1982 KB Cup

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1982 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL KB Cup
Tournament details
Dates24 March - 11 August 1982
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsManly-Warringah (1st title)
Runners-upNewtown
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
1981
1983

The 1982 KB Cup was the 9th 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 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 24 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing a round of games with the 2 lowest performing teams being eliminated before the remaining teams played another round of games 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)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Winners of the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Third Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 9th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Canberra Raiders NSWRFL NSWRFL Expansion Team 1st
Illawarra Steelers NSWRFL NSWRFL Expansion Team 1st
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 4th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981)
South Island Scorpions NZRL Winners of the 1981 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 1st

Venues[]

Sydney Brisbane Tweed Heads
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Chris Cunningham Field
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,500
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg

Round 1[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
24/03/82 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 12 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 0 Leichhardt Oval Marty Gurr & Des O'Reilly - Eastern Suburbs
31/03/82 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 18 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 10 Leichhardt Oval Tony Melrose - South Sydney
7/04/82 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 47 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 20 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah
14/04/82 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 27 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg South Island (NZ) 15 Leichhardt Oval Jay Hoffman - Canberra
21/04/82 St. George colours.svg St George 26 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 10 Lang Park Rohan Hancock - QLD Country
21/04/82 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 13 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 10 Lang Park Gary Bridge - Balmain
28/04/82 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 7 Chris Cunningham Field Kevin Dann - Penrith
5/05/82 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 26 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 5 Leichhardt Oval Steve Bowden - Newtown
26/05/82 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 15 Country colours.svg NSW Country 2 Leichhardt Oval Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 1 1 0 0 47 20 27 2
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 1 1 0 0 26 5 21 2
St. George colours.svg St George 1 1 0 0 26 10 16 2
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 1 1 0 0 15 2 13 2
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 1 1 0 0 12 0 12 2
Canberra colours.svg Canberra 1 1 0 0 27 15 12 2
Penrith colours.svg Penrith 1 1 0 0 16 7 9 2
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 1 1 0 0 18 10 8 2
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 1 1 0 0 13 10 3 2
Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 1 0 1 0 10 13 -3 0
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 1 0 1 0 10 18 -8 0
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 1 0 1 0 7 16 -9 0
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg South Island 1 0 1 0 15 27 -12 0
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 1 0 1 0 0 12 -12 0
Country colours.svg NSW Country 1 0 1 0 2 15 -13 0
Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 1 0 1 0 10 26 -16 0
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 1 0 1 0 5 26 -21 0
Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 1 0 1 0 20 47 -27 0

Canterbury-Bankstown and Illawarra eliminated.

Round 2[]

The original second round draw saw Cronulla-Sutherland play Canterbury-Bankstown and Canberra play Illawarra. That was amended because under the competition guidelines, the 2 teams that were placed last after round 1 were eliminated. The amended draw is listed below.

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
12/05/82 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 22 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 15 Leichhardt Oval Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah
19/05/82 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney * 6 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 6 Leichhardt Oval Royce Simmons - Penrith
2/06/82 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 24 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 11 Leichhardt Oval Greg Lane - Balmain
9/06/82 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 20 St. George colours.svg St George 11 Leichhardt Oval Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs
15/06/82 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 43 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 Lang Park Phil Sigsworth - Newtown
15/06/82 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 34 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg South Island 3 Lang Park Brett French - Combined Brisbane
16/06/82 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 41 Country colours.svg NSW Country 3 Leichhardt Oval John Muggleton - Parramatta
23/06/82 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 25 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 11 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - Cronulla-Sutherland
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 2 2 0 0 69 7 62 4
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 2 0 0 69 35 34 4
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 0 0 40 13 27 4
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2 2 0 0 37 21 16 4
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 2 0 0 24 16 8 4
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2 1 1 0 48 19 29 2
Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 2 1 1 0 44 16 28 2
Penrith colours.svg Penrith 2 1 1 0 22 13 9 2
St. George colours.svg St George 2 1 1 0 37 30 7 2
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2 1 1 0 23 24 -1 2
Canberra colours.svg Canberra 2 1 1 0 38 40 -2 2
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 2 1 1 0 20 23 -3 2
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 2 0 2 0 25 40 -15 0
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg South Island 2 0 2 0 18 61 -43 0
Country colours.svg NSW Country 2 0 2 0 5 56 -51 0
Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 0 2 0 12 69 -57 0
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 1 0 1 0 5 26 -21 0
Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 1 0 1 0 20 47 -27 0

Quarter finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
30/06/82 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 19 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - South Sydney
7/07/82 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 17 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 14 Leichhardt Oval Rod Wright - Penrith
14/07/82 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 Leichhardt Oval John Ferguson - Newtown
21/07/82 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 25 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 7 Lang Park Brett Kenny - Parramatta

Semi finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
28/07/82 Newtown colours.svg Newtown * 8 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 8 Leichhardt Oval Shane Arneil - South Sydney
4/08/82 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 10 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah
  • *- Progressed on penalty count-back

Final[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
11 August 1982 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 23 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 8 Leichhardt Oval Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah

Named Teams:

Manly-Warringah: 1.Graham Eadie, 2. John Ribot, 3. Phil Blake, 4. Michael Blake, 5. Simon Booth, 6. Alan Thompson, 7. Mike Eden, 8. Bruce Walker, 9. Les Boyd, 10. Paul McCabe, 11. Mark Broadhurst, 12. Max Krilich (c), 13. Geoff Gerard. Res – 14. Paul Vautin, 15. Chris Close, 16. Ray Brown, 17. Ian Thomson. Coach – Ray Ritchie.

Newtown: 1. Phil Sigsworth, 2. John Ferguson, 3. Mick Ryan, 4. Allan McMahon, 5. Mal Graham, 6. Dean Lance, 7. Tom Raudonikis, 8. Graeme O'Grady, 9. Mick Pitman, 10. Col Murphy, 11. Craig Ellis, 12. Mark Bugden, 13. Steve Bowden. Res - 14. Ken Wilson, 15. Ron Sigsworth, 16. Peter Kelly, 17. John Mackay. Coach - Warren Ryan.

Manly-Warringah 23 (Ribot, P.Blake, M.Blake, Booth tries, Eden 4, Eadie goals, Eden field goal) d Newtown 8 (Graham, Lance tries, Wilson goal). Crowd: 14,490.

Player of the Series[]

Golden Try[]

References[]

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