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1988 Panasonic Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	NSWRL Midweek Cup
year	1988
other_titles	NSWRL Panasonic Cup
dates	17 February - 25 May 1988
num_teams	19
venues	8
cities	7
champion_other	St. George
count	1
second_other	Balmain
matches	18
prevseason	[1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup)
nextseason	[1989](1989-panasonic-cup-rugby-league)

The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and Papua New Guinea.

A total of 19 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 18 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified teams

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRL	Winners of the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Canberra	Raiders	NSWRL	Runners-up in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	7th (Previous: [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRL	Third Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRL	Fourth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRL	Fifth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRL	Sixth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRL	Seventh Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRL	Eighth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
St. George	Dragons	NSWRL	Ninth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRL	Tenth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Illawarra	Steelers	NSWRL	Eleventh Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	7th (Previous: [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRL	Twelfth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRL	Thirteenth Place in the [1987 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership](1987-nswrl-season)	15th (Previous: [1974](1974-amco-cup), [1975](1975-amco-cup), [1976](1976-amco-cup), [1977](1977-amco-cup), [1978](1978-amco-cup), [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Brisbane	Broncos	NSWRL	NSWRL Expansion Team	1st
Gold Coast-Tweed	Giants	NSWRL	NSWRL Expansion Team	1st
Newcastle	Knights	NSWRL	NSWRL Expansion Team	1st
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	10th (Previous: [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	10th (Previous: [1979](1979-amco-cup), [1980](1980-tooth-cup), [1981](1981-tooth-cup), [1982](1982-kb-cup), [1983](1983-kb-cup), [1984](1984-national-panasonic-cup), [1985](1985-national-panasonic-cup), [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))
Port Moresby	Vipers	PNGRFL	League Representative Team	3rd (Previous: [1986](1986-national-panasonic-cup), [1987](1987-national-panasonic-cup))

Venues

Sydney	Tamworth	Tweed Heads	Wagga Wagga	Brisbane	Newcastle	Goroka
Parramatta Stadium	Belmore Sports Ground	Scully Park	Chris Cunningham Field	Eric Weissel Oval	Lang Park	Newcastle International Sports Centre
Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 33,000
[[File:Parramatta Stadium New Scoreboard.jpg	150px]]	[[File:BELMORE OVAL CONCOURSE.jpg	150px]]			[[File:Eric Weissel Oval Panorama.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Ausgrid Stadium.jpg	150px]]

Preliminary round

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Venue	Man of the Match
22/03/88	NSW Country (Carney, Wishart, Stammers, Campbell tries, Wishart 2, Mehmet, Elwin goals, Hastings field goal)	25	Port Moresby (PNG)	Danny Leahy Oval
25/03/88	Combined Brisbane (Neal, Holmes tries)	8	NSW Country	Lang Park
30/03/88	Newcastle (Kemp 2, Stewart, Butterfield, Fulmer tries, Tew 3 goals)	26	Combined Brisbane	Newcastle ISC	Tony Townsend - Newcastle

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
17/02/88	St George (Wynn, Johnston tries, Waite goal)	10	Parramatta (Charmers try, Garnon goal)	6	Belmore Sports Ground	Peter Gill - St George
24/02/88	Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking try, Watson 2 goals)	8	Canterbury-Bankstown (Campbell try, Lamb field goal)	5	Parramatta Stadium	Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland
28/02/88	Eastern Suburbs (Bridge, Williams 2, Wurth, Dart, Spina, French tries, Melrose, Papworth goals)	36	Western Suburbs (Peacock, Howcroft tries, Tronc 2, Schubert, Rawlings goals)	16	Eric Weissel Oval	Gary Bridge - Eastern Suburbs
2/03/88	South Sydney (I.Roberts, Mavin, Ellison, Blake tries, Ellison 5, Djura goals, Ellison field goal)	29	Canberra (Coyne try, Belcher 3 goals)	10	Parramatta Stadium	Ian Roberts - South Sydney
9/03/88	North Sydney (Friend, Vincent tries, Dorahy 2 goals)	12	Gold Coast (Eden 3 goals)	6	Chris Cunningham Field	Clayton Friend - North Sydney
16/03/88	Balmain (Pobjie, Neil tries, Conlon 2 goals)	12	[[Image:Illawarra colours.svg	16x16px]] Illawarra (Upfield, Carney tries, Carney goal)	10	Parramatta Stadium	Paul Upfield - Illawarra
6/04/88	Penrith (Cartwright, Alexander, Izzard, McNeill tries, McNeill 4 goals)	24	Brisbane (Dowling, Hancock tries, Matterson goal)	10	Parramatta Stadium	Greg Alexander - Penrith
13/04/88	Newcastle (Miller, Hanrahan, Kemp tries, McKiernan 3 goals)	18	Manly-Warringah (Dwyer goal)	2	Parramatta Stadium	Brett Shore - Newcastle

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
23/03/88	South Sydney (O'Neill try, Ellison goal)	6	Cronulla-Sutherland (Wilson goal)	2	Parramatta Stadium	Adam O'Neill - South Sydney
20/04/88	St George (Robinson, Walford tries, Walford 3 goals)	14	Penrith (Gerard try, Baker 2 goals)	8	Parramatta Stadium	Steve Robinson - St George
27/04/88	Eastern Suburbs (McLean, Trewhella, Gillmeister tries, Smith 2 goals)	16	Newcastle (Kemp try, McKiernan goal)	6	Parramatta Stadium	David Trewhella - Eastern Suburbs
27/04/88	Balmain (Parish, Robinson, Conlon tries, Conlon goal)	14	North Sydney (Florimo try, Dorahy 3 goals)	10	Parramatta Stadium	Garry Jack - Balmain

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
4/05/88	Balmain (Robinson, Parish, McGuire tries, Conlon 3 goals, Elias field goal)	19	South Sydney (Blake try)	4	Scully Park	Bruce McGuire - Balmain
18/05/88	St George (Selby, Wynn, Beattie tries, Walford 3 goals)	18	Eastern Suburbs (McGahan try, Smith 5 goals)	14	Parramatta Stadium	Brett Clark - St George

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
25 May 1988	St George (Robinson, Gordon, Walford tries, Walford 2 goals)	16	Balmain (Moss try, Conlon 2 goals)	8	Parramatta Stadium	Peter Gill - St George

Teams

St. George :

Clinton Mohr, 2. Bert Gordon, 3. Brian Johnston, 4. Michael Beattie, 5. Ricky Walford, 6. Steve Robinson, 7. Brett Clark, 8. Peter Gill, 9. Graeme Wynn, 10. Wally Fullerton-Smith, 11. Craig Young, 12. Trevor Bailey, 13. Paul Osborne Reserves 14. Darren Higgins, 15. Colin Fraser, 16. Geoff Selby, 17. Mark Blackburn. Coach: Ted Glossop.

Balmain :

Garry Jack, 2. Clint Robinson, 3. Russel Gartner, 4. Matt Parish, 5. John Davidson, 6. Ross Conlon, 7. Michael Neil, 8. Wayne Pearce, 9. David Brooks, 10. Paul Sironen, 11. Steve Roach, 12. Ben Elias, 13. Bruce McGuire Reserves 14. Michael Moss, 15. Peter Camroux, 16. Kevin Hardwick, 17. Steve Edmed. Coach: Warren Ryan.

Player of the Series

Peter Gill (St. George)

Golden Try

Sandy Campbell (Canterbury-Bankstown)

Sources

http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1988.htm

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