Venues
| Sydney | Brisbane | Newcastle |
|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Lang Park | Newcastle International Sports Centre |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 33,000 |
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| NSWRFL KB Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 13 April - 10 August 1983 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Manly-Warringah (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Cronulla-Sutherland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
The 1983 KB Cup was the 10th 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.
A total of 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 17 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
| Sydney | Brisbane | Newcastle |
|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Lang Park | Newcastle International Sports Centre |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 33,000 |
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| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/04/83 |  Manly-Warringah (Ribot try, P.Blake field goal) | 5 |  Parramatta | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | |
| 20/04/83 |  Canberra (O'Callaghan 2, Keir, Spears tries, Giteau 3 goals) | 22 |  Balmain (Lane 2, Lawson tries, Filipaina 4 goals) | 20 | Leichhardt Oval | Chris O'Sullivan - Canberra |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/04/83 |  Canterbury-Bankstown (Leis, Conlon tries, Conlon 3 goals) | 14 |  Penrith (Martin, Izzard tries, Marshall goal) | 10 | Newcastle ISC | Garry Hughes - Canterbury-Bankstown |
| 11/05/83 |  Newtown (Doyle 5, Sigsworth, Wilson, Ellis, Bird tries, Wilson 7 goals) | 50 |  Central Districts (NZ) | 0 | Leichhardt Oval | Chris Doyle - Newtown |
| 18/05/83 |  Combined Brisbane | 38 |  North Sydney | 18 | Lang Park | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane |
| 18/05/83 | Manly-Warringah | 78 |  QLD Country | 4 | Lang Park | Ian Schubert - Manly-Warringah |
| 25/05/83 |  NSW Country | 20 |  South Sydney | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Ross Gibson - NSW Country |
| 1/06/83 |  Cronulla-Sutherland (Beckett 2, Gardner, Withall tries, D.Sorensen 4 goals) | 24 |  St George (Rogers try, Gearin 2 goals) | 8 | Leichhardt Oval | Rowland Beckett - Cronulla-Sutherland |
| 8/06/83 |  Eastern Suburbs (Michael, Grounds 2, Walford, Eden tries, Eden 4 goals) | 32 | Canberra (Wurth 2, Spears tries, Giteau 2 goals) | 16 | Leichhardt Oval | Mike Eden - Eastern Suburbs |
| 15/06/83 |  Western Suburbs (Harris, Greene tries, Greene goal) | 10 |  Illawarra (McKellar try) | 4 | Leichhardt Oval | David Greene - Western Suburbs |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/06/83 | Eastern Suburbs (Eden 3, Walford 2 tries, Eden 5 goals) | 30 | Newtown (Speechley try, Wilson 4 goals) | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs |
| 29/06/83 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Nixon 2, Mullane, O'Connor, D.Sorensen, Lane tries, Hardy 5 goals) | 34 | Western Suburbs (S.Gale, T.Lamb tries, Greene 2 goals) | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Scott Gale - Western Suburbs |
| 13/07/83 | Manly-Warringah (Sigsworth, Walker tries, Sigsworth goal) | 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Conlon 2 goals, C.Mortimer field goal) | 5 | Leichhardt Oval | Alan Thompson - Manly-Warringah |
| 20/07/83 | Combined Brisbane (Brennan 3, Lindenberg 2, Meninga, Paterson, Miles, Tessman tries, Meninga 6, Lewis 3 goals) | 54 | NSW Country (McCartney, Kearney tries, Elwin 3 goals) | 14 | Leichhardt Oval | Gene Miles - Combined Brisbane |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/07/83 | Manly-Warringah (P.Blake 2, Close, Windshuttle tries, Eadie 3 goals, P.Blake field goal) | 23 | Combined Brisbane (Brennan, Jones tries, Meninga 3 goals) | 14 | Lang Park | Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah |
| 3/08/83 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Gardner 2, Anderson tries) | 12 | Eastern Suburbs (Neil try, Eden 3 goals) | 10 | Leichhardt Oval | Greg Nixon - Cronulla-Sutherland |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/8/83 | Manly-Warringah (Eadie 2, Ryan, Close, Cleal tries, Eadie 3 goals) | 26 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Ettingshausen try, Hardy goal) | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah |
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