1987 National Panasonic Cup

December 2017 December 2017 NSWRL Midweek Cup 1987 NSWRL National Panasonic Cup 4 March - 10 June 1987 20 8 6 Balmain 3 Penrith 19 1986 1988 The 1987 National Panasonic Cup was the 14th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, Papua New Guinea and State Representative Teams. A total of 20 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 19 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season. Qualified teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Enter in Round 1ParramattaEelsNSWRLWinners of the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)BalmainTigersNSWRLThird Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLFourth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLFifth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)North SydneyBearsNSWRLSixth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)PenrithPanthersNSWRLEighth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLNinth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLTenth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) CanberraRaidersNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership6th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) IllawarraSteelersNSWRLThirteenth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership6th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team9th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team9th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)Enter in Preliminary roundPort MoresbyVipersPNGRFLLeague Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1986)Western AustraliaBlack SwansWARLState Representative Team4th (Previous: 1977, 1978, 1986)Northern TerritoryBullsNTRLState Representative Team4th (Previous: 1976, 1977, 1978)VictoriaThunderboltsVRLState Representative Team1stSouth AustraliaCroweatersSARLState Representative Team1st Venues SydneyTamworthBathurstTweed HeadsPerthGoroka Leichhardt Oval Parramatta Stadium Belmore Sports Ground Scully Park Carrington Park Chris Cunningham Field Lathlain Park Danny Leahy Oval Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000 150px 150px 150px Preliminary rounds Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue5/04/87 wellington 16 Western Australia 18 Adelaide 16 South Australia 14 Perth12/04/87 wellington 16 Western Australia 28 Scotland 16 Victoria 10 Perth12/04/87 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) 52 Northern Territory 5 Danny Leahy Oval19/04/87 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) 50 wellington 16 Western Australia 10 Danny Leahy Oval Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4/03/87 Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Bennett, Hagan, O’Brien, Bugden tries, Farrar 3 goals) 22 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Davis try) 4 Leichhardt Oval David Gillespie - Canterbury-Bankstown11/03/87 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (Friend, Lennon 2, Graham tries, McArthur 2 goals) 24 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs (Davis try, Naden goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Mark Graham - North Sydney18/03/87 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Eden, Jackson, Sharp tries, Eden 6 goals, Muggleton field goal) 25 16x16px Illawarra (Carney, Upfield tries, Carney 4 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Parramatta25/03/87 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking 2, Russell tries, Stains, Wilson 2 goals) 20 Canberra 16 Canberra (Belcher try, Meninga 2 goals) 8 Carrington Park Jonathan Docking - Cronulla-Sutherland1/04/87 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Mavin, Harrington, P.Roberts, Blake tries, Baker 3 goals, Baker field goal) 23 St.George 16 St George (Wynn try, Quinton goal) 6 Scully Park Craig Coleman - South Sydney8/04/87 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Robards, Bevan, Alexander tries, Bevan goal) 14 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Hegarty goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Craig Izzard - Penrith22/04/87 Balmain 16 Balmain (Sinclair, Camroux 2, Grounds, Owens, John Davidson, Davies, Bevan, Gale, McGuire tries, Conlon 6, Elias 3 goals) 62 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) (Saea try, Kovae 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Bruce Sinclair - Balmain29/04/87 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (French 3, McGahan 2, Challis, Morris, Spina, Simpkins tries, Portlock 5, Smith 4 goals) 54 country 16 NSW Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match15/04/87 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Crnkovich, Delroy, Laurie tries, Eden 3 goals) 18 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (I.French try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Terry Leabeater - Parramatta6/05/87 Balmain 16 Balmain (John Davidson, Camroux tries, Conlon goal, Elias field goal) 11 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Blake try, Ellison 3 goals) 10 Belmore Sports Ground Ben Elias - Balmain13/05/87 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Challis, McGahan tries, Smith 2 goals) 12 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (P.Mortimer, Lamb tries, Lamb goal) 10 Chris Cunningham Field Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs20/05/87 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Alexander 2 tries, Clements 3 goals) 14 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Coleman try, Wilson goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Greg Alexander - Penrith Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match27/05/87 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (B.Izzard, Smith, Alexander, Geyer, Vitanza tries, Fitzhenry 6 goals) 32 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Erickson, Kenny, Sterling, Mares tries, Muggleton 3 goals) 22 Leichhardt Oval Greg Alexander - Penrith3/06/87 Balmain 16 Balmain (Hanrahan, Neil, Sironen tries, Conlon goal) 14 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Lydon try, Smith 4 goals) 12 Belmore Sports Ground Scott Gale - Balmain Final #efefef 1987 National Panasonic Cup Final 10 June 1987 Balmain Tigers Balmain 16 2Scott Gale Russel Gartner 3Ross Conlon 14 – 12 Middleton David Rugby League 1987-88 14 May 1987 Lester-Townsend Publishing Sydney 0949853119 46 Old Penrith 16 Penrith Panthers 2Mark Robinson Andrew Fitzhenry 2Andrew Fitzhenry Parramatta Stadium 16,823 Mick Stone Ben Elias (Balmain) Player of the Series Ben Elias (Balmain) Golden Try Steve O'Brien (Canterbury-Bankstown) Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092939/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1987.htm Rugby League Project - 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