The 1984 National Panasonic Cup was the 11th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.
A total of 17 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 16 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Enter in Round 1ParramattaEelsNSWRLWinners of the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLThird Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLFourth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th BalmainTigersNSWRLFifth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLSixth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th North SydneyBearsNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLEighth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLNinth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th CanberraRaidersNSWRLTenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership3rd PenrithPanthersNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th IllawarraSteelersNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership3rd Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLFourteenth Place in the 1983 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership11th BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team6th NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team6th Enter in preliminary roundQueensland CountryMaroonsQRLCountry League Representative Team6th AucklandFalconsNZRLWinners of the 1983 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership8th
Venues SydneyBrisbaneTamworthBathurst Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Scully Park Carrington Park Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000
Preliminary round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match16/05/84 QLD Country (Gill 2, Gibson, Armstrong tries, Lindenberg 4 goals, Tew field goal) 25 Auckland (NZ) (Sinclair, Cooper, Friend tries, Lovett 3 goals) 18 Lang Park Peter Gill - QLD Country
Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match11/04/84 Balmain (Roach, Hardwick tries, Brooks 2 goals) 12 Cronulla-Sutherland (Armstrong goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain18/04/84 Penrith (Levy, B.Izzard, Connor, Burgmann tries, Levy 5 goals) 26 Illawarra (Browne, Hetherington tries, McPherson goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Mark Levy - Penrith2/05/84 Combined Brisbane (Lewis, Kilroy, Belcher, Meninga tries, Meninga 4 goals, Dowling field goal) 25 South Sydney (Hardy 2 Biles tries, Baker 3 goals) 18 Lang Park9/05/84 NSW Country (Williams, Graham, Trudgett tries, Dennis 2 goals, ???? field goal) 17 Western Suburbs (Broughton try) 4 Carrington Park Tony Trudgett - NSW Country23/05/84 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb, Langmack, S.Mortimer, Tunks tries, Conlon 6 goals, S.Mortimer, Folkes field goals) 30 Manly-Warringah (Barkley, Boustead tries, Hegarty goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown6/06/84 Eastern Suburbs (Eden, Beckett 2, Gale, Simpkins, Dunn, Greene tries Eden 5, Hastings goals) 44 QLD Country 0 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs13/06/84 Parramatta (Hunt, Houghton, Sterling, Mara tries, Mara 2 goals) 20 Canberra (Corkery goal) 2 Leichhardt Oval Peter Wynn - Parramatta20/06/84 St George (Gearin, Morris, Fraser, Funnell tries, Gearin 3 goals) 22 North Sydney 0 Leichhardt Oval Perry Haddock - St George
Quarter finals
Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match27/06/84 Parramatta (Ella, Kenny tries, Cronin 4 goals) 16 Penrith (Alexander try, Levy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta4/07/84 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy 2, McKellar, Greene, Gale tries, Greene 2 goals) 24 NSW Country (Maguire try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs11/07/84 Combined Brisbane (Scott, Ribot tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Canterbury-Bankstown (Johnstone try, Conlon 3 goals, Lamb field goal) 11 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane18/07/84 St George (O’Grady 2, Johnston, Duval tries, Rogers 5 goals) 26 Balmain (Lane try, Brooks goal) 6 Scully Park Graeme O'Grady - St George
Semi finals
Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match25/07/84 Combined Brisbane (French, Lindner tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Parramatta (Ella try, Cronin 4 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane1/08/84 Eastern Suburbs (Leggett, Hastings, Worth tries, Eden 3 goals, Hastings 3, Gale field goals) 22 St George (Gearin try, 3 goals) 10 Leichhardt Oval Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs
Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match15 August 1984 Combined Brisbane (Miles, Lewis tries, Meninga 2 goals) 12 Eastern Suburbs (Hardy try, Eden 3 goals, Hastings field goal) 11 Leichhardt Oval Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane
A televised night game, the final's match commentary was provided by Ray Warren and Bill Anderson.
Brisbane: 1. Colin Scott, 2. Joe Kilroy, 3. Mal Meninga, 4. Gene Miles, 5. John Ribot, 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Henry Foster, 8. Bob Lindner, 9. Wally Fullerton Smith, 10. Bryan Neibling, 11. Richie Poulsen, 12. Eddie Muller, 13. Greg Dowling. Reserve: 14. Tony Currie. Coach Bob McCarthy.
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Graeme Atkins, 2. Shane McKellar (c), 3. Glenn Leggett, 4. David Greene, 5. John Ferguson, 6. Mike Eden, 7. Scott Gale, 8. Kevin Hastings, 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan, 11. Dane Sorensen, 12. Rowland Beckett, 13. Tom Arber. Reserves: 15. Darren Finlayson, 16. Gavin Miller, 17. Steve Hardy. Coach Laurie Freier.
Player of the Series
Wally Lewis (Combined Brisbane)
Golden Try Mike Eden (Eastern Suburbs)
References
Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092927/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1984.htm