1984 National Panasonic Cup

December 2017 December 2017 NSWRL Midweek Cup 1984 NSWRL National Panasonic Cup 11 April - 15 August 1984 17 4 4 Brisbane 1 Eastern Suburbs 16 1983 1985 The 1984 National Panasonic Cup was the 11th 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, the QRL and the NZRL. A total of 17 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 16 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 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLThird Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLFourth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)BalmainTigersNSWRLFifth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLSixth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)North SydneyBearsNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLEighth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLNinth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) CanberraRaidersNSWRLTenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1982, 1983)PenrithPanthersNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)IllawarraSteelersNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1982, 1983)Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLFourteenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)Enter in preliminary roundQueensland CountryMaroonsQRLCountry League Representative Team6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)AucklandFalconsNZRLWinners of the 1983 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980) Venues SydneyBrisbaneTamworthBathurst Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Scully Park Carrington Park Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000 150px 150px Preliminary round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match16/05/84 Queensland 16 QLD Country (Gill 2, Gibson, Armstrong tries, Lindenberg 4 goals, Tew field goal) 25 aucklandnzrl 16 Auckland (NZ) (Sinclair, Cooper, Friend tries, Lovett 3 goals) 18 Lang Park Peter Gill - QLD Country Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match11/04/84 Balmain 16 Balmain (Roach, Hardwick tries, Brooks 2 goals) 12 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Armstrong goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain18/04/84 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Levy, B.Izzard, Connor, Burgmann tries, Levy 5 goals) 26 Illawarra 16 Illawarra (Browne, Hetherington tries, McPherson goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Mark Levy - Penrith2/05/84 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Lewis, Kilroy, Belcher, Meninga tries, Meninga 4 goals, Dowling field goal) 25 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Hardy 2 Biles tries, Baker 3 goals) 18 Lang Park9/05/84 Country 16 NSW Country (Williams, Graham, Trudgett tries, Dennis 2 goals, ???? field goal) 17 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs (Broughton try) 4 Carrington Park Tony Trudgett - NSW Country23/05/84 Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb, Langmack, S.Mortimer, Tunks tries, Conlon 6 goals, S.Mortimer, Folkes field goals) 30 Manly 16 Manly-Warringah (Barkley, Boustead tries, Hegarty goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown6/06/84 Easts 16 Eastern Suburbs (Eden, Beckett 2, Gale, Simpkins, Dunn, Greene tries Eden 5, Hastings goals) 44 Queensland 16 QLD Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs13/06/84 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Hunt, Houghton, Sterling, Mara tries, Mara 2 goals) 20 Canberra 16 Canberra (Corkery goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Wynn - Parramatta20/06/84 St George 16 St George (Gearin, Morris, Fraser, Funnell tries, Gearin 3 goals) 22 North Sydney 16 North Sydney 0 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - St George Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match27/06/84 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Ella, Kenny tries, Cronin 4 goals) 16 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Alexander try, Levy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta4/07/84 Easts 16 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy 2, McKellar, Greene, Gale tries, Greene 2 goals) 24 Country 16 NSW Country (Maguire try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs11/07/84 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Scott, Ribot tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Canterbury 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Johnstone try, Conlon 3 goals, Lamb field goal) 11 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane18/07/84 St George 16 St George (O’Grady 2, Johnston, Duval tries, Rogers 5 goals) 26 Balmain 16 Balmain (Lane try, Brooks goal) 6 Scully Park Graeme O'Grady - St George Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match25/07/84 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (French, Lindner tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Ella try, Cronin 4 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane1/08/84 Easts 16 Eastern Suburbs (Leggett, Hastings, Worth tries, Eden 3 goals, Hastings 3, Gale field goals) 22 St George 16 St George (Gearin try, 3 goals) 10 Leichhardt Oval Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match15 August 1984 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Miles, Lewis tries, Meninga 2 goals) 12 Easts 16 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy try, Eden 3 goals, Hastings field goal) 11 Leichhardt Oval Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane A televised night game, the final's match commentary was provided by Ray Warren and Bill Anderson. Brisbane: 1. Colin Scott, 2. Joe Kilroy, 3. Mal Meninga, 4. Gene Miles, 5. John Ribot, 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Henry Foster, 8. Bob Lindner, 9. Wally Fullerton Smith, 10. Bryan Neibling, 11. Richie Poulsen, 12. Eddie Muller, 13. Greg Dowling. Reserve: 14. Tony Currie. Coach Bob McCarthy. Eastern Suburbs: 1. Graeme Atkins, 2. Shane McKellar (c), 3. Glenn Leggett, 4. David Greene, 5. John Ferguson, 6. Mike Eden, 7. Scott Gale, 8. Kevin Hastings, 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan, 11. Dane Sorensen, 12. Rowland Beckett, 13. Tom Arber. Reserves: 15. Darren Finlayson, 16. Gavin Miller, 17. Steve Hardy. Coach Laurie Freier. Player of the Series Wally Lewis (Combined Brisbane) Gallaway Jack Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002 University of Queensland Press 2003 50 https://books.google.com/books?id=3nDbsx3Hk7QC 978-0-7022-3383-8 Golden Try Mike Eden (Eastern Suburbs) References Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092927/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1984.htm 1984 Category:1984 in Australian rugby league Category:1984 in New Zealand rugby league