1985 National Panasonic Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 6 March - 5 June 1985 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Balmain (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Cronulla-Sutherland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
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International football competition
The 1985 National Panasonic Cup was the 12th 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 the NZRL.
A total of 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 15 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Qualified Teams
Venues
Sydney | Lismore | Tamworth | Bathurst | Wagga Wagga | |
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Leichhardt Oval | Redfern Oval | Oakes Oval | Scully Park | Carrington Park | Eric Weissel Oval |
Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
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Round 1
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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6/03/85 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Glenn Ryan - Manly-Warringah |
10/03/85 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 8 | Redfern Oval | Craig Young - St George |
13/03/85 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 10 | Carrington Park | Greg Alexander - Penrith |
20/03/85 | ![]() | 22 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | John Dorahy - Illawarra |
27/03/85 | ![]() | 16 | ![]() | 6 | Eric Weissel Oval | Steve Mortimer - Canterbury-Bankstown |
3/04/85 | ![]() | 32 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Leo Epifania - Western Suburbs |
10/04/85 | ![]() | 24 | ![]() | 4 | Scully Park | |
17/04/85 | ![]() | 33 | ![]() | 16 | Leichhardt Oval | Ben Elias - Balmain |
* The St George V South Sydney game also functioned as the Charity Shield for this season.
Quarter finals
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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17/04/85 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Mark Harrigan - Western Suburbs |
1/05/85 | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland |
8/05/85 | ![]() | 20 | ![]() | 18 | Leichhardt Oval | Wayne Pearce - Balmain |
15/05/85 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Tony Melrose - Manly-Warringah |
Semi finals
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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22/05/85 | ![]() | 16 | ![]() | 0 | Oakes Oval | Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland |
29/05/85 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Kevin Hardwick - Balmain |
Final
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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5 June 1985 | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Scott Gale - Balmain |
Player of the Series
- Scott Gale (Balmain)
Golden Try
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092832/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1985.htm