1980 Tooth Cup

In 1980 Tooth Cup was the name of the annual mid-week knockout rugby league competition which was played from April to August 1980 due to sponsorship from brewers, Tooth. Parramatta beat Balmain in the final.

Format

The teams each played two round matches with the best eight progressing to the finals. There was a random draw for the quarter and semi finals.

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
2/04/80	Eastern Suburbs Roosters	14	Brisbane	4	Lang Park
9/04/80	St. George Dragons	16	Balmain Tigers	5	Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80	Newtown Jets	22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	7	Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80	Penrith Panthers	26	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14	Leichhardt Oval
30/04/80	Parramatta Eels	20	South Sydney Rabbitohs	7	Leichhardt Oval
7/05/80	Western Suburbs Magpies	40	Auckland	14	Leichhardt Oval
21/05/80	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	35	Country NSW	3	Leichhardt Oval
28/05/80	North Sydney Bears	40	Country QLD	5	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
14/05/80	Easts	11	Newtown	10	Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80	Parramatta	18	Wests	11	Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80	Cronulla	19	Canterbury	18	Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80	Brisbane	27	Manly	20	Lang Park
25/06/80	South Sydney	47	Auckland	5	Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80	St George	40	North Sydney	9	Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80	Penrith	18	NSW Country	9	Seiffert Oval
2/07/80	Balmain	45	Qld Country	5	Lang Park

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
9/07/80	Easts	20	Penrith	9	Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80	Wests	10	St George	4	Leichhardt Oval
23/07/80	Parramatta	16	Canterbury	7	Leichhardt Oval
30/07/80	Balmain	22	South Sydney	14	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
6/08/80	Parramatta	9	Wests	6	Leichhardt Oval
13/08/80	Balmain	18	Easts	8	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
20/08/80	Parramatta	8	Balmain	5	Leichhardt Oval

Player of the Series

• Peter Sterling (Parramatta)

Sources

• http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1980.htm