1985 National Panasonic Cup

For background information about this competition, please refer to the Amco Cup main page.

Format

Qld Country did not participate, reducing the competition to 16 teams in a straight knock-out. There was a random draw for all rounds.

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
6/03/85 Manly 22 North Sydney 12 Leichhardt Oval
10/03/85 St George 10 South Sydney 8 Redfern Oval
13/03/85 Penrith 18 Parramatta 10 Bathurst
20/03/85 Illawarra 22 Easts 10 Leichhardt Oval
27/03/85 Canterbury 16 Canberra 6 Wagga Wagga
3/04/85 Wests 32 Auckland 10 Leichhardt Oval
10/04/85 Cronulla 24 NSW Country 4 Tamworth
17/04/85 Balmain 33 Brisbane 16 Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
17/04/85 Wests 10 Penrith 6 Leichhardt Oval
1/05/85 Cronulla 10 Canterbury 0 Leichhardt Oval
8/05/85 Balmain 20 St George 18 Leichhardt Oval
15/05/85 Manly 30 Illawarra 6 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
22/05/85 Cronulla 16 Manly 0 Lismore
29/05/85 Balmain 12 Wests 10 Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
5 June 1985 Balmain Tigers 14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 Leichhardt Oval

Player of the Series

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