1982 KB Cup

1982 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL KB Cup
Tournament details
Dates	24 March - 11 August 1982
Teams	18
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Manly-Warringah (1st title)
Runners-up	Newtown
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
	← 1981 1983 →

Last updated April 05, 2019

The 1982 KB Cup was the 9th 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.

A total of 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 24 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing a round of games with the 2 lowest performing teams being eliminated before the remaining teams played another round of games with the top 8 teams advanced to a knockout stage, 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 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 , 1981)
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975 , 1976, 1977, 1978 , 1979, 1980, 1981)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 , 1980, 1981)
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 , 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 )
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976 , 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Canberra	Raiders	NSWRFL	NSWRFL Expansion Team	1st
Illawarra	Steelers	NSWRFL	NSWRFL Expansion Team	1st
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
South Island	Scorpions	NZRL	Winners of the 1981 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	1st

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Tweed Heads
Leichhardt Oval	Lang Park	Chris Cunningham Field
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 13,500

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
24/03/82	Eastern Suburbs	12	Western Suburbs	0	Leichhardt Oval	Marty Gurr & Des O'Reilly - Eastern Suburbs
31/03/82	South Sydney	18	North Sydney	10	Leichhardt Oval	Tony Melrose - South Sydney
7/04/82	Manly-Warringah	47	Illawarra	20	Leichhardt Oval	Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah
14/04/82	Canberra	27	South Island (NZ)	15	Leichhardt Oval	Jay Hoffman - Canberra
21/04/82	St George	26	QLD Country	10	Lang Park	Rohan Hancock - QLD Country
21/04/82	Balmain	13	Combined Brisbane	10	Lang Park	Gary Bridge - Balmain
28/04/82	Penrith	16	Parramatta	7	Chris Cunningham Field	Kevin Dann - Penrith
5/05/82	Newtown	26	Canterbury-Bankstown	5	Leichhardt Oval	Steve Bowden - Newtown
26/05/82	Cronulla-Sutherland	15	NSW Country	2	Leichhardt Oval	Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland

Club	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Manly-Warringah	1	1	0	47	20	27	2
Newtown	1	1	0	26	5	21	2
St George	1	1	0	26	10	16	2
Cronulla-Sutherland	1	1	0	15	2	13	2
Eastern Suburbs	1	1	0	12	0	12	2
Canberra	1	1	0	27	15	12	2
Penrith	1	1	0	16	7	9	2
South Sydney	1	1	0	18	10	8	2
Balmain	1	1	0	13	10	3	2
Combined Brisbane	1	0	1	10	13	-3	0
North Sydney	1	0	1	10	18	-8	0
Parramatta	1	0	1	7	16	-9	0
South Island	1	0	1	15	27	-12	0
Western Suburbs	1	0	1	0	12	-12	0
NSW Country	1	0	1	2	15	-13	0
QLD Country	1	0	1	10	26	-16	0
Canterbury-Bankstown	1	0	1	5	26	-21	0
Illawarra	1	0	1	20	47	-27	0

Canterbury-Bankstown and Illawarra eliminated.

Round 2

The original second round draw saw Cronulla-Sutherland play Canterbury-Bankstown and Canberra play Illawarra. That was amended because under the competition guidelines, the 2 teams that were placed last after round 1 were eliminated. The amended draw is listed below.

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league competition. The Sharks, as they are commonly known, were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, predecessor of the Australian Rugby League and the current National Rugby League competition, in January 1967. The club competed in every premiership season since then and, during the Super League war, joined the rebel competition before continuing on in the re-united NRL Premiership. The Sharks have been in competition for 50 years, appearing in four grand finals, winning their first premiership in 2016 after defeating the Melbourne Storm at ANZ Stadium.

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership since 1982. Over this period the club has won 3 premierships,, received 1 wooden spoon and had a total of 15 of its players selected to don the green and gold for Australia national rugby league team. The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to the AIS Stadium in Bruce taking place in 1990. The official symbol for the Canberra Raiders is the Viking. The Viking, also a mascot at Raiders' games, is known as Victor the Viking.

The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian Rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then Sydney Rugby League premiership until 1998 when they formed a new joint venture team, the St George Illawarra Dragons with the St George Dragons in 1999, before selling its remaining share in the club to WIN Corporation in 2018. Over those seventeen seasons the club received three wooden spoons, made the play-offs twice and had a total of three of its players selected to don the green and gold for Australia.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
12/05/82	Manly-Warringah	22	North Sydney	15	Leichhardt Oval	Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah
19/05/82	South Sydney *	6	Penrith	6	Leichhardt Oval	Royce Simmons - Penrith
2/06/82	Balmain	24	Eastern Suburbs	11	Leichhardt Oval	Greg Lane - Balmain
9/06/82	Western Suburbs	20	St George	11	Leichhardt Oval	Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs
15/06/82	Newtown	43	QLD Country	2	Lang Park	Phil Sigsworth - Newtown
15/06/82	Combined Brisbane	34	South Island	3	Lang Park	Brett French - Combined Brisbane
16/06/82	Parramatta	41	NSW Country	3	Leichhardt Oval	John Muggleton - Parramatta
23/06/82	Cronulla-Sutherland	25	Canberra	11	Leichhardt Oval	Perry Haddock - Cronulla-Sutherland

