1989 League Legends Cup

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1989 League Legends Cup
Teams Canberra Raiders
Wests Tigers
First meeting13 April 2008
Latest meetingWests Tigers
Next meeting2011
Statistics
Meetings total3
Most winsWests Tigers (2)
Largest victory13 - Raiders 22-35 Tigers (4 April 2010)

The 1989 League Legends Cup is an annual rugby league match between NRL clubs the Canberra Raiders and the Wests Tigers. The match is played to commemorate the 1989 Grand Final, which has been called the greatest Grand Final ever. [1] The grand final was actually between the Raiders and the Balmain Tigers, but since the Tigers merged with the Western Suburbs Magpies in 2000, the 1989 League Legend Cup match is played between the Raiders and the joint venture. The cup is contested only once per season, so in the years where the Raiders and Tigers are scheduled to meet twice, the clubs decide which of those two matches will decide the winner of the trophy. The first Cup match was in Round 5 of the 2008 NRL season. [2]

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Games Played

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee(s)Crowd
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders
30-24 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 13 April 2008, 2:00pm Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead12,240 [3]
Wests Tigers colours.svg
Wests Tigers
34-26 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 16 March 2009, 7:00pm Campbelltown Stadium Jared Maxwell
Gerard Sutton
17,392 [4]
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders
22-35 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 4 April 2010, 3:00pm Canberra Stadium Shayne Hayne
Brett Suttor
17,112 [5]
Wests Tigers colours.svg
Wests Tigers
34-24 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 26 March 2011, 7:30pm Campbelltown Stadium Ben Cummins
Brett Suttor
14,091 [6]
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders
22-35 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 1 May 2011, 2:00pm Canberra Stadium Ashley Klein
Gerard Sutton
13,425 [7]

Head To Head

PlayedRaidersDrawsTigers
5104

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