1980 Tooth Cup

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1980 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Tooth Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 April - 20 August 1980
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsParramatta (1st title)
Runners-upBalmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 Tooth Cup was the 7th edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.

A total of 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 23 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing 2 games each with the top 8 teams advanced to a knockout stage, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified Teams[]

Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Winners of the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Third Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 2nd (Previous: 1979)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 2nd (Previous: 1979)
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 2nd (Previous: 1979)
Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1979 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)

Venues[]

Sydney Brisbane Queanbeyan
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Seiffert Oval
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 20,000
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg

Round 1[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
2/04/80 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 4 Lang Park
9/04/80 St. George colours.svg St George 16 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 5 Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 7 Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 26 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 14 Leichhardt Oval
30/04/80 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 20 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 7 Leichhardt Oval
7/05/80 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 40 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 14 Leichhardt Oval
21/05/80 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 35 Country colours.svg NSW Country 3 Leichhardt Oval
28/05/80 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 40 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 5 Leichhardt Oval

Round 2[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
14/05/80 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 11 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 10 Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 18 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 11 Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 19 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 18 Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 27 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 20 Lang Park
25/06/80 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 47 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 5 Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80 St. George colours.svg St George 40 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 9 Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 18 Country colours.svg NSW Country 9 Seiffert Oval
2/07/80 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 45 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 5 Lang Park
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
St. George colours.svg St George 2 2 0 0 56 14 42 4
Penrith colours.svg Penrith 2 2 0 0 44 23 21 4
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2 2 0 0 38 18 20 4
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2 2 0 0 25 14 11 4
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 2 1 1 0 53 22 31 2
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 1 1 0 54 25 29 2
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2 1 1 0 50 21 29 2
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 2 1 1 0 51 32 19 2
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 2 1 1 0 32 18 14 2
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 2 1 1 0 49 45 4 2
Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 2 1 1 0 34 34 -3 2
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 1 1 0 33 44 -11 2
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 0 2 0 27 49 -22 0
Country colours.svg NSW Country 2 0 2 0 12 53 -41 0
Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 2 0 2 0 19 87 -68 0
Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 0 2 0 10 85 -75 0

Quarter finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
9/07/80 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 20 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 9 Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 10 St. George colours.svg St George 4 Leichhardt Oval
23/07/80 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 7 Leichhardt Oval
30/07/80 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 22 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 14 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
6/08/80 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 6 Leichhardt Oval
13/08/80 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 18 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 8 Leichhardt Oval

Final[]

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

Player of the Series[]

Golden Try[]

Sources[]

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