The 1984 National Panasonic Cup was the 11th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a

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-organised national club

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tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the

, the

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, the CRL, the QRL and the

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. 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

Venues

Preliminary round

Round 1

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

A televised night game, the final's match commentary was provided by

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and Bill Anderson. Brisbane: 1. Colin Scott, 2.

Joe Kilroy "Smokin" Joe Kilroy (born 21 June 1960) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin representative /, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership with Br ...

, 3.

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, 4.

Gene Miles Gene Miles (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative , he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby Lea ...

, 5.

John Ribot John Ribot () (born John Ribot de Bresac on 3 March 1955), also known by the nickname of "Reebs", is an Australian sports administrator, former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. Once a Queensland State of Origin and Australian int ...

, 6.

Wally Lewis Walter James Lewis AM (born 1 December 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1980s and 1990s. He became a commentator for television coverage of the spo ...

(c), 7. Henry Foster, 8.

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, 9.

Wally Fullerton Smith Wally John Fullerton-Smith (born 9 July 1960) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative back-rower, he played club f ...

, 10. Bryan Neibling, 11. Richie Poulsen, 12. Eddie Muller, 13.

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. Reserve: 14. Tony Currie. Coach

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. 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.

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, 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan, 11.

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, 12.

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, 13. Tom Arber. Reserves: 15. Darren Finlayson, 16.

Gavin Miller Gavin John Miller (born 4 January 1960) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970's and '80s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played the majority of his cl ...

, 17. Steve Hardy. Coach

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Player of the Series

( Combined Brisbane)

Golden Try

Mike Eden (

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)

References

Sources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092927/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1984.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:National Panasonic Cup

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1984 in Australian rugby league 1984 in New Zealand rugby league