St George Illawarra forward Tyson Frizell believes his Dragons are still a legitimate shot in September despite a two point loss to lowly Gold Coast on Sunday.

“We know we’re the kind of team where we stay in front,” Frizell told nrl.com.

“We get off to a good start and we’re happy to lead by two points and stay at that the whole game.

“We don’t need to be scoring points or throwing trick plays, we’re happy to get in front and grind out teams.

“That was the kind of footy that got us those seven or eight wins in a row during the middle of the season and if we get back to that simple style of footy, tough, gritty footy then we’ll go a long way the next few weeks.”