1986 National Panasonic Cup

December 2017 December 2017 NSWRL Midweek Cup 1986 NSWRL National Panasonic Cup 5 March - 4 June 1986 17 7 6 Parramatta 2 Balmain 16 1985 1987 The 1986 National Panasonic Cup was the 13th 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, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. A total of 17 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea 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 1Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLWinners of the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)ParramattaEelsNSWRLThird Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)BalmainTigersNSWRLFourth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) PenrithPanthersNSWRLFifth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLSixth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLEighth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLNinth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)CanberraRaidersNSWRLTenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership5th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)North SydneyBearsNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) IllawarraSteelersNSWRLThirteenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership5th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)Enter in Preliminary roundPort MoresbyVipersPNGRFLLeague Representative Team1stWestern AustraliaBlack SwansWARLState Representative Team3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978) Venues SydneyBrisbaneNewcastleLismoreBathurstGoroka Leichhardt Oval Orana Park Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Oakes Oval Carrington Park Danny Leahy Oval Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000 150px 150px 150px 150px Preliminary round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue13/04/86 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby 52 wellington 16 Western Australia 14 Danny Leahy OvalRugby League Project - Port Moresby Vipers http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/port-moresby-vipers/results.html Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match5/03/86 Balmain 16 Balmain (Gartner, John Davidson, Gale, tries, Conlon 5 goals) 22 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Wakefield tries, Carney 3 goals) 14 Leichhardt Oval Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland12/03/86 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Jurd, Grothe, Hunt tries, Hunt 2 goals, Sterling field goal) 17 16x16px Illawarra (Upfield try) 4 Orana Park Peter Sterling - Parramatta19/03/86 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb 2 goals, Lamb, C.Mortimer field goals) 6 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Baker 2 goals, Baker field goal) 5 Oakes Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown26/03/86 Canberra 16 Canberra (Belcher 2, Coyne tries, Meninga 2 goals, Elliott field goal) 17 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (Teasdell try, Kiss goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Gary Belcher - Canberra2/04/86 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs (Naden 2, Brett Clark, Bruce Clark tries, Schubert 3 goals, Brett Clark field goal) 23 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Gonzales, Fenton tries, Alexander 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Brett Clark - Western Suburbs16/04/86 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Blake 2, Close, Ronson tries, Cochrane goal) 18 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Lindner, S.Lewis tries, Scott goal) 10 Lang Park Dale Shearer - Manly-Warringah16/04/86 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Bennett 3, Katsogiannis, Melrose 2, Leggett, McGahan, Patterson, Hardy tries, Melrose 8 goals) 60 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) (Numapo, Jakis, Kerekere tries, Numapo, Heni goals) 16 Lang Park Trevor Gillmeister - Eastern Suburbs23/04/86 St.George 16 St George (Selby 2, Funnell, Johnston, Haddock, Morris tries, O'Connor 6 goals) 36 country 16 NSW Country (Elwin 2 goals) 4 Carrington Park Geoff Selby - St George Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match9/04/86 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Ella, R.Price, Sharp tries, Ella 2 goals) 16 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Folkes, Bugden tries, Lamb goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Ray Price - Parramatta30/04/86 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Lyons, Cox, Blake tries, Cochrane 3 goals) 18 St.George 16 St George (O'Connor goal) 2 Newcastle ISC Des Hasler - Manly-Warringah7/05/86 Balmain 16 Balmain (John Davidson 2, Roach, Myler tries, Conlon 2 goals) 20 Canberra 16 Canberra ( Meninga, O'Sullivan tries, Meninga 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain14/05/86 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Wurth, McGahan tries, Melrose 3 goals, Hastings 2 field goals) 16 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs (Geelan try, Crooks 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match21/05/86 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Hunt, Kenny, Laurie, Lillis tries, Hunt 3 goals, Ella field goal) 23 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Ronson try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta28/05/86 Balmain 16 Balmain (Bridge, Gartner, Schofield, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals, Bridge field goal) 25 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Simpkins, Bennett tries, Melrose goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Paul Sironen - Balmain Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4 June 1986 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Kenny 2, Muggleton, Ella, Wynn, Bugden tries, Eden 4 goals) 32 Balmain 16 Balmain (Gale, Myler, Humphreys tries, Schofield 2 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Peter Sterling - Parramatta Player of the Series Ray Price (Parramatta) Golden Try Gary Bridge (Balmain) Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103317/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1986.htm 1986 Category:1986 in Australian rugby league