1983 KB Cup

1983 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL KB Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 April - 10 August 1983
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsManly-Warringah (2nd title)
Runners-upCronulla-Sutherland
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 KB Cup was the 10th edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.

A total of 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 17 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)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Winners of the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Third Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRFL Thirteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1982)
Canberra Raiders NSWRFL Fourteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1982)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Central Districts Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1982 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1981)

Venues

Sydney Brisbane Newcastle
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000

Preliminary round

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
13/04/83 Manly-Warringah (Ribot try, P.Blake field goal) 5 Parramatta 0 Leichhardt Oval
20/04/83 Canberra (O'Callaghan 2, Keir, Spears tries, Giteau 3 goals) 22 Balmain (Lane 2, Lawson tries, Filipaina 4 goals) 20 Leichhardt Oval Chris O'Sullivan - Canberra

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/04/83 Canterbury-Bankstown (Leis, Conlon tries, Conlon 3 goals) 14 Penrith (Martin, Izzard tries, Marshall goal) 10 Newcastle ISC Garry Hughes - Canterbury-Bankstown
11/05/83 Newtown (Doyle 5, Sigsworth, Wilson, Ellis, Bird tries, Wilson 7 goals) 50 Central Districts (NZ) 0 Leichhardt Oval Chris Doyle - Newtown
18/05/83 Combined Brisbane 38 North Sydney 18 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane
18/05/83 Manly-Warringah 78 QLD Country 4 Lang Park Ian Schubert - Manly-Warringah
25/05/83 NSW Country 20 South Sydney 12 Leichhardt Oval Ross Gibson - NSW Country
1/06/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Beckett 2, Gardner, Withall tries, D.Sorensen 4 goals) 24 St George (Rogers try, Gearin 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Rowland Beckett - Cronulla-Sutherland
8/06/83 Eastern Suburbs (Michael, Grounds 2, Walford, Eden tries, Eden 4 goals) 32 Canberra (Wurth 2, Spears tries, Giteau 2 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Eastern Suburbs
15/06/83 Western Suburbs (Harris, Greene tries, Greene goal) 10 Illawarra (McKellar try) 4 Leichhardt Oval David Greene - Western Suburbs

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
22/06/83 Eastern Suburbs (Eden 3, Walford 2 tries, Eden 5 goals) 30 Newtown (Speechley try, Wilson 4 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs
29/06/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Nixon 2, Mullane, O'Connor, D.Sorensen, Lane tries, Hardy 5 goals) 34 Western Suburbs (S.Gale, T.Lamb tries, Greene 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Western Suburbs
13/07/83 Manly-Warringah (Sigsworth, Walker tries, Sigsworth goal) 10 Canterbury-Bankstown (Conlon 2 goals, C.Mortimer field goal) 5 Leichhardt Oval Alan Thompson - Manly-Warringah
20/07/83 Combined Brisbane (Brennan 3, Lindenberg 2, Meninga, Paterson, Miles, Tessman tries, Meninga 6, Lewis 3 goals) 54 NSW Country (McCartney, Kearney tries, Elwin 3 goals) 14 Leichhardt Oval Gene Miles - Combined Brisbane

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/07/83 Manly-Warringah (P.Blake 2, Close, Windshuttle tries, Eadie 3 goals, P.Blake field goal) 23 Combined Brisbane (Brennan, Jones tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Lang Park Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah
3/08/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Gardner 2, Anderson tries) 12 Eastern Suburbs (Neil try, Eden 3 goals) 10 Leichhardt Oval Greg Nixon - Cronulla-Sutherland

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
10/8/83 Manly-Warringah (Eadie 2, Ryan, Close, Cleal tries, Eadie 3 goals) 26 Cronulla-Sutherland (Ettingshausen try, Hardy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah

Player of the Series

Golden Try

Sources