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1980 Tooth Cup

1980 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Tooth Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 April - 20 August 1980
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsParramatta (1st title)
Runners-upBalmain
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
← 1979
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

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
2/04/80 Eastern Suburbs 14 Combined Brisbane 4 Lang Park
9/04/80 St George 16 Balmain 5 Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80 Newtown 22 Manly-Warringah 7 Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80 Penrith 26 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 QLD Country 5 Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
14/05/80 Eastern Suburbs 11 Newtown 10 Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80 Parramatta 18 Western Suburbs 11 Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80 Cronulla-Sutherland 19 Canterbury-Bankstown 18 Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80 Combined Brisbane 27 Manly-Warringah 20 Lang Park
25/06/80 South Sydney 47 Auckland 5 Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80 St George 40 North Sydney 9 Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80 Penrith 18 NSW Country 9 Seiffert Oval
2/07/80 Balmain 45 QLD Country 5 Lang Park
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
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
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
Cronulla-Sutherland 2 1 1 0 33 44 -11 2
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
QLD Country 2 0 2 0 10 85 -75 0

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
9/07/80 Eastern Suburbs 20 Penrith 9 Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80 Western Suburbs 10 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 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

Golden Try

Sources

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Tooth_Cup