The 1986 National Panasonic Cup was the 13th 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, Western Australia and Papua New Guinea.
A total of 17 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea 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 1Canterbury-BankstownBulldogsNSWRLWinners of the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRLRunners-Up in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th ParramattaEelsNSWRLThird Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th BalmainTigersNSWRLFourth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th PenrithPanthersNSWRLFifth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRLSixth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRLSeventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRLEighth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRLNinth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th CanberraRaidersNSWRLTenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership5th North SydneyBearsNSWRLEleventh Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRLTwelfth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership13th IllawarraSteelersNSWRLThirteenth Place in the 1985 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership5th BrisbanePoinsettiasBRLLeague Representative Team8th NSW CountryKangaroosCRLCountry League Representative Team8th Enter in Preliminary roundPort MoresbyVipersPNGRFLLeague Representative Team1stWestern AustraliaBlack SwansWARLState Representative Team3rd
Venues SydneyBrisbaneNewcastleLismoreBathurstGoroka Leichhardt Oval Orana Park Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Oakes Oval Carrington Park Danny Leahy Oval Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000
Preliminary round Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue13/04/86 Port Moresby 52 Western Australia 14 Danny Leahy OvalRugby League Project - Port Moresby Vipers http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/teams/port-moresby-vipers/results.html
Round 1 Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match5/03/86 Balmain (Gartner, John Davidson, Gale, tries, Conlon 5 goals) 22 Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Wakefield tries, Carney 3 goals) 14 Leichhardt Oval Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland12/03/86 Parramatta (Jurd, Grothe, Hunt tries, Hunt 2 goals, Sterling field goal) 17 Illawarra (Upfield try) 4 Orana Park Peter Sterling - Parramatta19/03/86 Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb 2 goals, Lamb, C.Mortimer field goals) 6 South Sydney (Baker 2 goals, Baker field goal) 5 Oakes Oval Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown26/03/86 Canberra (Belcher 2, Coyne tries, Meninga 2 goals, Elliott field goal) 17 North Sydney (Teasdell try, Kiss goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Gary Belcher - Canberra2/04/86 Western Suburbs (Naden 2, Brett Clark, Bruce Clark tries, Schubert 3 goals, Brett Clark field goal) 23 Penrith (Gonzales, Fenton tries, Alexander 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Brett Clark - Western Suburbs16/04/86 Manly-Warringah (Blake 2, Close, Ronson tries, Cochrane goal) 18 Combined Brisbane (Lindner, S.Lewis tries, Scott goal) 10 Lang Park Dale Shearer - Manly-Warringah16/04/86 Eastern Suburbs (Bennett 3, Katsogiannis, Melrose 2, Leggett, McGahan, Patterson, Hardy tries, Melrose 8 goals) 60 Port Moresby (PNG) (Numapo, Jakis, Kerekere tries, Numapo, Heni goals) 16 Lang Park Trevor Gillmeister - Eastern Suburbs23/04/86 St George (Selby 2, Funnell, Johnston, Haddock, Morris tries, O'Connor 6 goals) 36 NSW Country (Elwin 2 goals) 4 Carrington Park Geoff Selby - St George
Quarter finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match9/04/86 Parramatta (Ella, R.Price, Sharp tries, Ella 2 goals) 16 Canterbury-Bankstown (Folkes, Bugden tries, Lamb goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Ray Price - Parramatta30/04/86 Manly-Warringah (Lyons, Cox, Blake tries, Cochrane 3 goals) 18 St George (O'Connor goal) 2 Newcastle ISC Des Hasler - Manly-Warringah7/05/86 Balmain (John Davidson 2, Roach, Myler tries, Conlon 2 goals) 20 Canberra ( Meninga, O'Sullivan tries, Meninga 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Steve Roach - Balmain14/05/86 Eastern Suburbs (Wurth, McGahan tries, Melrose 3 goals, Hastings 2 field goals) 16 Western Suburbs (Geelan try, Crooks 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs
Semi finals Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match21/05/86 Parramatta (Hunt, Kenny, Laurie, Lillis tries, Hunt 3 goals, Ella field goal) 23 Manly-Warringah (Ronson try) 4 Leichhardt Oval Brett Kenny - Parramatta28/05/86 Balmain (Bridge, Gartner, Schofield, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals, Bridge field goal) 25 Eastern Suburbs (Simpkins, Bennett tries, Melrose goal) 10 Leichhardt Oval Paul Sironen - Balmain
Final Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match4 June 1986 Parramatta (Kenny 2, Muggleton, Ella, Wynn, Bugden tries, Eden 4 goals) 32 Balmain (Gale, Myler, Humphreys tries, Schofield 2 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Peter Sterling - Parramatta
Player of the Series Ray Price (Parramatta)
Golden Try Gary Bridge (Balmain)
Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103317/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1986.htm