1984 National Panasonic Cup

1984 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates11 April - 15 August 1984
Teams17
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrisbane (1st title)
Runners-upEastern Suburbs
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
← 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

Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Enter in Round 1
Parramatta Eels NSWRL Winners of the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Runners-Up in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Third Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
St. George Dragons NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Balmain Tigers NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
North Sydney Bears NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Canberra Raiders NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1982, 1983)
Penrith Panthers NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1982, 1983)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Fourteenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Enter in preliminary round
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1983 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)

Venues

Sydney Brisbane Tamworth Bathurst
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Scully Park Carrington Park
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000

Preliminary round

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
16/05/84 QLD Country (Gill 2, Gibson, Armstrong tries, Lindenberg 4 goals, Tew field goal) 25 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 Match
11/04/84 Balmain (Roach, Hardwick tries, Brooks 2 goals) 12 Cronulla-Sutherland (Armstrong goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain
18/04/84 Penrith (Levy, B.Izzard, Connor, Burgmann tries, Levy 5 goals) 26 Illawarra (Browne, Hetherington tries, McPherson goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Mark Levy - Penrith
2/05/84 Combined Brisbane (Lewis, Kilroy, Belcher, Meninga tries, Meninga 4 goals, Dowling field goal) 25 South Sydney (Hardy 2 Biles tries, Baker 3 goals) 18 Lang Park
9/05/84 NSW Country (Williams, Graham, Trudgett tries, Dennis 2 goals, ???? field goal) 17 Western Suburbs (Broughton try) 4 Carrington Park Tony Trudgett - NSW Country
23/05/84 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb, Langmack, S.Mortimer, Tunks tries, Conlon 6 goals, S.Mortimer, Folkes field goals) 30 Manly-Warringah (Barkley, Boustead tries, Hegarty goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown
6/06/84 Eastern Suburbs (Eden, Beckett 2, Gale, Simpkins, Dunn, Greene tries Eden 5, Hastings goals) 44 QLD Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs
13/06/84 Parramatta (Hunt, Houghton, Sterling, Mara tries, Mara 2 goals) 20 Canberra (Corkery goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Wynn - Parramatta
20/06/84 St George (Gearin, Morris, Fraser, Funnell tries, Gearin 3 goals) 22 North Sydney 0 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - St George

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/06/84 Parramatta (Ella, Kenny tries, Cronin 4 goals) 16 Penrith (Alexander try, Levy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta
4/07/84 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy 2, McKellar, Greene, Gale tries, Greene 2 goals) 24 NSW Country (Maguire try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs
11/07/84 Combined Brisbane (Scott, Ribot tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Canterbury-Bankstown (Johnstone try, Conlon 3 goals, Lamb field goal) 11 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane
18/07/84 St George (O’Grady 2, Johnston, Duval tries, Rogers 5 goals) 26 Balmain (Lane try, Brooks goal) 6 Scully Park Graeme O'Grady - St George

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
25/07/84 Combined Brisbane (French, Lindner tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Parramatta (Ella try, Cronin 4 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane
1/08/84 Eastern Suburbs (Leggett, Hastings, Worth tries, Eden 3 goals, Hastings 3, Gale field goals) 22 St George (Gearin try, 3 goals) 10 Leichhardt Oval Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
15 August 1984 Combined Brisbane (Miles, Lewis tries, Meninga 2 goals) 12 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

Golden Try

Mike Eden (Eastern Suburbs)

References

  1. ^ Gallaway, Jack (2003). Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002. University of Queensland Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7022-3383-8.

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