1982 KB Cup explained

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

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Winners of the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	9th
Canberra	Raiders	NSWRFL	NSWRFL Expansion Team	1st
Illawarra	Steelers	NSWRFL	NSWRFL Expansion Team	1st
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	4th
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	4th
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	4th
South Island	Scorpions	NZRL	Winners of the 1981 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	1st

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Tweed 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 Match
24/03/82		12		0
31/03/82		18		10		Tony Melrose - South Sydney
7/04/82		47		20		Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah
14/04/82		27	South Island (NZ)	15		Jay Hoffman - Canberra
21/04/82		26		10		Rohan Hancock - QLD Country
21/04/82		13		10		Gary Bridge - Balmain
28/04/82		16		7		Kevin Dann - Penrith
5/05/82		26		5		Steve Bowden - Newtown
26/05/82		15		2		Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland

Club	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
	1	1	0	0	47	20	27	2
	1	1	0	0	26	5	21	2
	1	1	0	0	26	10	16	2
	1	1	0	0	15	2	13	2
	1	1	0	0	12	0	12	2
	1	1	0	0	27	15	12	2
	1	1	0	0	16	7	9	2
	1	1	0	0	18	10	8	2
	1	1	0	0	13	10	3	2
	1	0	1	0	10	13	-3	0
	1	0	1	0	10	18	-8	0
	1	0	1	0	7	16	-9	0
	1	0	1	0	15	27	-12	0
	1	0	1	0	0	12	-12	0
	1	0	1	0	2	15	-13	0
	1	0	1	0	10	26	-16	0
	1	0	1	0	5	26	-21	0
	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 Match
12/05/82		22		15		Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah
19/05/82	South Sydney *	6		6		Royce Simmons - Penrith
2/06/82		24		11		Greg Lane - Balmain
9/06/82		20		11		Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs
15/06/82		43		2		Phil Sigsworth - Newtown
15/06/82		34		3		Brett French - Combined Brisbane
16/06/82		41		3		John Muggleton - Parramatta
23/06/82		25		11		Perry Haddock - Cronulla-Sutherland

Club	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
	2	2	0	0	69	7	62	4
	2	2	0	0	69	35	34	4
	2	2	0	0	40	13	27	4
	2	2	0	0	37	21	16	4
	2	2	0	0	24	16	8	4
	2	1	1	0	48	19	29	2
	2	1	1	0	44	16	28	2
	2	1	1	0	22	13	9	2
	2	1	1	0	37	30	7	2
	2	1	1	0	23	24	-1	2
	2	1	1	0	38	40	-2	2
	2	1	1	0	20	23	-3	2
	2	0	2	0	25	40	-15	0
	2	0	2	0	18	61	-43	0
	2	0	2	0	5	56	-51	0
	2	0	2	0	12	69	-57	0
	1	0	1	0	5	26	-21	0
	1	0	1	0	20	47	-27	0

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
30/06/82		19		2		Peter Tunks - South Sydney
7/07/82		17		14		Rod Wright - Penrith
14/07/82		7		2		John Ferguson - Newtown
21/07/82		25		7		Brett Kenny - Parramatta

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
28/07/82	Newtown *	8		8		Shane Arneil - South Sydney
4/08/82		24		10		Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah

• *- Progressed on penalty count-back

Final

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)

Sources

• http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/