1988 Panasonic Cup

December 2017 December 2017 NSWRL Midweek Cup 1988 NSWRL Panasonic Cup 17 February - 25 May 1988 19 8 7 St. George 1 Balmain 18 1987 1989 The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th 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. 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)Enter in Round 1Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLWinners of the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)CanberraRaidersNSWRLRunners-up in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership7th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLThird Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLFourth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)BalmainTigersNSWRLFifth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLSixth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)ParramattaEelsNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLEighth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLNinth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)North SydneyBearsNSWRLTenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)IllawarraSteelersNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership7th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)PenrithPanthersNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLThirteenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) BrisbaneBroncosNSWRLNSWRL Expansion Team1st Gold Coast-TweedGiantsNSWRLNSWRL Expansion Team1st Enter in Preliminary roundNewcastleKnightsNSWRLNSWRL Expansion Team1st BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team10th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team10th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)Port MoresbyVipersPNGRFLLeague Representative Team3rd (Previous: 1986, 1987) Venues SydneyTamworthTweed HeadsWagga WaggaBrisbaneNewcastleGoroka Parramatta Stadium Belmore Sports Ground Scully Park Chris Cunningham Field Eric Weissel Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Danny Leahy Oval Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 10,000 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px Preliminary round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match22/03/88 country 16 NSW Country (Carney, Wishart, Stammers, Campbell tries, Wishart 2, Mehmet, Elwin goals, Hastings field goal) 25 Port Moresby Vipers 16 Port Moresby (PNG) 0 Danny Leahy Oval25/03/88 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane (Neal, Holmes tries) 8 country 16 NSW Country 0 Lang Park30/03/88 Newcastle 16 Newcastle (Kemp 2, Stewart, Butterfield, Fulmer tries, Tew 3 goals) 26 St Helens 16 Combined Brisbane 0 Newcastle ISC Tony Townsend - Newcastle Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match17/02/88 St.George 16 St George (Wynn, Johnston tries, Waite goal) 10 Parramatta 16 Parramatta (Charmers try, Garnon goal) 6 Belmore Sports Ground Peter Gill - St George24/02/88 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking try, Watson 2 goals) 8 Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Campbell try, Lamb field goal) 5 Parramatta Stadium Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland28/02/88 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (Bridge, Williams 2, Wurth, Dart, Spina, French tries, Melrose, Papworth goals) 36 Western Suburbs 16 Western Suburbs (Peacock, Howcroft tries, Tronc 2, Schubert, Rawlings goals) 16 Eric Weissel Oval Gary Bridge - Eastern Suburbs2/03/88 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (I.Roberts, Mavin, Ellison, Blake tries, Ellison 5, Djura goals, Ellison field goal) 29 Canberra 16 Canberra (Coyne try, Belcher 3 goals) 10 Parramatta Stadium Ian Roberts - South Sydney9/03/88 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (Friend, Vincent tries, Dorahy 2 goals) 12 Gold Coast Chargers 16 Gold Coast (Eden 3 goals) 6 Chris Cunningham Field Clayton Friend - North Sydney16/03/88 Balmain 16 Balmain (Pobjie, Neil tries, Conlon 2 goals) 12 16x16px Illawarra (Upfield, Carney tries, Carney goal) 10 Parramatta Stadium Paul Upfield - Illawarra6/04/88 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Cartwright, Alexander, Izzard, McNeill tries, McNeill 4 goals) 24 Brisbane Broncos 16 Brisbane (Dowling, Hancock tries, Matterson goal) 10 Parramatta Stadium Greg Alexander - Penrith13/04/88 Newcastle 16 Newcastle (Miller, Hanrahan, Kemp tries, McKiernan 3 goals) 18 Manly Sea Eagles 16 Manly-Warringah (Dwyer goal) 2 Parramatta Stadium Brett Shore - Newcastle Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match23/03/88 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (O'Neill try, Ellison goal) 6 Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland (Wilson goal) 2 Parramatta Stadium Adam O'Neill - South Sydney20/04/88 St.George 16 St George (Robinson, Walford tries, Walford 3 goals) 14 Old Penrith 16 Penrith (Gerard try, Baker 2 goals) 8 Parramatta Stadium Steve Robinson - St George27/04/88 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (McLean, Trewhella, Gillmeister tries, Smith 2 goals) 16 Newcastle 16 Newcastle (Kemp try, McKiernan goal) 6 Parramatta Stadium David Trewhella - Eastern Suburbs27/04/88 Balmain 16 Balmain (Parish, Robinson, Conlon tries, Conlon goal) 14 North Sydney 16 North Sydney (Florimo try, Dorahy 3 goals) 10 Parramatta Stadium Garry Jack - Balmain Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4/05/88 Balmain 16 Balmain (Robinson, Parish, McGuire tries, Conlon 3 goals, Elias field goal) 19 South Sydney 16 South Sydney (Blake try) 4 Scully Park Bruce McGuire - Balmain 18/05/88 St.George 16 St George (Selby, Wynn, Beattie tries, Walford 3 goals) 18 Eastern Suburbs 16 Eastern Suburbs (McGahan try, Smith 5 goals) 14 Parramatta Stadium Brett Clark - St George Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match25 May 1988 St.George 16 St George (Robinson, Gordon, Walford tries, Walford 2 goals) 16 Balmain 16 Balmain (Moss try, Conlon 2 goals) 8 Parramatta Stadium Peter Gill - St George Teams St. George : 1. Clinton Mohr, 2. Bert Gordon, 3. Brian Johnston, 4. Michael Beattie, 5. Ricky Walford, 6. Steve Robinson, 7. Brett Clark, 8. Peter Gill, 9. Graeme Wynn, 10. Wally Fullerton-Smith, 11. Craig Young, 12. Trevor Bailey, 13. Paul Osborne Reserves 14. Darren Higgins, 15. Colin Fraser, 16. Geoff Selby, 17. Mark Blackburn. Coach: Ted Glossop. Balmain : 1. Garry Jack, 2. Clint Robinson, 3. Russel Gartner, 4. Matt Parish, 5. John Davidson, 6. Ross Conlon, 7. Michael Neil, 8. Wayne Pearce, 9. David Brooks, 10. Paul Sironen, 11. Steve Roach, 12. Ben Elias, 13. Bruce McGuire Reserves 14. Michael Moss, 15. Peter Camroux, 16. Kevin Hardwick, 17. Steve Edmed. Coach: Warren Ryan. Player of the Series Peter Gill (St. George) Golden Try Sandy Campbell (Canterbury-Bankstown) Sources http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1988.htm 1988 Category:1988 in Australian rugby league