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 TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)ParramattaEelsNSWRFLWinners of the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th NewtownJetsNSWRFLRunners-Up in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRFLThird Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRFLFourth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRFLFifth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRFLSixth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th North SydneyBearsNSWRFLSeventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRFLEighth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRFLNinth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRFLTenth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th PenrithPanthersNSWRFLEleventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th BalmainTigersNSWRFLTwelfth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership9th CanberraRaidersNSWRFLNSWRFL Expansion Team1st IllawarraSteelersNSWRFLNSWRFL Expansion Team1st BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team4th NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team4th Queensland CountryMaroonsQRLCountry League Representative Team4th South IslandScorpionsNZRLWinners of the 1981 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership1st

Venues SydneyBrisbaneTweed Heads Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Chris Cunningham Field Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,500

Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match24/03/82 Eastern Suburbs 12 Western Suburbs 0 Leichhardt Oval Marty Gurr & Des O'Reilly - Eastern Suburbs 31/03/82 South Sydney 18 North Sydney 10 Leichhardt Oval Tony Melrose - South Sydney7/04/82 Manly-Warringah 47 Illawarra 20 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah14/04/82 Canberra 27 South Island (NZ) 15 Leichhardt Oval Jay Hoffman - Canberra21/04/82 St George 26 QLD Country 10 Lang Park Rohan Hancock - QLD Country21/04/82 Balmain 13 Combined Brisbane 10 Lang Park Gary Bridge - Balmain28/04/82 Penrith 16 Parramatta 7 Chris Cunningham Field Kevin Dann - Penrith5/05/82 Newtown 26 Canterbury-Bankstown 5 Leichhardt Oval Steve Bowden - Newtown26/05/82 Cronulla-Sutherland 15 NSW Country 2 Leichhardt Oval Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland

Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points Manly-Warringah 1 1 0 0 47 20 27 2 Newtown 1 1 0 0 26 5 21 2 St George 1 1 0 0 26 10 16 2 Cronulla-Sutherland 1 1 0 0 15 2 13 2 Eastern Suburbs 1 1 0 0 12 0 12 2 Canberra 1 1 0 0 27 15 12 2 Penrith 1 1 0 0 16 7 9 2 South Sydney 1 1 0 0 18 10 8 2 Balmain 1 1 0 0 13 10 3 2 Combined Brisbane 1 0 1 0 10 13 -3 0 North Sydney 1 0 1 0 10 18 -8 0 Parramatta 1 0 1 0 7 16 -9 0 South Island 1 0 1 0 15 27 -12 0 Western Suburbs 1 0 1 0 0 12 -12 0 NSW Country 1 0 1 0 2 15 -13 0 QLD Country 1 0 1 0 10 26 -16 0 Canterbury-Bankstown 1 0 1 0 5 26 -21 0 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 Match12/05/82 Manly-Warringah 22 North Sydney 15 Leichhardt Oval Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah19/05/82 South Sydney * 6 Penrith 6 Leichhardt Oval Royce Simmons - Penrith2/06/82 Balmain 24 Eastern Suburbs 11 Leichhardt Oval Greg Lane - Balmain9/06/82 Western Suburbs 20 St George 11 Leichhardt Oval Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs15/06/82 Newtown 43 QLD Country 2 Lang Park Phil Sigsworth - Newtown15/06/82 Combined Brisbane 34 South Island 3 Lang Park Brett French - Combined Brisbane16/06/82 Parramatta 41 NSW Country 3 Leichhardt Oval John Muggleton - Parramatta23/06/82 Cronulla-Sutherland 25 Canberra 11 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - Cronulla-Sutherland Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points Newtown 2 2 0 0 69 7 62 4 Manly-Warringah 2 2 0 0 69 35 34 4 Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 0 0 40 13 27 4 Balmain 2 2 0 0 37 21 16 4 South Sydney 2 2 0 0 24 16 8 4 Parramatta 2 1 1 0 48 19 29 2 Combined Brisbane 2 1 1 0 44 16 28 2 Penrith 2 1 1 0 22 13 9 2 St George 2 1 1 0 37 30 7 2 Eastern Suburbs 2 1 1 0 23 24 -1 2 Canberra 2 1 1 0 38 40 -2 2 Western Suburbs 2 1 1 0 20 23 -3 2 North Sydney 2 0 2 0 25 40 -15 0 South Island 2 0 2 0 18 61 -43 0 NSW Country 2 0 2 0 5 56 -51 0 QLD Country 2 0 2 0 12 69 -57 0 Canterbury-Bankstown 1 0 1 0 5 26 -21 0 Illawarra 1 0 1 0 20 47 -27 0

Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match30/06/82 South Sydney 19 Balmain 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - South Sydney7/07/82 Manly-Warringah 17 Penrith 14 Leichhardt Oval Rod Wright - Penrith14/07/82 Newtown 7 Cronulla-Sutherland 2 Leichhardt Oval John Ferguson - Newtown21/07/82 Parramatta 25 Combined Brisbane 7 Lang Park Brett Kenny - Parramatta

Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match28/07/82 Newtown * 8 South Sydney 8 Leichhardt Oval Shane Arneil - South Sydney4/08/82 Manly-Warringah 24 Parramatta 10 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah *- Progressed on penalty count-back

Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match11 August 1982 Manly-Warringah 23 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 Mike Eden (Manly-Warringah)

Golden Try Phil Blake (Manly-Warringah)

References

Sources http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/