1983 KB Cup

1983 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
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
	← 1982 1984 →

Last updated April 05, 2019

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.

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)
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Winners of the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 , 1981, 1982)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 )
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975 , 1976, 1977, 1978 , 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 , 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 , 1982)
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 , 1980, 1981, 1982)
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976 , 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Illawarra	Steelers	NSWRFL	Thirteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	2nd (Previous: 1982)
Canberra	Raiders	NSWRFL	Fourteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	2nd (Previous: 1982)
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Central Districts	Falcons	NZRL	Winners of the 1982 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	2nd (Previous: 1981)

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Newcastle
Leichhardt Oval	Lang Park	Newcastle International Sports Centre
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 33,000

Preliminary round

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

Round 1

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

Quarter finals

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

Semi finals

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

Final

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

Player of the Series

Ian Schubert (Manly-Warringah)

Golden Try

Royce Ayliffe (Eastern Suburbs)

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092845/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1983.htm

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