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1987 National Panasonic Cup

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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

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.

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 rugby ball
Russel Gartner rugby ball
Goals: 3
Ross Conlon
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Tries: 2
Mark Robinson rugby ball
Andrew Fitzhenry rugby ball
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.