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1983 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL KB Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 April - 10 August 1983
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsManly-Warringah (2nd title)
Runners-upCronulla-Sutherland
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 KB Cup was the 10th 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 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 17 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified Teams

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Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Winners of the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Third Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 10th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Illawarra Steelers NSWRFL Thirteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1982)
Canberra Raiders NSWRFL Fourteenth Place in the 1982 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1982)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 5th (Previous: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Central Districts Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1982 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1981)

Venues

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Sydney Brisbane Newcastle
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000

Preliminary round

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
13/04/83 Manly-Warringah (Ribot try, P.Blake field goal) 5 Parramatta 0 Leichhardt Oval
20/04/83 Canberra (O'Callaghan 2, Keir, Spears tries, Giteau 3 goals) 22 Balmain (Lane 2, Lawson tries, Filipaina 4 goals) 20 Leichhardt Oval Chris O'Sullivan - Canberra

Round 1

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/04/83 Canterbury-Bankstown (Leis, Conlon tries, Conlon 3 goals) 14 Penrith (Martin, Izzard tries, Marshall goal) 10 Newcastle ISC Garry Hughes - Canterbury-Bankstown
11/05/83 Newtown (Doyle 5, Sigsworth, Wilson, Ellis, Bird tries, Wilson 7 goals) 50 Central Districts (NZ) 0 Leichhardt Oval Chris Doyle - Newtown
18/05/83 Combined Brisbane 38 North Sydney 18 Lang Park Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane
18/05/83 Manly-Warringah 78 QLD Country 4 Lang Park Ian Schubert - Manly-Warringah
25/05/83 NSW Country 20 South Sydney 12 Leichhardt Oval Ross Gibson - NSW Country
1/06/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Beckett 2, Gardner, Withall tries, D.Sorensen 4 goals) 24 St George (Rogers try, Gearin 2 goals) 8 Leichhardt Oval Rowland Beckett - Cronulla-Sutherland
8/06/83 Eastern Suburbs (Michael, Grounds 2, Walford, Eden tries, Eden 4 goals) 32 Canberra (Wurth 2, Spears tries, Giteau 2 goals) 16 Leichhardt Oval Mike Eden - Eastern Suburbs
15/06/83 Western Suburbs (Harris, Greene tries, Greene goal) 10 Illawarra (McKellar try) 4 Leichhardt Oval David Greene - Western Suburbs

Quarter finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
22/06/83 Eastern Suburbs (Eden 3, Walford 2 tries, Eden 5 goals) 30 Newtown (Speechley try, Wilson 4 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs
29/06/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Nixon 2, Mullane, O'Connor, D.Sorensen, Lane tries, Hardy 5 goals) 34 Western Suburbs (S.Gale, T.Lamb tries, Greene 2 goals) 12 Leichhardt Oval Scott Gale - Western Suburbs
13/07/83 Manly-Warringah (Sigsworth, Walker tries, Sigsworth goal) 10 Canterbury-Bankstown (Conlon 2 goals, C.Mortimer field goal) 5 Leichhardt Oval Alan Thompson - Manly-Warringah
20/07/83 Combined Brisbane (Brennan 3, Lindenberg 2, Meninga, Paterson, Miles, Tessman tries, Meninga 6, Lewis 3 goals) 54 NSW Country (McCartney, Kearney tries, Elwin 3 goals) 14 Leichhardt Oval Gene Miles - Combined Brisbane

Semi finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
27/07/83 Manly-Warringah (P.Blake 2, Close, Windshuttle tries, Eadie 3 goals, P.Blake field goal) 23 Combined Brisbane (Brennan, Jones tries, Meninga 3 goals) 14 Lang Park Graham Eadie - Manly-Warringah
3/08/83 Cronulla-Sutherland (Gardner 2, Anderson tries) 12 Eastern Suburbs (Neil try, Eden 3 goals) 10 Leichhardt Oval Greg Nixon - Cronulla-Sutherland

Final

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Man of the Match
10/8/83 Manly-Warringah (Eadie 2, Ryan, Close, Cleal tries, Eadie 3 goals) 26 Cronulla-Sutherland (Ettingshausen try, Hardy goal) 6 Leichhardt Oval Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah

Player of the Series

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Golden Try

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Sources

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