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1988 Panasonic Cup

March 08, 2023

The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th 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 and Papua New Guinea.

1988 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 February - 25 May 1988
Teams19
Venue(s)8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSt. George (1st title)
Runners-upBalmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
← 1987
1989 →

A total of 19 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 18 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified Teams

Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Enter in Round 1
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Winners of the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Canberra Raiders NSWRL Runners-up in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Third Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Balmain Tigers NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Parramatta Eels NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
St. George Dragons NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
North Sydney Bears NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Penrith Panthers NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Thirteenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Brisbane Broncos NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1st
Gold Coast-Tweed Giants NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1st
Enter in Preliminary Round
Newcastle Knights NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1st
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 10th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 10th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1986, 1987)

Venues

Sydney Tamworth Tweed Heads Wagga Wagga Brisbane Newcastle Goroka
Parramatta Stadium Belmore Sports Ground Scully Park Chris Cunningham Field Eric Weissel Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Danny Leahy Oval
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 10,000
         

Preliminary round

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
22/03/88   NSW Country (Carney, Wishart, Stammers, Campbell tries, Wishart 2, Mehmet, Elwin goals, Hastings field goal) 25   Port Moresby (PNG) 0 Danny Leahy Oval
25/03/88   Combined Brisbane (Neal, Holmes tries) 8   NSW Country 0 Lang Park
30/03/88   Newcastle (Kemp 2, Stewart, Butterfield, Fulmer tries, Tew 3 goals) 26   Combined Brisbane 0 Newcastle ISC Tony Townsend - Newcastle

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
17/02/88   St George (Wynn, Johnston tries, Waite goal) 10   Parramatta (Charmers try, Garnon goal) 6 Belmore Sports Ground Peter Gill - St George
24/02/88   Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking try, Watson 2 goals) 8   Canterbury-Bankstown (Campbell try, Lamb field goal) 5 Parramatta Stadium Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland
28/02/88   Eastern Suburbs (Bridge, Williams 2, Wurth, Dart, Spina, French tries, Melrose, Papworth goals) 36   Western Suburbs (Peacock, Howcroft tries, Tronc 2, Schubert, Rawlings goals) 16 Eric Weissel Oval Gary Bridge - Eastern Suburbs
2/03/88   South Sydney (I.Roberts, Mavin, Ellison, Blake tries, Ellison 5, Djura goals, Ellison field goal) 29   Canberra (Coyne try, Belcher 3 goals) 10 Parramatta Stadium Ian Roberts - South Sydney
9/03/88   North Sydney (Friend, Vincent tries, Dorahy 2 goals) 12   Gold Coast (Eden 3 goals) 6 Chris Cunningham Field Clayton Friend - North Sydney
16/03/88   Balmain (Pobjie, Neil tries, Conlon 2 goals) 12   Illawarra (Upfield, Carney tries, Carney goal) 10 Parramatta Stadium Paul Upfield - Illawarra
6/04/88   Penrith (Cartwright, Alexander, Izzard, McNeill tries, McNeill 4 goals) 24   Brisbane (Dowling, Hancock tries, Matterson goal) 10 Parramatta Stadium Greg Alexander - Penrith
13/04/88   Newcastle (Miller, Hanrahan, Kemp tries, McKiernan 3 goals) 18   Manly-Warringah (Dwyer goal) 2 Parramatta Stadium Brett Shore - Newcastle

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
23/03/88   South Sydney (O'Neill try, Ellison goal) 6   Cronulla-Sutherland (Wilson goal) 2 Parramatta Stadium Adam O'Neill - South Sydney
20/04/88   St George (Robinson, Walford tries, Walford 3 goals) 14   Penrith (Gerard try, Baker 2 goals) 8 Parramatta Stadium Steve Robinson - St George
27/04/88   Eastern Suburbs (McLean, Trewhella, Gillmeister tries, Smith 2 goals) 16   Newcastle (Kemp try, McKiernan goal) 6 Parramatta Stadium David Trewhella - Eastern Suburbs
27/04/88   Balmain (Parish, Robinson, Conlon tries, Conlon goal) 14   North Sydney (Florimo try, Dorahy 3 goals) 10 Parramatta Stadium Garry Jack - Balmain

