The 1989 League Legends Cup is an annual rugby league match between NRL clubs the Canberra Raiders and the Wests Tigers. The match is played to commemorate the 1989 Grand Final, which has been called the greatest Grand Final ever. The grand final was actually between the Raiders and the Balmain Tigers, but since the Tigers merged with the Western Suburbs Magpies in 2000, the 1989 League Legend Cup match is played between the Raiders and the joint venture. The cup is contested only once per season, so in the years where the Raiders and Tigers are scheduled to meet twice, the clubs decide which of those two matches will decide the winner of the trophy. The first Cup match was in Round 5 of the 2008 NRL season.
Games Played HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee(s)Crowd Canberra Raiders30-24 Wests Tigers 13 April 2008, 2:00pm Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead12,240 Wests Tigers 34-26 Canberra Raiders 16 March 2009, 7:00pm Campbelltown Stadium Jared Maxwell Gerard Sutton 17,392 Canberra Raiders22-35 Wests Tigers 4 April 2010, 3:00pm Canberra Stadium Shayne Hayne Brett Suttor 17,112 Wests Tigers 34-24 Canberra Raiders 26 March 2011, 7:30pm Campbelltown Stadium Ben Cummins Brett Suttor 14,091 Canberra Raiders22-35 Wests Tigers 1 May 2011, 2:00pm Canberra Stadium Ashley Klein Gerard Sutton 13,425
Head To Head Played Raiders Draws Tigers 5 1 0 4
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