of their home games there (the rest are played at WIN Jubilee Oval, in the St. George area). The current attendance record for WIN Stadium was set during a NRL finals match, when 19,608 watched the Dragons defeat traditional rivals the Cronulla Sharks.
WIN Stadium hosted a match during the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, between France and Fiji. The stadium has also played host to two pool games of the 2003 Rugby World Cup: Canada vs Tonga and France vs United States, and is also used by the Illawarriors rugby union team during the Shute Shield. It also hosts the Grand Final in the local Illawarra Rugby competition.
The Wollongong Wolves Football Club once played their home games at WIN Stadium until the club went bankrupt. Their successor, the South Coast Wolves, who currently compete in the NSW Premier League, now play their games at WIN Stadium.
An expansion bid from Wollongong has applied to join the A-League in 2010. If accepted, they will play at WIN Stadium.
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