The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th edition of the
NSWRL Midweek Cup, a
NSWRL-organised national club
Rugby League
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tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the
NSWRL, the
BRL, the
CRL and
Papua New Guinea
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.
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
Venues
Preliminary Round
Round 1
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
Teams
St. George :
1.
Clinton Mohr, 2.
Bert Gordon, 3.
Brian Johnston
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, 4.
Michael Beattie, 5.
Ricky Walford, 6.
Steve Robinson, 7.
Brett Clark, 8.
Peter Gill, 9.
Graeme Wynn
Graeme Wynn (born 19 April 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the St. George Dragons and the Western Suburbs Magpies in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. His position of choice was at ...
, 10.
Wally Fullerton-Smith, 11.
Craig Young, 12.
Trevor Bailey
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An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: "Hi ...
, 13.
Paul Osborne Reserves 14.
Darren Higgins, 15.
Colin Fraser, 16.
Geoff Selby, 17.
Mark Blackburn. Coach:
Ted Glossop
Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Playing career
He played for the St. George Dragons for eight seasons between 1950 and 1958 and played 115 games for the club scoring 17 tries. He ...
.
Balmain :
1.
Garry Jack
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, 2. Clint Robinson, 3.
Russel Gartner
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, 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
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, 13.
Bruce McGuire Reserves 14. Michael Moss, 15. Peter Camroux, 16.
Kevin Hardwick, 17.
Steve Edmed. Coach:
Warren Ryan
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.
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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1988 in Australian rugby league