1981 Tooth Cup

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1981 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Tooth Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 March - 12 August 1981
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Sydney (1st title)
Runners-upCronulla-Sutherland
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Tooth Cup was the 8th 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)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Winners of the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Third Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)
Central Districts Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1980 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 1st

Venues[]

Sydney Brisbane Lismore
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Oakes Oval
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 12,000
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg

Round 1[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
18/03/81 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 21 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 5 Leichhardt Oval
25/03/81 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 17 Leichhardt Oval
1/04/81 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 Leichhardt Oval
8/04/81 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 20 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 8 Leichhardt Oval
15/04/81 St. George colours.svg St George 29 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 11 Oakes Oval
22/04/81 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 51 Newcastle colours.svg Central Districts 11 Leichhardt Oval
29/04/81 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 23 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 19 Lang Park
20/05/81 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 Lang Park

Round 2[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
6/05/81 St. George colours.svg St George 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 15 Leichhardt Oval
13/05/81 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 31 Newcastle colours.svg Central Districts 5 Leichhardt Oval
27/05/81 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 23 Country colours.svg NSW Country 14 Leichhardt Oval
27/05/81 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 19 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 18 Leichhardt Oval
3/06/81 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 21 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 5 Leichhardt Oval
10/06/81 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 33 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 7 Lang Park
10/06/81 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 25 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 5 Lang Park
17/06/81 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 13 Country colours.svg NSW Country 9 Leichhardt Oval
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 2 0 0 75 13 62 4
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 0 0 46 10 36 4
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 2 2 0 0 56 26 30 4
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 2 2 0 0 43 22 21 4
St. George colours.svg St George 2 2 0 0 50 26 24 4
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 2 2 0 0 39 32 7 4
Penrith colours.svg Penrith 2 1 1 0 39 25 14 2
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 1 1 0 39 38 1 2
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2 1 1 0 32 34 -2 2
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 2 1 1 0 18 30 -12 2
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2 0 2 0 35 43 -8 0
Country colours.svg NSW Country 2 0 2 0 23 36 -13 0
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2 0 2 0 19 41 -22 0
Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 2 0 2 0 24 48 -24 0
Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 0 2 0 9 57 -48 0
Newcastle colours.svg Central Districts (NZ) 2 0 2 0 16 82 -66 0

Quarter finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
24/06/81 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 22 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 7 Leichhardt Oval
1/07/81 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 23 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 19 Leichhardt Oval
8/07/81 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 16 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 13 Leichhardt Oval
15/07/81 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 23 St. George colours.svg St George 9 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
22/07/81 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 19 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 2 Leichhardt Oval
5/08/81 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 13 Leichhardt Oval

Final[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
12/08/81 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 Leichhardt Oval

The 1981 Tooth Cup Final attracted a still standing (as of 2020) Leichhardt Oval attendance record of 23,000.

Player of the Series[]

Golden Try[]

Sources[]

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