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
4/05/88   Balmain (Robinson, Parish, McGuire tries, Conlon 3 goals, Elias field goal) 19   South Sydney (Blake try) 4 Scully Park Bruce McGuire - Balmain
18/05/88   St George (Selby, Wynn, Beattie tries, Walford 3 goals) 18   Eastern Suburbs (McGahan try, Smith 5 goals) 14 Parramatta Stadium Brett Clark - St George

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
25 May 1988   St George (Robinson, Gordon, Walford tries, Walford 2 goals) 16   Balmain (Moss try, Conlon 2 goals) 8 Parramatta Stadium Peter Gill - St George

Teams

St. George : 1. Clinton Mohr, 2. Bert Gordon, 3. Brian Johnston, 4. Michael Beattie, 5. Ricky Walford, 6. Steve Robinson, 7. Brett Clark, 8. Peter Gill, 9. Graeme Wynn, 10. Wally Fullerton-Smith, 11. Craig Young, 12. Trevor Bailey, 13. Paul Osborne Reserves 14. Darren Higgins, 15. Colin Fraser, 16. Geoff Selby, 17. Mark Blackburn. Coach: Ted Glossop.

Balmain : 1. Garry Jack, 2. Clint Robinson, 3. Russel Gartner, 4. Matt Parish, 5. John Davidson, 6. Ross Conlon, 7. Michael Neil, 8. Wayne Pearce, 9. David Brooks, 10. Paul Sironen, 11. Steve Roach, 12. Ben Elias, 13. Bruce McGuire Reserves 14. Michael Moss, 15. Peter Camroux, 16. Kevin Hardwick, 17. Steve Edmed. Coach: Warren Ryan.

