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1980 Tooth Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	NSWRFL Midweek Cup
year	1980
other_titles	NSWRFL Tooth Cup
dates	2 April - 20 August 1980
num_teams	16
venues	3
cities	3
champion_other	Parramatta
count	1
second_other	Balmain
matches	23
prevseason	1979
nextseason	1981

The 1980 Tooth Cup was the 7th 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 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 23 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing 2 games each 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)
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Winners of the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd (Previous: 1979)
Auckland	Falcons	NZRL	Winners of the 1979 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	7th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Queanbeyan
Leichhardt Oval	Lang Park	Seiffert Oval
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 20,000
[[File:Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg	150px]]	[[File:Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg	150px]]

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
2/04/80	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	14	Combined Brisbane	4	Lang Park
9/04/80	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	16	Balmain	5	Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80	Newtown	22	[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	7	Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80	Penrith	26	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	14	Leichhardt Oval
30/04/80	Parramatta	20	South Sydney	7	Leichhardt Oval
7/05/80	Western Suburbs	40	Auckland	14	Leichhardt Oval
21/05/80	Canterbury-Bankstown	35	NSW Country	3	Leichhardt Oval
28/05/80	North Sydney	40	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	5	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
14/05/80	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	11	Newtown	10	Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80	Parramatta	18	Western Suburbs	11	Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	19	Canterbury-Bankstown	18	Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80	Combined Brisbane	27	[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	20	Lang Park
25/06/80	South Sydney	47	Auckland	5	Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	40	North Sydney	9	Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80	Penrith	18	NSW Country	9	Seiffert Oval
2/07/80	Balmain	45	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	5	Lang Park

Club	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	2	2	0	0	56	14	42	4
Penrith	2	2	0	0	44	23	21	4
Parramatta	2	2	0	0	38	18	20	4
[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	2	2	0	0	25	14	11	4
Canterbury-Bankstown	2	1	1	0	53	22	31	2
South Sydney	2	1	1	0	54	25	29	2
Balmain	2	1	1	0	50	21	29	2
Western Suburbs	2	1	1	0	51	32	19	2
Newtown	2	1	1	0	32	18	14	2
North Sydney	2	1	1	0	49	45	4	2
Combined Brisbane	2	1	1	0	34	34	-3	2
[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	2	1	1	0	33	44	-11	2
[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	2	0	2	0	27	49	-22	0
NSW Country	2	0	2	0	12	53	-41	0
Auckland	2	0	2	0	19	87	-68	0
[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	2	0	2	0	10	85	-75	0

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
9/07/80	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	20	Penrith	9	Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80	Western Suburbs	10	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	4	Leichhardt Oval
23/07/80	Parramatta	16	Canterbury-Bankstown	7	Leichhardt Oval
30/07/80	Balmain	22	South Sydney	14	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
6/08/80	Parramatta	9	Western Suburbs	6	Leichhardt Oval
13/08/80	Balmain	18	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	8	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
20/08/80	Parramatta	8	Balmain	5	Leichhardt Oval

Player of the Series

Peter Sterling (Parramatta)

Golden Try

John Dorahy (Manly-Warringah)

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025237/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1980.htm

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