1980 Tooth Cup

1980 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Tooth Cup
Tournament details
Dates	2 April - 20 August 1980
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Parramatta (1st title)
Runners-up	Balmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
	← 1979 1981 →

Last updated April 05, 2019

The 1980 Tooth Cup was the 7th 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.

The Amco Cup was a mid-week rugby league competition held in Australia between 1974 and 1989. The format was usually a straight knock-out, but various group formats were used between 1979 and 1982. It aired on Channel Ten with Ray Warren and Keith Barnes the commentators for many years. The concept was created by Colin McLennan.

The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) until 1984. From 1908 to 1994, the NSWRL ran Sydney's, then New South Wales', and eventually Australia's top-level rugby league club competition from their headquarters on Phillip Street, Sydney. The organisation is responsible for administering the New South Wales rugby league team.

The Country Rugby League of New South Wales (CRL), formed in 1934, is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in areas of New South Wales outside the Sydney metropolitan area. Despite its name, CRL also governs rugby league in the Australian Capital Territory. Apart from selecting a Country Origin side to play in the annual City vs Country Origin game, the CRL administers a large number of senior and junior competitions across the state.

Qualified Teams

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Winners of the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 )
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 , 1978, 1979)
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976 , 1977, 1978, 1979)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975 , 1976, 1977, 1978 , 1979)
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
Auckland	Falcons	NZRL	Winners of the 1979 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Queanbeyan
Leichhardt Oval	Lang Park	Seiffert Oval
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 20,000

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
2/04/80	Eastern Suburbs	14	Combined Brisbane	4	Lang Park
9/04/80	St George	16	Balmain	5	Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80	Newtown	22	Manly-Warringah	7	Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80	Penrith	26	Cronulla-Sutherland	14	Leichhardt Oval
30/04/80	Parramatta	20	South Sydney	7	Leichhardt Oval
7/05/80	Western Suburbs	40	Auckland	14	Leichhardt Oval
21/05/80	Canterbury-Bankstown	35	NSW Country	3	Leichhardt Oval
28/05/80	North Sydney	40	QLD Country	5	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
14/05/80	Eastern Suburbs	11	Newtown	10	Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80	Parramatta	18	Western Suburbs	11	Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80	Cronulla-Sutherland	19	Canterbury-Bankstown	18	Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80	Combined Brisbane	27	Manly-Warringah	20	Lang Park
25/06/80	South Sydney	47	Auckland	5	Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80	St George	40	North Sydney	9	Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80	Penrith	18	NSW Country	9	Seiffert Oval
2/07/80	Balmain	45	QLD Country	5	Lang Park

Club	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
St George	2	2	0	56	14	42	4
Penrith	2	2	0	44	23	21	4
Parramatta	2	2	0	38	18	20	4
Eastern Suburbs	2	2	0	25	14	11	4
Canterbury-Bankstown	2	1	1	53	22	31	2
South Sydney	2	1	1	54	25	29	2
Balmain	2	1	1	50	21	29	2
Western Suburbs	2	1	1	51	32	19	2
Newtown	2	1	1	32	18	14	2
North Sydney	2	1	1	49	45	4	2
Combined Brisbane	2	1	1	34	34	-3	2
Cronulla-Sutherland	2	1	1	33	44	-11	2
Manly-Warringah	2	0	2	27	49	-22	0
NSW Country	2	0	2	12	53	-41	0
Auckland	2	0	2	19	87	-68	0
QLD Country	2	0	2	10	85	-75	0

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
9/07/80	Eastern Suburbs	20	Penrith	9	Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80	Western Suburbs	10	St George	4	Leichhardt Oval
23/07/80	Parramatta	16	Canterbury-Bankstown	7	Leichhardt Oval
30/07/80	Balmain	22	South Sydney	14	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
6/08/80	Parramatta	9	Western Suburbs	6	Leichhardt Oval
13/08/80	Balmain	18	Eastern Suburbs	8	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
20/08/80	Parramatta	8	Balmain	5	Leichhardt Oval

Player of the Series

Peter Sterling (Parramatta)

Golden Try

John Dorahy (Manly-Warringah)

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025237/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1980.htm

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