Dragons pull one out of the hat with golden-point win Grit, determination, and a golden point try to Brett Morris spurred St George Illawarra to an unlikely victory against first-placed South Sydney on Monday night. By rights, the Bunnies should have routed St George Illawarra. What they weren't expecting was a fast-finishing Dragons side intent on avoiding the wooden spoon, in a win coach Steve described as a "relief" for his struggling side. "We have been under a bit of pressure of late," Price said. It happens in life, football. We showed a bit of grit, we dug in and we fought like dogs and we were really proud. It took three minutes of golden point extra time for the Dragons to take the lead, thanks to Josh Dugan's individual brilliance. He faked a 40metre field goal attempt, before chipping and chasing, regathering after the ball hit a Souths player and passed to Nathan Fien whofound an unmarked Morris to give the Dragons an unlikely victory. South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds had three attempts at a field goal, as did the Dragons. The Dragons scored twice in the final 10 minutes to crawl back from the brink of despair, against a South Sydney side minus Greg Inglis, who will miss at least another four weeks. It was a game where the cannonball tackle reared its ugly head, with South Sydney prop Roy Asotasi placed on report for a grass-cutting tackle to the legs of St George Illawarra's Jack de Belin. The match may too have been the last for Matt Cooper with the veteran centre walking from the field with a suspected torn pectoral muscle. The game was Cooper's comeback from a long-term toe injury but he lasted just 52 minutes after falling awkwardly contesting a bomb. "It is shattering for Matt," Price said. It's not looking good. The Bunnies were flat and lacked any aggression or line speed. In contrast, the Dragons worked hard and schemed in the middle of the field with their outside men taking advantage of the room afforded to them by the Rabbitohs defence. Souths scored the only try of the first half through Dylan Walker. The quick centre got on the outside of the Dragons defence, following a crafty offload from Queensland back-rower Ben Te'o with Nathan Merritt chiming in to give the final pass to Walker to score the first try after 23 minutes. The Dragons weren't without their chances, with Rein held up and Trent Merrin denied by the video referee in the first half. South Sydney coach Michael Maguire said his side were poor. "We were pretty ugly," Maguire said. Our defence was poor and they were rolling us down the park. It looked like South Sydney were back on track, scoring the first try of the second half after four minutes through Adam Reynolds, who pounced on a bat back from Issac Luke off a John Sutton bomb to toe the ball to score. The Dragons finally broke their 154-minute try scoring drought when Morris scored midway through the second half. But when Sam Burgess charged over in the 63rd minute, hopes of a Dragons' victory seemed dashed before Merrin and Quinlan scored tries to draw the scores level. ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 22 (B Morris 2 T Merrin A Quinlan tries C Stanley 3 goals) bt SOUTH SYDNEY 18 (S Burgess A Reynolds D Walker tries A Reynolds 3 goals) in golden-point extra time at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gerard Sutton, David Munro. Crowd: 14,571