1984 NSWRL Midweek Cup NSWRL National Panasonic Cup Dates 11 April - 15 August 1984 Teams 17 Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)Champions Brisbane (1st title) Runners-up Eastern Suburbs Matches played 16
International football competition
The 1984 National Panasonic Cup was the 11th 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 , the QRL and the NZRL .
A total of 17 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 16 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners) Enter in Round 1 Parramatta Eels NSWRL Winners of the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Runners-Up in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Third Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) St. George Dragons NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Balmain Tigers NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) North Sydney Bears NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Canberra Raiders NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1982 , 1983 ) Penrith Panthers NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1982 , 1983 ) Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Fourteenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 11th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Enter in preliminary round Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 6th (Previous: 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983 ) Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1983 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1979 , 1980 )
Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match 16/05/84 QLD Country (Gill 2, Gibson, Armstrong tries, Lindenberg 4 goals, Tew field goal) 25 Auckland (NZ) (Sinclair, Cooper, Friend tries, Lovett 3 goals) 18 Lang Park Peter Gill - QLD Country
Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match 11/04/84 Balmain (Roach, Hardwick tries, Brooks 2 goals) 12 Cronulla-Sutherland (Armstrong goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain 18/04/84 Penrith (Levy, B.Izzard, Connor, Burgmann tries, Levy 5 goals) 26 Illawarra (Browne, Hetherington tries, McPherson goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Mark Levy - Penrith 2/05/84 Combined Brisbane (Lewis, Kilroy, Belcher, Meninga tries, Meninga 4 goals, Dowling field goal) 25 South Sydney (Hardy 2 Biles tries, Baker 3 goals) 18 Lang Park 9/05/84 NSW Country (Williams, Graham, Trudgett tries, Dennis 2 goals, ???? field goal) 17 Western Suburbs (Broughton try) 4 Carrington Park Tony Trudgett - NSW Country 23/05/84 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb, Langmack, S.Mortimer, Tunks tries, Conlon 6 goals, S.Mortimer, Folkes field goals) 30 Manly-Warringah (Barkley, Boustead tries, Hegarty goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown 6/06/84 Eastern Suburbs (Eden, Beckett 2, Gale, Simpkins, Dunn, Greene tries Eden 5, Hastings goals) 44 QLD Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs 13/06/84 Parramatta (Hunt, Houghton, Sterling, Mara tries, Mara 2 goals) 20 Canberra (Corkery goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Wynn - Parramatta 20/06/84 St George (Gearin, Morris, Fraser, Funnell tries, Gearin 3 goals) 22 North Sydney 0 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - St George
Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match 27/06/84 Parramatta (Ella, Kenny tries, Cronin 4 goals) 16 Penrith (Alexander try, Levy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta 4/07/84 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy 2, McKellar, Greene, Gale tries, Greene 2 goals) 24 NSW Country (Maguire try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs 11/07/84 Combined Brisbane (Scott, Ribot tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Canterbury-Bankstown (Johnstone try, Conlon 3 goals, Lamb field goal) 11 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane 18/07/84 St George (O’Grady 2, Johnston, Duval tries, Rogers 5 goals) 26 Balmain (Lane try, Brooks goal) 6 Scully Park Graeme O'Grady - St George
A televised night game, the final's match commentary was provided by Ray Warren and Bill Anderson .
Brisbane : 1. Colin Scott , 2. Joe Kilroy , 3. Mal Meninga , 4. Gene Miles , 5. John Ribot , 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Henry Foster, 8. Bob Lindner , 9. Wally Fullerton Smith , 10. Bryan Neibling , 11. Richie Poulsen, 12. Eddie Muller, 13. Greg Dowling . Reserve: 14. Tony Currie . Coach Bob McCarthy .
Eastern Suburbs : 1. Graeme Atkins , 2. Shane McKellar (c), 3. Glenn Leggett, 4. David Greene, 5. John Ferguson , 6. Mike Eden , 7. Scott Gale, 8. Kevin Hastings , 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan , 11. Dane Sorensen , 12. Rowland Beckett , 13. Tom Arber. Reserves: 15. Darren Finlayson, 16. Gavin Miller , 17. Steve Hardy. Coach Laurie Freier .
Player of the Series [ edit ] Mike Eden (Eastern Suburbs )
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