1987 National Panasonic Cup

The 1987 National Panasonic Cup was the 14th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, Papua New Guinea and State Representative Teams.

1987 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates4 March - 10 June 1987
Teams20
Venue(s)8 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBalmain (3rd title)
Runners-upPenrith
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
1986
1988

A total of 20 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 19 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified teams

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Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Enter in Round 1
Parramatta Eels NSWRL Winners of the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Runners-Up in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Balmain Tigers NSWRL Third Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
North Sydney Bears NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
St. George Dragons NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Penrith Panthers NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Canberra Raiders NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 14th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Thirteenth Place in the 1986 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 9th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 9th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Enter in Preliminary round
Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team 2nd (Previous: 1986)
Western Australia Black Swans WARL State Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1977, 1978, 1986)
Northern Territory Bulls NTRL State Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1976, 1977, 1978)
Victoria Thunderbolts VRL State Representative Team 1st
South Australia Croweaters SARL State Representative Team 1st

Venues

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Sydney Tamworth Bathurst Tweed Heads Perth Goroka
Leichhardt Oval Parramatta Stadium Belmore Sports Ground Scully Park Carrington Park Chris Cunningham Field Lathlain Park Danny Leahy Oval
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000
     

Preliminary rounds

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
5/04/87   Western Australia 18   South Australia 14 Perth
12/04/87   Western Australia 28   Victoria 10 Perth
12/04/87   Port Moresby (PNG) 52 Northern Territory 5 Danny Leahy Oval
19/04/87   Port Moresby (PNG) 50   Western Australia 10 Danny Leahy Oval

Round 1

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
4/03/87   Canterbury-Bankstown (Bennett, Hagan, O’Brien, Bugden tries, Farrar 3 goals) 22   Manly-Warringah (Davis try) 4 Leichhardt Oval David Gillespie - Canterbury-Bankstown
11/03/87   North Sydney (Friend, Lennon 2, Graham tries, McArthur 2 goals) 24   Western Suburbs (Davis try, Naden goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Mark Graham - North Sydney
18/03/87   Parramatta (Eden, Jackson, Sharp tries, Eden 6 goals, Muggleton field goal) 25   Illawarra (Carney, Upfield tries, Carney 4 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Parramatta
25/03/87   Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking 2, Russell tries, Stains, Wilson 2 goals) 20   Canberra (Belcher try, Meninga 2 goals) 8 Carrington Park Jonathan Docking - Cronulla-Sutherland
1/04/87   South Sydney (Mavin, Harrington, P.Roberts, Blake tries, Baker 3 goals, Baker field goal) 23   St George (Wynn try, Quinton goal) 6 Scully Park Craig Coleman - South Sydney
8/04/87   Penrith (Robards, Bevan, Alexander tries, Bevan goal) 14   Combined Brisbane (Hegarty goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Craig Izzard - Penrith
22/04/87   Balmain (Sinclair, Camroux 2, Grounds, Owens, John Davidson, Davies, Bevan, Gale, McGuire tries, Conlon 6, Elias 3 goals) 62   Port Moresby (PNG) (Saea try, Kovae 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Bruce Sinclair - Balmain
29/04/87   Eastern Suburbs (French 3, McGahan 2, Challis, Morris, Spina, Simpkins tries, Portlock 5, Smith 4 goals) 54   NSW Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs

Quarter finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
15/04/87   Parramatta (Crnkovich, Delroy, Laurie tries, Eden 3 goals) 18   North Sydney (I.French try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Terry Leabeater - Parramatta
6/05/87   Balmain (John Davidson, Camroux tries, Conlon goal, Elias field goal) 11   South Sydney (Blake try, Ellison 3 goals) 10 Belmore Sports Ground Ben Elias - Balmain
13/05/87   Eastern Suburbs (Challis, McGahan tries, Smith 2 goals) 12   Canterbury-Bankstown (P.Mortimer, Lamb tries, Lamb goal) 10 Chris Cunningham Field Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs
20/05/87   Penrith (Alexander 2 tries, Clements 3 goals) 14   Cronulla-Sutherland (Coleman try, Wilson goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Greg Alexander - Penrith

Semi finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/05/87   Penrith (B.Izzard, Smith, Alexander, Geyer, Vitanza tries, Fitzhenry 6 goals) 32   Parramatta (Erickson, Kenny, Sterling, Mares tries, Muggleton 3 goals) 22 Leichhardt Oval Greg Alexander - Penrith
3/06/87   Balmain (Hanrahan, Neil, Sironen tries, Conlon goal) 14   Eastern Suburbs (Lydon try, Smith 4 goals) 12 Belmore Sports Ground Scott Gale - Balmain

Final

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1987 National Panasonic Cup Final
10 June 1987
Balmain Tigers   14 – 12   Penrith Panthers
Tries: 2
Scott Gale  
Russel Gartner  
Goals: 3
Ross Conlon
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Tries: 2
Mark Robinson  
Andrew Fitzhenry  
Goals: 2
Andrew Fitzhenry
Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 16,823
Referee: Mick Stone
Player of the Match: Ben Elias (Balmain)

Player of the Series

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Golden Try

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Middleton, David (14 May 1987). Rugby League 1987-88. Sydney: Lester-Townsend Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0949853119.