New South Wales Competitions 1986

[1985] [1987]

Sydney
Newcastle


Representative Games

[1985] [1987]

Midweek Cup (National Panasonic Cup)

Competing teams: (17) the 13 Sydney teams, Brisbane, NSW Country, Western Australia, and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea).

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Preliminary Round:

    Port Moresby 52 beat Western Australia 14.

Round 1:

    Balmain 22 beat Cronulla Sutherland 14.
    Parramatta 17 beat Illawarra 4.
    Canterbury Bankstown 6 beat South Sydney 5.
    Canberra 17 beat North Sydney 6.
    Western Suburbs 32 beat Penrith 12.
    Manly Warringah 18 beat Brisbane 10.
    Eastern Suburbs 60 beat Port Moresby 16.
    St George 36 beat NSW Country 4.

Quarterfinals:

    Parramatta 16 beat Canterbury Bankstown 10.
    Manly Warringah 18 beat St George 2.
    Balmain 20 beat Canberra 12.
    Eastern Suburbs 16 beat Western Suburbs 8.

Semifinals:

    Parramatta 23 beat Manly Warringah 4.
    Balmain 25 beat Eastern Suburbs 10.

Final:

    Parramatta 32 beat Balmain 16.

Player of the Series: Ray Price (Parramatta).

Caltex CRL Championship

The teams were broken into two zones, and each zone played off over separate weekends. The zone winners met in a final. This format has been reused on a number of occasions.

[details]

Northern Zone:

    Newcastle 37 beat North Coast 0.
    Northern Rivers 24 beat Northern Division 23.
    Newcastle 33 beat Northern Rivers 6.
    North Coast 20 beat Northern Division 14.

Southern Zone:

    Western Division 47 beat Southern Division 12.
    Riverina 26 beat Central Coast 24.
    Western Division 30 beat Riverina 18.
    Southern Division 22 beat Central Coast 8.

Final:

    Western Division 26 beat Newcastle 4.

Sydney

[1985] [1987]

First Grade Premiership

[details] [finals]

 1 Parramatta           24 16  1  7  2  446  280  166  37
 2 South Sydney         24 15  2  7  2  353  318   35  36
 3 Canterbury Bankstown 24 15  1  8  2  428  264  164  35
 4 Manly Warringah      24 14  1  9  2  476  379   97  33
 5 Balmain              24 13  0 11  2  403  387   16  30
 6 North Sydney         24 13  0 11  2  362  416  -54  30
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 7 St George            24 12  1 11  2  360  402  -42  29
 8 Penrith              24 11  1 12  2  446  394   52  27
 9 Eastern Suburbs      24 10  0 14  2  334  364  -30  24
10 Cronulla Sutherland  24  9  1 14  2  310  464 -154  23
11 Canberra             24  8  1 15  2  391  413  -22  21
12 Western Suburbs      24  8  1 15  2  372  538 -166  21
13 Illawarra            24  7  0 17  2  310  372  -62  18

Playoff for 5th:

    Balmain 14 beat North Sydney 7.

Preliminary Semifinal:

    Balmain 29 beat Manly Warringah 22.
    Canterbury Bankstown 16 beat South Sydney 2.

Premiership Minor Semifinals:

    Balmain 36 beat South Sydney 11.
    Parramatta 28 beat Canterbury Bankstown 6.

Preliminary Final:

    Canterbury Bankstown 28 beat Balmain 16.

Grand Final:

    Parramatta 4 beat Canterbury Bankstown 2.