1989 Panasonic Cup (rugby league)

December 2017 December 2017 NSWRL Midweek Cup 1989 NSWRL Panasonic Cup 1 March – 7 June 1989 19 9 9 Brisbane 1 Illawarra 18 1988 The 1989 Panasonic Cup was the 16th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and Papua New Guinea. This was the final season of the competition, which was replaced by the Tooheys Challenge Cup the following year. A total of 19 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 18 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season. Qualified teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLWinners of the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)BalmainTigersNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLThird Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) CanberraRaidersNSWRLFourth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership8th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLFifth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)PenrithPanthersNSWRLSixth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)BrisbaneBroncosNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1988)South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLEighth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)North SydneyBearsNSWRLNinth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLTenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)ParramattaEelsNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)IllawarraSteelersNSWRLThirteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership8th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)NewcastleKnightsNSWRLFourteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1988)Gold Coast-TweedGiantsNSWRLFifteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1988)Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLSixteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team11th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team11th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)Port MoresbyVipersPNGRFLLeague Representative Team4th (Previous: 1986, 1987, 1988) Venues SydneyBathurstWagga WaggaParkesTownsvillePerthBrisbaneTweed HeadsPort Moresby Parramatta Stadium Carrington Park Eric Weissel Oval Pioneer Oval Townsville Sports Reserve WACA Ground Lang Park Seagulls Stadium Lloyd Robson Oval Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 15,000 150px 150px 150px 150px Preliminary rounds Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4/04/89 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Bourke, Daunt, Harvey, Cook tries, Harvey 2 goals, Daunt field goal) 21 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) (Ipu, Akuila tries, Akuila 2 goals) 12 Lloyd Robson Oval7/04/89 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Smith try, Harvey 2 goals), Daunt field goal) 9 country 16 NSW Country (Elwin goal) 2 Seagulls Stadium12/04/89 St.George 16 St George (Mohr, Walford, Coyne tries, Walford goal) 14 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Cook, McIntosh tries, Harvey goal) 10 Lang Park Kevin Langer – Combined Brisbane Qualifying round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match1/03/89 Brisbane Broncos 16 Brisbane (Matterson 2, Tessmann tries, Matterson 2, G.French goals) 18 Canberra 16 Canberra (Lazarus, K.Walters tries, Wood 2 goals, Stuart field goal) 13 Pioneer Oval Terry Matterson – Brisbane8/03/89 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Blake, Longbottom 2, Lyons, P.Roberts tries, Ellison 6 goals) 36 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (McIndoe 2 tries, Baker 2 goals) 12 Parramatta Stadium Phil Blake – South Sydney10/03/89 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Sterling, Lauriie, Wynn tries, Fitzhenry 5 goals) 22 Balmain 16 Balmain (Grant, Chalmers tries, Brooks 2 goals) 12 WACA Ground Peter Sterling – Parramatta15/03/89 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (McCarthy 3, Lamb tries, Lamb 4 goals) 24 Newcastle 16 Newcastle (Quinton goal) 2 Parramatta Stadium Andrew Farrar – Canterbury-Bankstown22/03/89 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Picken, Docking, Wilson tries, Wilson 4, Watson goals) 22 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Salvatori, Melrose tries, Smith goal) 10 Parramatta Stadium Alan Wilson – Cronulla-Sutherland29/03/89 16x16px Illawarra (Kissell, Heugh, Larder tries) 12 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs 0 Parramatta Stadium Steve Larder – Illawarra19/04/89 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (McArthur, Maguire tries, McArthur 2 goals, Gale field goal) 13 Gold Coast Chargers 16 Gold Coast (Close try, Eden goal) 6 Parramatta Stadium Greg Florimo – North Sydney26/04/89 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Ryan 2, Hasler, Williams tries, Shearer 3 goals) 22 St.George 16 St George (Walford, Mohr tries, Walford goal) 10 Eric Weissel Oval Des Hasler – Manly-Warringah Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match5/04/89 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Mavin try, Ellison 2 goals, Blake, Ellison field goals) * 10 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Alchin try, Lamb 2, Corcoran goals) 10 Parramatta Stadium Ian Roberts – South Sydney3/05/89 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (McPhail, B.French, Jones tries, Dorahy 2 goals) 16 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Shearer, Toovey tries) 8 Parramatta Stadium Martin Bella – North Sydney10/05/89 16x16px Illawarra (Rodwell 3, Hardy 2, Wishart, Kissell, Russell tries, Wishart 4 goals) 40 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland 0 Parramatta Stadium Dean Schifilliti – Illawarra17/05/89 Brisbane Broncos 16 Brisbane (Lewis 3, Renouf 2, Matterson, French tries, Matterson 7 goals) 42 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Leeds try, Fitzhenry goal) 6 Townsville Sports Reserve Terry Matterson – Brisbane Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match24/05/89 16x16px Illawarra + (Wishart, Schifilliti tries, Wishart 2 goals) 12 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (Florimo, Beaven tries, Kiss 2 goals) 12 Parramatta Stadium Greg Florimo – North Sydney31/05/89 Brisbane Broncos 16 Brisbane (Jackson 2, Currie, Le Man, Renouf tries, French 2 goals) 24 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Blake try) 4 Carrington Park Peter Jackson – Brisbane Final Teams Brisbane : 1. Shane Duffy, 2. Michael Hancock, 3. Tony Currie, 4. Peter Jackson, 5. Joe Kilroy, 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Allan Langer, 13. Terry Matterson, 12. Gene Miles, 11. Brett Le Man, 10. Sam Backo, 9. Kerrod Walters, 8. Greg Dowling Reserve James Donnelly. Coach: Wayne Bennett. Illawarra : 1. Steve Hampson, 2. Rod Wishart, 3. Brett Rodwell, 4. Jeff Hardy, 5. Jason Moon, 6. Tony Smith, 7. Andy Gregory, 13. Ian Russell, 12. Les Morrisey, 11. Dean Hanson, 10. Michael Carberry, 9. Dean Schifilliti, 8. Chris Walsh (c) Reserves Cavill Heugh, Craig Keen, Michael Bolt, Trevor Kissell. Coach: Ron Hilditch. Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match7 June 1989 Brisbane Broncos 16 Brisbane (Jackson, Kilroy, Backo, Miles tries, Matterson 3 goals) 22 16x16px Illawarra (Hampson, Wishart, Rodwell ties, Wishart 4 goals) 20 Parramatta Stadium Andy Gregory – Illawarra The Broncos raced to a 16-0 lead and it seemed the Steelers' much more fancied opponents would run away with the game. But Illawarra hit back. Illawarra lost the match 22-20, however Brisbane scored a try off what appeared to be a forward pass. The large Illawarra contingent of the 16,968 strong crowd at Parramatta Stadium booed the Broncos after their win, with Brisbane captain Wally Lewis gaining their ire by gesturing back.1989 Panasonic Cup Final at Rugby League Project Illawarra's performance inspired Australian folk singer John Williamson to write a song about the match. Notes – advanced having scored the first try + – advanced on penalty countback Awards Player of the series Terry Matterson (Brisbane) Golden Try Glenn Ryan (Manly-Warringah) References Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092902/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1989.htm 1989 Category:1989 in Australian rugby league