Club	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Newtown	2	2	0	69	7	62	4
Manly-Warringah	2	2	0	69	35	34	4
Cronulla-Sutherland	2	2	0	40	13	27	4
Balmain	2	2	0	37	21	16	4
South Sydney	2	2	0	24	16	8	4
Parramatta	2	1	1	48	19	29	2
Combined Brisbane	2	1	1	44	16	28	2
Penrith	2	1	1	22	13	9	2
St George	2	1	1	37	30	7	2
Eastern Suburbs	2	1	1	23	24	-1	2
Canberra	2	1	1	38	40	-2	2
Western Suburbs	2	1	1	20	23	-3	2
North Sydney	2	0	2	25	40	-15	0
South Island	2	0	2	18	61	-43	0
NSW Country	2	0	2	5	56	-51	0
QLD Country	2	0	2	12	69	-57	0
Canterbury-Bankstown	1	0	1	5	26	-21	0
Illawarra	1	0	1	20	47	-27	0

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
30/06/82	South Sydney	19	Balmain	2	Leichhardt Oval	Peter Tunks - South Sydney
7/07/82	Manly-Warringah	17	Penrith	14	Leichhardt Oval	Rod Wright - Penrith
14/07/82	Newtown	7	Cronulla-Sutherland	2	Leichhardt Oval	John Ferguson - Newtown
21/07/82	Parramatta	25	Combined Brisbane	7	Lang Park	Brett Kenny - Parramatta

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
28/07/82	Newtown *	8	South Sydney	8	Leichhardt Oval	Shane Arneil - South Sydney
4/08/82	Manly-Warringah	24	Parramatta	10	Leichhardt Oval	Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah

*- Progressed on penalty count-back

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
11 August 1982	Manly-Warringah	23	Newtown	8	Leichhardt Oval	Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah

Named Teams:

Manly-Warringah: 1.Graham Eadie, 2. John Ribot, 3. Phil Blake, 4. Michael Blake, 5. Simon Booth, 6. Alan Thompson, 7. Mike Eden, 8. Bruce Walker, 9. Les Boyd, 10. Paul McCabe, 11. Mark Broadhurst, 12. Max Krilich (c), 13. Geoff Gerard. Res – 14. Paul Vautin, 15. Chris Close, 16. Ray Brown, 17.Iam Thomson . Coach – Ray Ritchie.

Graham "Wombat" Eadie, is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst Australia's finest of the 20th century. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative fullback, he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s. He won four premierships with them and his 1,917 points in first grade and 2,070 points in all grades were both records at the time of his retirement. Eadie also played in England for Halifax, winning the Challenge Cup Final of 1987 with them. He also won World Cups with Australia and collected awards such as the Rothmans Medal and Lance Todd Trophy.

John Ribot is an Australian sports administrator and former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. Once a Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative winger or lock forward, Ribot was the 1980 NSWRFL season's equal top try-scorer. Also a member of the 1982 "Invincibles" Kangaroo touring squad, he played club football in Brisbane for Fortitude Valley, Wests and Redcliffe, and in Sydney for Newtown, Wests and Manly-Warringah.

Phil Blake is an Australian former rugby league footballer and is now a professional rugby union coach.

Newtown: 1. Phil Sigsworth, 2. John Ferguson, 3. Mick Ryan, 4. Allan McMahon, 5. Mal Graham, 6. Dean Lance, 7. Tom Raudonikis, 8. Graeme O'Grady, 9. Mick Pitman, 10. Col Murphy, 11. Craig Ellis, 12. Mark Bugden, 13. Steve Bowden. Res - 14. Ken Wilson, 15. Ron Sigsworth, 16. Peter Kelly, 17. John Mackay. Coach - Warren Ryan.

The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground is Henson Park, and their team colours are blue and white.

Phil Sigsworth is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played primarily in the fullback position. Sigsworth attended Newtown Boys' Junior High School where he played Rugby Union for the school. His junior Rugby League playing days were with the Erskineville Juniors club and then the infamous Newtown Hawks from where he was graded into the district club, Newtown District Rugby League Football Club.

John "Chicka" Ferguson is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the Newtown Jets, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and finally the Canberra Raiders, with whom he won the 1989 and 1990 NSWRL premierships. A prolific try-scorer, who topped the NSWRL's scoring list in 1988, Ferguson also played in England with Wigan, helping them to victory in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final. He has since been named in Australia's indigenous team of the century (1908–2008).

Manly-Warringah 23 (Ribot, P.Blake, M.Blake, Booth tries, Eden 4, Eadie goals, Eden field goal) d Newtown 8 (Graham, Lance tries, Wilson goal). Crowd: 14,490.

Player of the Series

Mike Eden (Manly-Warringah)

Golden Try

Phil Blake (Manly-Warringah)

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