1984 National Panasonic Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 11 April - 15 August 1984 |
Teams | 17 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brisbane (1st title) |
Runners-up | Eastern Suburbs |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
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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
Venues
Sydney | Brisbane | Tamworth | Bathurst |
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Leichhardt Oval | Lang Park | Scully Park | Carrington Park |
Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 |
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Preliminary round
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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16/05/84 | ![]() | 25 | ![]() | 18 | Lang Park | Peter Gill - QLD Country |
Round 1
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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11/04/84 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 2 | Leichhardt Oval | Steve Roach - Balmain |
18/04/84 | ![]() | 26 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Mark Levy - Penrith |
2/05/84 | ![]() | 25 | ![]() | 18 | Lang Park | |
9/05/84 | ![]() | 17 | ![]() | 4 | Carrington Park | Tony Trudgett - NSW Country |
23/05/84 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown |
6/06/84 | ![]() | 44 | ![]() | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs |
13/06/84 | ![]() | 20 | ![]() | 2 | Leichhardt Oval | Peter Wynn - Parramatta |
20/06/84 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | Perry Haddock - St George |
Quarter finals
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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27/06/84 | ![]() | 16 | ![]() | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Brett Kenny - Parramatta |
4/07/84 | ![]() | 24 | ![]() | 4 | Leichhardt Oval | Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs |
11/07/84 | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 11 | Lang Park | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane |
18/07/84 | ![]() | 26 | ![]() | 6 | Scully Park | Graeme O'Grady - St George |
Semi finals
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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25/07/84 | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane |
1/08/84 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs |
Final
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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15 August 1984 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 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) [1]
Golden Try
References
- ^ Gallaway, Jack (2003). Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002. University of Queensland Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7022-3383-8.
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092927/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1984.htm