New South Wales Competitions 1985

[1984] [1986]

Sydney
Newcastle


Representative Games

[1984] [1986]

Midweek Cup (National Panasonic Cup)

Competing teams: (16) the 13 Sydney teams, Brisbane, NSW Country, and Auckland (New Zealand).

[1984] [1986] [details]

Round 1:

    Manly Warringah 22 beat North Sydney 14.
    St George 10 beat South Sydney 8.
    Penrith 18 beat Parramatta 10.
    Illawarra 22 beat Eastern Suburbs 10.
    Canterbury Bankstown 16 beat Canberra 6.
    Western Suburbs 32 beat Auckland 10.
    Cronulla Sutherland 24 beat NSW Country 4.
    Balmain 33 beat Brisbane 16.

Quarterfinals:

    Western Suburbs 10 beat Penrith 6.
    Cronulla Sutherland 10 beat Canterbury Bankstown 0.
    Balmain 20 beat St George 18.
    Manly Warringah 30 beat Illawarra 6.

Semifinals:

    Cronulla Sutherland 16 beat Manly Warringah 0.
    Balmain 12 beat Western Suburbs 10.

Final:

    Balmain 14 beat Cronulla Sutherland 12.

Player of the Series: Scott Gale (Balmain).

Caltex CRL Championship

[details]

Round 1:

    Central Coast 18 beat Western Division 15.
    Northern Division 28 beat North Coast 18.
    Northern Rivers 24 beat Newcastle 22.
    Riverina 32 beat Southern Division 12.

Semifinals:

    Northern Division 32 beat Northern Rivers 19.
    Riverina 22 beat Central Coast 10.

Final:

    Riverina 22 beat Northern Division 0.

Sydney

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Premiership

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 1 St George            24 18  2  4  2  470  264  206  42
 2 Balmain              24 18  0  6  2  494  304  190  40
 3 Canterbury Bankstown 24 16  2  6  2  435  267  168  38
 4 Parramatta           24 16  0  8  2  458  311  147  36
 5 Penrith              24 13  1 10  2  460  379   81  31
 6 Manly Warringah      24 13  1 10  2  404  345   59  31
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 7 Eastern Suburbs      24 10  3 11  2  374  389  -15  27
 8 Cronulla Sutherland  24 11  0 13  2  440  404   36  26
 9 South Sydney         24 10  0 14  2  373  419  -46  24
10 Canberra             24  8  2 14  2  432  534 -102  22
11 North Sydney         24  6  1 17  2  281  491 -210  17
12 Western Suburbs      24  5  2 17  2  311  661 -350  16
13 Illawarra            24  5  0 19  2  303  467 -164  14

Playoff for 5th:

    Penrith 10 beat Manly Warringah 7 after extra time.

Preliminary Semifinals:

    Parramatta 38 beat Penrith 6.
    Canterbury Bankstown 14 beat Balmain 8 after extra time.

Semifinals:

    Parramatta 32 beat Balmain 4.
    St George 17 beat Canterbury Bankstown 6.

Preliminary Final:

   Canterbury Bankstown 26 beat Parramatta 0.

Grand Final:

    Canterbury Bankstown 7 beat St George 6.