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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

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	Eastern Suburbs	12	Western Suburbs	0	Leichhardt Oval	Marty Gurr & Des O'Reilly - Eastern Suburbs
31/03/82	South Sydney	18	North Sydney	10	Leichhardt Oval	Tony Melrose - South Sydney
7/04/82	Manly-Warringah	47	Illawarra	20	Leichhardt Oval	Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah
14/04/82	Canberra	27	South Island (NZ)	15	Leichhardt Oval	Jay Hoffman - Canberra
21/04/82	St George	26	QLD Country	10	Lang Park	Rohan Hancock - QLD Country
21/04/82	Balmain	13	Combined Brisbane	10	Lang Park	Gary Bridge - Balmain
28/04/82	Penrith	16	Parramatta	7	Chris Cunningham Field	Kevin Dann - Penrith
5/05/82	Newtown	26	Canterbury-Bankstown	5	Leichhardt Oval	Steve Bowden - Newtown
26/05/82	Cronulla-Sutherland	15	NSW Country	2	Leichhardt Oval	Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland

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

Club	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Newtown	2	2	0	0	69	7	62	4
Manly-Warringah	2	2	0	0	69	35	34	4
Cronulla-Sutherland	2	2	0	0	40	13	27	4
Balmain	2	2	0	0	37	21	16	4
South Sydney	2	2	0	0	24	16	8	4
Parramatta	2	1	1	0	48	19	29	2
Combined Brisbane	2	1	1	0	44	16	28	2
Penrith	2	1	1	0	22	13	9	2
St George	2	1	1	0	37	30	7	2
Eastern Suburbs	2	1	1	0	23	24	-1	2
Canberra	2	1	1	0	38	40	-2	2
Western Suburbs	2	1	1	0	20	23	-3	2
North Sydney	2	0	2	0	25	40	-15	0
South Island	2	0	2	0	18	61	-43	0
NSW Country	2	0	2	0	5	56	-51	0
QLD Country	2	0	2	0	12	69	-57	0
Canterbury-Bankstown	1	0	1	0	5	26	-21	0
Illawarra	1	0	1	0	20	47	-27	0

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
30/06/82	South Sydney	19	Balmain	2	Leichhardt Oval	Peter Tunks - South Sydney
7/07/82	Manly-Warringah	17	Penrith	14	Leichhardt Oval	Rod Wright - Penrith
14/07/82	Newtown	7	Cronulla-Sutherland	2	Leichhardt Oval	John Ferguson - Newtown
21/07/82	Parramatta	25	Combined Brisbane	7	Lang Park	Brett Kenny - Parramatta

Semi finals

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

• *- Progressed on penalty count-back

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
11 August 1982	Manly-Warringah	23	Newtown	8	Leichhardt Oval	Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah

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)

References

Sources

• http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/

• Amco Cup
• 1982 in Australian rugby league
• 1982 in New Zealand rugby league