1986 National Panasonic Cup

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1986 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates5 March - 4 June 1986
Teams 17
Venue(s) 7  (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Parramatta (2nd title)
Runners-up Balmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
1985
1987

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.

Contents

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

TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (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 Team8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 , 1985)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team8th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
Enter in Preliminary round
Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team1st
Western Australia Black Swans WARL State Representative Team3rd (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: 23,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 33,000Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 10,000
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Preliminary round

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
13/04/86 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby 52 Wellington colours.svg Western Australia 14 Danny Leahy Oval [1]

Round 1

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

Quarter finals

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

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
21/05/86 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta (Hunt, Kenny, Laurie, Lillis tries, Hunt 3 goals, Ella field goal)23 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah (Ronson try)4 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta
28/05/86 Balmain colours.svg Balmain (Bridge, Gartner, Schofield, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals, Bridge field goal)25 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs (Simpkins, Bennett tries, Melrose goal)10 Leichhardt Oval Paul Sironen - Balmain

Final

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

Player of the Series

Golden Try

Sources