1989 Panasonic Cup (rugby league)

The 1989 Panasonic Cup was the 16th 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. This was the final season of the competition, which was replaced by the Tooheys Challenge Cup the following year.

1989 NSWRL Midweek Cup
NSWRL Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates1 March – 7 June 1989
Teams19
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrisbane (1st title)
Runners-upIllawarra
Tournament statistics
Matches played18

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)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Winners of the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Balmain Tigers NSWRL Runners-Up in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRL Third Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Canberra Raiders NSWRL Fourth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRL Fifth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Penrith Panthers NSWRL Sixth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Brisbane Broncos NSWRL Seventh Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1988)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRL Eighth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
North Sydney Bears NSWRL Ninth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
St. George Dragons NSWRL Tenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Parramatta Eels NSWRL Eleventh Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRL Twelfth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRL Thirteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Newcastle Knights NSWRL Fourteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1988)
Gold Coast-Tweed Giants NSWRL Fifteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1988)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRL Sixteenth Place in the 1988 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership 16th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 11th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 11th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Port Moresby Vipers PNGRFL League Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1986, 1987, 1988)

Venues

Sydney Bathurst Wagga Wagga Parkes Townsville Perth Brisbane Tweed Heads Port Moresby
Parramatta Stadium Carrington Park Eric Weissel Oval Pioneer Oval Townsville Sports Reserve WACA Ground Lang Park Seagulls Stadium Lloyd Robson Oval
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 15,000

Preliminary rounds

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
4/04/89 Combined Brisbane (Bourke, Daunt, Harvey, Cook tries, Harvey 2 goals, Daunt field goal)21 Port Moresby (PNG) (Ipu, Akuila tries, Akuila 2 goals)12Lloyd Robson Oval
7/04/89 Combined Brisbane (Smith try, Harvey 2 goals), Daunt field goal)9 NSW Country (Elwin goal)2Seagulls Stadium
12/04/89 St George (Mohr, Walford, Coyne tries, Walford goal)14 Combined Brisbane (Cook, McIntosh tries, Harvey goal)10Lang ParkKevin Langer – Combined Brisbane

Qualifying round

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
1/03/89 Brisbane (Matterson 2, Tessmann tries, Matterson 2, G.French goals)18 Canberra (Lazarus, K.Walters tries, Wood 2 goals, Stuart field goal)13Pioneer OvalTerry MattersonBrisbane
8/03/89 South Sydney (Blake, Longbottom 2, Lyons, P.Roberts tries, Ellison 6 goals)36 Penrith (McIndoe 2 tries, Baker 2 goals)12Parramatta StadiumPhil BlakeSouth Sydney
10/03/89 Parramatta (Sterling, Lauriie, Wynn tries, Fitzhenry 5 goals)22 Balmain (Grant, Chalmers tries, Brooks 2 goals)12WACA GroundPeter SterlingParramatta
15/03/89 Canterbury-Bankstown (McCarthy 3, Lamb tries, Lamb 4 goals)24 Newcastle (Quinton goal)2Parramatta StadiumAndrew FarrarCanterbury-Bankstown
22/03/89 Cronulla-Sutherland (Picken, Docking, Wilson tries, Wilson 4, Watson goals)22 Eastern Suburbs (Salvatori, Melrose tries, Smith goal)10Parramatta StadiumAlan WilsonCronulla-Sutherland
29/03/89 Illawarra (Kissell, Heugh, Larder tries)12 Western Suburbs0Parramatta StadiumSteve LarderIllawarra
19/04/89 North Sydney (McArthur, Maguire tries, McArthur 2 goals, Gale field goal)13 Gold Coast (Close try, Eden goal)6Parramatta StadiumGreg FlorimoNorth Sydney
26/04/89 Manly-Warringah (Ryan 2, Hasler, Williams tries, Shearer 3 goals)22 St George (Walford, Mohr tries, Walford goal)10Eric Weissel OvalDes HaslerManly-Warringah

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
5/04/89 South Sydney (Mavin try, Ellison 2 goals, Blake, Ellison field goals) *10 Canterbury-Bankstown (Alchin try, Lamb 2, Corcoran goals)10Parramatta StadiumIan RobertsSouth Sydney
3/05/89 North Sydney (McPhail, B.French, Jones tries, Dorahy 2 goals)16 Manly-Warringah (Shearer, Toovey tries)8Parramatta StadiumMartin BellaNorth Sydney
10/05/89 Illawarra (Rodwell 3, Hardy 2, Wishart, Kissell, Russell tries, Wishart 4 goals)40 Cronulla-Sutherland0Parramatta StadiumDean SchifillitiIllawarra
17/05/89 Brisbane (Lewis 3, Renouf 2, Matterson, French tries, Matterson 7 goals)42 Parramatta (Leeds try, Fitzhenry goal)6Townsville Sports ReserveTerry MattersonBrisbane

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
24/05/89 Illawarra + (Wishart, Schifilliti tries, Wishart 2 goals)12 North Sydney (Florimo, Beaven tries, Kiss 2 goals)12Parramatta StadiumGreg FlorimoNorth Sydney
31/05/89 Brisbane (Jackson 2, Currie, Le Man, Renouf tries, French 2 goals)24 South Sydney (Blake try)4Carrington ParkPeter JacksonBrisbane

Teams

Brisbane : 1. Shane Duffy, 2. Michael Hancock, 3. Tony Currie, 4. Peter Jackson, 5. Joe Kilroy, 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Allan Langer, 13. Terry Matterson, 12. Gene Miles, 11. Brett Le Man, 10. Sam Backo, 9. Kerrod Walters, 8. Greg Dowling Reserve James Donnelly. Coach: Wayne Bennett.

Illawarra : 1. Steve Hampson, 2. Rod Wishart, 3. Brett Rodwell, 4. Jeff Hardy, 5. Jason Moon, 6. Tony Smith, 7. Andy Gregory, 13. Ian Russell, 12. Les Morrisey, 11. Dean Hanson, 10. Michael Carberry, 9. Dean Schifilliti, 8. Chris Walsh (c) Reserves Cavill Heugh, Craig Keen, Michael Bolt, Trevor Kissell. Coach: Ron Hilditch.

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueMan of the Match
7 June 1989 Brisbane (Jackson, Kilroy, Backo, Miles tries, Matterson 3 goals)22 Illawarra (Hampson, Wishart, Rodwell ties, Wishart 4 goals)20Parramatta StadiumAndy GregoryIllawarra

The Broncos raced to a 16-0 lead and it seemed the Steelers' much more fancied opponents would run away with the game. But Illawarra hit back. Illawarra lost the match 22-20, however Brisbane scored a try off what appeared to be a forward pass. The large Illawarra contingent of the 16,968 strong crowd at Parramatta Stadium booed the Broncos after their win, with Brisbane captain Wally Lewis gaining their ire by gesturing back.[1] Illawarra's performance inspired Australian folk singer John Williamson to write a song about the match.

Notes

  • – advanced having scored the first try

+ – advanced on penalty countback

Awards

Player of the series

Golden Try

References

Sources

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