1986 National Panasonic Cup

The 1986 National Panasonic Cup was the 13th 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, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea.

1986 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates5 March - 4 June 1986
Teams17
Venue(s)7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsParramatta (2nd title)
Runners-upBalmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played16

A total of 17 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea 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
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Winners of the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
St. George Dragons NSWRL Runners-Up in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Parramatta Eels NSWRL Third Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Balmain Tigers NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Penrith Panthers NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Canberra Raiders NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 5th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
North Sydney Bears NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 13th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Thirteenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 5th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Enter in Preliminary Round
Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team 1st
Western Australia Black Swans WARL State Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978)

Venues
Sydney Brisbane Newcastle Lismore Bathurst Goroka
Leichhardt Oval Orana Park Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Oakes Oval Carrington Park Danny Leahy Oval
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round
DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
13/04/86 Port Moresby52 Western Australia14Danny Leahy Oval [1]

Round 1
DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
5/03/86 Balmain (Gartner, John Davidson, Gale, tries, Conlon 5 goals)22 Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Wakefield tries, Carney 3 goals)14Leichhardt OvalMark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland
12/03/86 Parramatta (Jurd, Grothe, Hunt tries, Hunt 2 goals, Sterling field goal)17 Illawarra (Upfield try)4Orana ParkPeter Sterling - Parramatta
19/03/86 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb 2 goals, Lamb, C.Mortimer field goals)6 South Sydney (Baker 2 goals, Baker field goal)5Oakes OvalPeter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown
26/03/86 Canberra (Belcher 2, Coyne tries, Meninga 2 goals, Elliott field goal)17 North Sydney (Teasdell try, Kiss goal)6Leichhardt OvalGary Belcher - Canberra
2/04/86 Western Suburbs (Naden 2, Brett Clark, Bruce Clark tries, Schubert 3 goals, Brett Clark field goal)23 Penrith (Gonzales, Fenton tries, Alexander 2 goals)12Leichhardt OvalBrett Clark - Western Suburbs
16/04/86 Manly-Warringah (Blake 2, Close, Ronson tries, Cochrane goal)18 Combined Brisbane (Lindner, S.Lewis tries, Scott goal)10Lang ParkDale Shearer - Manly-Warringah
16/04/86 Eastern Suburbs (Bennett 3, Katsogiannis, Melrose 2, Leggett, McGahan, Patterson, Hardy tries, Melrose 8 goals)60 Port Moresby (PNG) (Numapo, Jakis, Kerekere tries, Numapo, Heni goals)16Lang ParkTrevor Gillmeister - Eastern Suburbs
23/04/86 St George (Selby 2, Funnell, Johnston, Haddock, Morris tries, O'Connor 6 goals)36 NSW Country (Elwin 2 goals)4Carrington ParkGeoff Selby - St George

Quarter finals
DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
9/04/86 Parramatta (Ella, R.Price, Sharp tries, Ella 2 goals)16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Folkes, Bugden tries, Lamb goal)10Leichhardt OvalRay Price - Parramatta
30/04/86 Manly-Warringah (Lyons, Cox, Blake tries, Cochrane 3 goals)18 St George (O'Connor goal)2Newcastle ISCDes Hasler - Manly-Warringah
7/05/86 Balmain (John Davidson 2, Roach, Myler tries, Conlon 2 goals)20 Canberra ( Meninga, O'Sullivan tries, Meninga 2 goals)12Leichhardt OvalSteve Roach - Balmain
14/05/86 Eastern Suburbs (Wurth, McGahan tries, Melrose 3 goals, Hastings 2 field goals)16 Western Suburbs (Geelan try, Crooks 2 goals)8Leichhardt OvalHugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs

Semi finals
DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
21/05/86 Parramatta (Hunt, Kenny, Laurie, Lillis tries, Hunt 3 goals, Ella field goal)23 Manly-Warringah (Ronson try)4Leichhardt OvalBrett Kenny - Parramatta
28/05/86 Balmain (Bridge, Gartner, Schofield, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals, Bridge field goal)25 Eastern Suburbs (Simpkins, Bennett tries, Melrose goal)10Leichhardt OvalPaul Sironen - Balmain

Final
DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
4 June 1986 Parramatta (Kenny 2, Muggleton, Ella, Wynn, Bugden tries, Eden 4 goals)32 Balmain (Gale, Myler, Humphreys tries, Schofield 2 goals)16Leichhardt OvalPeter Sterling - Parramatta

Player of the Series

Golden Try

Sources
  1. Rugby League Project - Port Moresby Vipers http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/port-moresby-vipers/results.html
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