Player of the Series

Golden Try

Sources

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The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th 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 and Papua New Guinea 1988 NSWRL Midweek CupNSWRL Panasonic CupTournament detailsDates17 February 25 May 1988Teams19Venue s 8 in 7 host cities Final positionsChampionsSt George 1st title Runners upBalmainTournament statisticsMatches played18 19871989 A total of 19 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 18 matches in a straight knock out format with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season Contents 1 Qualified Teams 2 Venues 3 Preliminary round 4 Round 1 5 Quarter finals 6 Semi finals 7 Final 8 Teams 8 1 Player of the Series 8 2 Golden Try 9 SourcesQualified Teams EditTeam Nickname League Qualification Participation bold indicates winners Enter in Round 1Manly Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Winners of the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Canberra Raiders NSWRL Runners up in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 7th Previous 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Third Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Balmain Tigers NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Parramatta Eels NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 St George Dragons NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 North Sydney Bears NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 7th Previous 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Penrith Panthers NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Thirteenth Place in the 1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 15th Previous 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Brisbane Broncos NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1stGold Coast Tweed Giants NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1stEnter in Preliminary RoundNewcastle Knights NSWRL NSWRL Expansion Team 1stBrisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 10th Previous 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 10th Previous 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team 3rd Previous 1986 1987 Venues EditSydney Tamworth Tweed Heads Wagga Wagga Brisbane Newcastle GorokaParramatta Stadium Belmore Sports Ground Scully Park Chris Cunningham Field Eric Weissel Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Danny Leahy OvalCapacity 28 000 Capacity 28 000 Capacity 13 000 Capacity 13 500 Capacity 10 000 Capacity 45 000 Capacity 33 000 Capacity 10 000 Preliminary round EditDate Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match22 03 88 NSW Country Carney Wishart Stammers Campbell tries Wishart 2 Mehmet Elwin goals Hastings field goal 25 Port Moresby PNG 0 Danny Leahy Oval25 03 88 Combined Brisbane Neal Holmes tries 8 NSW Country 0 Lang Park30 03 88 Newcastle Kemp 2 Stewart Butterfield Fulmer tries Tew 3 goals 26 Combined Brisbane 0 Newcastle ISC Tony Townsend NewcastleRound 1 EditDate Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match17 02 88 St George Wynn Johnston tries Waite goal 10 Parramatta Charmers try Garnon goal 6 Belmore Sports Ground Peter Gill St George24 02 88 Cronulla Sutherland Docking try Watson 2 goals 8 Canterbury Bankstown Campbell try Lamb field goal 5 Parramatta Stadium Michael Porter Cronulla Sutherland28 02 88 Eastern Suburbs Bridge Williams 2 Wurth Dart Spina French tries Melrose Papworth goals 36 Western Suburbs Peacock Howcroft tries Tronc 2 Schubert Rawlings goals 16 Eric Weissel Oval Gary Bridge Eastern Suburbs2 03 88 South Sydney I Roberts Mavin Ellison Blake tries Ellison 5 Djura goals Ellison field goal 29 Canberra Coyne try Belcher 3 goals 10 Parramatta Stadium Ian Roberts South Sydney9 03 88 North Sydney Friend Vincent tries Dorahy 2 goals 12 Gold Coast Eden 3 goals 6 Chris Cunningham Field Clayton Friend North Sydney16 03 88 Balmain Pobjie Neil tries Conlon 2 goals 12 Illawarra Upfield Carney tries Carney goal 10 Parramatta Stadium Paul Upfield Illawarra6 04 88 Penrith Cartwright Alexander Izzard McNeill tries McNeill 4 goals 24 Brisbane Dowling Hancock tries Matterson goal 10 Parramatta Stadium Greg Alexander Penrith13 04 88 Newcastle Miller Hanrahan Kemp tries McKiernan 3 goals 18 Manly Warringah Dwyer goal 2 Parramatta Stadium Brett Shore NewcastleQuarter finals EditDate Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match23 03 88 South Sydney O Neill try Ellison goal 6 Cronulla Sutherland Wilson goal 2 Parramatta Stadium Adam O Neill South Sydney20 04 88 St George Robinson Walford tries Walford 3 goals 14 Penrith Gerard try Baker 2 goals 8 Parramatta Stadium Steve Robinson St George27 04 88 Eastern Suburbs McLean Trewhella Gillmeister tries Smith 2 goals 16 Newcastle Kemp try McKiernan goal 6 Parramatta Stadium David Trewhella Eastern Suburbs27 04 88 Balmain Parish Robinson Conlon tries Conlon goal 14 North Sydney Florimo try Dorahy 3 goals 10 Parramatta Stadium Garry Jack BalmainSemi finals EditDate Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4 05 88 Balmain Robinson Parish McGuire tries Conlon 3 goals Elias field goal 19 South Sydney Blake try 4 Scully Park Bruce McGuire Balmain18 05 88 St George Selby Wynn Beattie tries Walford 3 goals 18 Eastern Suburbs McGahan try Smith 5 goals 14 Parramatta Stadium Brett Clark St GeorgeFinal EditDate Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match25 May 1988 St George Robinson Gordon Walford tries Walford 2 goals 16 Balmain Moss try Conlon 2 goals 8 Parramatta Stadium Peter Gill St GeorgeTeams EditSt George 1 Clinton Mohr 2 Bert Gordon 3 Brian Johnston 4 Michael Beattie 5 Ricky Walford 6 Steve Robinson 7 Brett Clark 8 Peter Gill 9 Graeme Wynn 10 Wally Fullerton Smith 11 Craig Young 12 Trevor Bailey 13 Paul Osborne Reserves 14 Darren Higgins 15 Colin Fraser 16 Geoff Selby 17 Mark Blackburn Coach Ted Glossop Balmain 1 Garry Jack 2 Clint Robinson 3 Russel Gartner 4 Matt Parish 5 John Davidson 6 Ross Conlon 7 Michael Neil 8 Wayne Pearce 9 David Brooks 10 Paul Sironen 11 Steve Roach 12 Ben Elias 13 Bruce McGuire Reserves 14 Michael Moss 15 Peter Camroux 16 Kevin Hardwick 17 Steve Edmed Coach Warren Ryan Player of the Series Edit Peter Gill St George Golden Try Edit Sandy Campbell Canterbury Bankstown Sources Edithttp users hunterlink net au maajjs aus nsw sum nsw1988 htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1988 Panasonic Cup amp oldid 1140392121, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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