1990 Channel 10 Challenge Cup

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The 1990 Channel 10 Challenge Cup was the name of the annual pre-season knockout rugby league competition run by the New South Wales Rugby League and was the lead-in to the 1990 NSWRL season. The naming rights sponsor was Channel 10 who broadcast the competition. The tournament was played from February to March 1989, culminating in the final between Canberra and Penrith.

Format[]

The first pre-season competition since the 1981 operated on a straight knock-out format.

The competing teams were the 16 New South Wales Rugby League teams (Balmain, Brisbane, Canberra, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cronulla-Sutherland, Eastern Suburbs, Gold Coast, Illawarra, Manly-Warringah, Newcastle, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, St George, South Sydney and Western Suburbs).

Round 1[]

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
12/02/90	Gold Coast (Shaw, Benson 2, Ross, Neller tries, McCarthy, Gibbs 2 goals)	32	Eastern Suburbs (Morris, Papworth, Smith tries, Smith 3 goals)	18	Athletic Oval	Troy McCarthy - Gold Coast[1]
12/02/90	Penrith (Simmons, Izzard, Carter tries, G.Alexander 3 goals)	18	Brisbane (Renouf, Matterson tries, Matterson goal)	10	Athletic Oval	Col Bentley - Penrith[2]
14/02/90	Western Suburbs (Stafford, Simonds, Henjack tries, Mackay goal)	14	Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb try, Lamb goal, Lamb field goal)	7	Westport Park	Jason Stafford - Western Suburbs[3]
14/02/90	St George (Coyne, Johnston 2, Linnane tries, Walford 4 goals)	28	Parramatta (Erickson, Kenny, Izzard, Johnston tries, Leeds 4 goals)	24	Westport Park	Brian Johnston - St George[4]
16/02/90	Newcastle (Gordon, Wurth 2 tries, Gordon 3 goals, Wurth 2 field goals)	24	Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Stains tries, Wilson goal)	10	Scully Park	Gary Wurth - Newcastle[5]
16/02/90	North Sydney (Florimo, Conlon tries, Conlon 2 goals)	12	Manly-Warringah (Ronson, O'Connor tries, O'Connor goal)	10	Scully Park	Greg Florimo - North Sydney[6]
18/02/90	Canberra (Belcher, Ferguson, Clyde tries, Meninga 4 goals)	20	Illawarra (Wishart, Fritz, Piccinelli tries, Wishart goal)	14	Pioneer Oval	Dean Lance - Canberra[7]
18/02/90	Balmain (O'Brien 2, Freeman tries, Brasher 2 goals, Elias field goal)	17	South Sydney (Harrington, Coleman tries, Saab 2 goals)	12	Pioneer Oval	Steve O'Brien - Balmain[8]

Quarter Finals[]

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
23/02/90	Penrith (McIndoe 2 tries, G.Alexander 7 goals)	22	Gold Coast (Mohr, Searle tries, Benson, McCarthy goals)	12	Lavington Sports Ground	Steve Carter - Penrith[9]
23/02/90	Western Suburbs (Simonds, Cogger tries, Mackay 2, O'Doherty goals)	14	St George (Gill, Walford tries, Walford 2 goals)	12	Lavington Sports Ground	Cameron Blair - Western Suburbs[10]
25/02/90	North Sydney (Rea, McArthur tries, McArthur 4 goals)	16	Newcastle (Gordon, Kemp tries, Gordon 2 goals)	12	Goulburn Workers Arena	John McArthur - North Sydney[11]
25/02/90	Canberra (Clyde 2, Lazarus, Martin, Wood, Woods tries, O'Sullivan goal)	26	Balmain (O'Brien try, Brasher 2 goals)	8	Goulburn Workers Arena	Mal Meninga - Canberra[12]

Semi Finals[]

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
02/03/90	Penrith (McIndoe, G.Alexander, Bentley tries, Barwick 4 goals, G.Alexander field goal)	21	Western Suburbs (Jackson try, O'Doherty, Docherty goals)	8	Carrington Park	Mark Geyer - Penrith[13]
04/03/90	Canberra (Daley, Bell tries, Meninga 3 goals)	14	North Sydney	0	Parramatta Stadium	Gary Belcher - Canberra[14]

Final[]

Teams

Canberra : 1. Gary Belcher, 2. Paul Martin, 3. Mal Meninga (c), 4. Laurie Daley, 5. John Ferguson, 6. Ricky Stuart, 7. Chris O'Sullivan, 13. Bradley Clyde, 12. Dean Lance, 11. David Barnhill, 10. Glenn Lazarus, 9. Wayne Collins, 8. Brent Todd. Reserves 14. Phil Carey, 15. Mark Bell, 16. Mark Lowry, 17. David Woods. Coach: Tim Sheens.

Penrith : 1. Greg Barwick, 2. Alan McIndoe, 3. Col Bentley, 4. Graeme Bradley, 5. Paul Smith, 6. Brad Izzard, 7. Greg Alexander, 13. Chris Mortimer, 12. Mark Geyer, 11. John Cartwright, 10. Peter Kelly, 9. Royce Simmons (c), 8. Peter Tunks. Reserves 14. Steve Carter, 15. Brad Fittler, 16. Craig Connor, 17. Steve Waddell. Coach: Phil Gould.

Referee: Bill Harrigan.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
07/03/90	Canberra (Martin, Daley tries, Meninga 2 goals)	12	Penrith (Barwick goal)	2	Parramatta Stadium	Wayne Collins - Canberra[15]

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