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{{Short description|Annual rugby league match in Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox Sports rivalry
| name                     = 1989 League Legends Cup
| other names              = 
| image                    = 
| caption                  = 
| city or region           = 
| first contested          = 13 April 2008
| teams involved           = [[Canberra Raiders]]<br />[[Wests Tigers]]
| most wins                = Wests Tigers (2)
| most player appearances  = 
| mostrecent               = Wests Tigers
| nextmeeting              = 2011
| total                    = 3
| league                   = [[National Rugby League]]
| series                   = 
| regularseason            = 
| postseason               = 
| largestvictory           = 13 - Raiders 22-35 Tigers (4 April 2010) 
}}

The '''1989 League Legends Cup''' is an annual rugby league match between [[NRL]] clubs the [[Canberra Raiders]] and the [[Wests Tigers]]. The match is played to commemorate the [[New South Wales Rugby League season 1989#Grand Final|1989 Grand Final]], which has been called the greatest Grand Final ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/winning-raiders-recapture-glory-day/1619866.aspx |title=Winning Raiders recapture glory day - Local News - News - General - the Canberra Times |website=www.canberratimes.com.au |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911094157/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/winning-raiders-recapture-glory-day/1619866.aspx |archive-date=11 September 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The grand final was actually between the Raiders and the [[Balmain Tigers]], but since the Tigers merged with the [[Western Suburbs Magpies]] in 2000, the 1989 League Legend Cup match is played between the Raiders and the joint venture. The cup is contested only once per season, so in the years where the Raiders and Tigers are scheduled to meet twice, the clubs decide which of those two matches will decide the winner of the trophy. The first Cup match was in Round 5 of the [[2008 NRL season]].<ref>{{cite web | work=raiders.com.au | title=1989 League Legends Cup | url=http://www.raiders.com.au/2008/detail_desc.php?news_id=633 | date=2008-04-09 | accessdate=2008-04-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720093450/http://www.raiders.com.au/2008/detail_desc.php?news_id=633 | archive-date=2008-07-20 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Games Played==
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; width:100%;"
|- style="background:#c1d8ff;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:21%;"|Home
! rowspan="2" style="width:6%;"|Score
! rowspan="2" style="width:21%;"|Away
!colspan=6|Match Information
|- style="background:#efefef;"
!width=17%|Date and Time
!width=17%|Venue
!width=11%|Referee(s)
!width=7%|Crowd
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f5faff;"
|  style="background:#9c9; text-align:right;"| {{leagueicon|Canberra|align=right}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
|30-24
|align=left | {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers}} [[Wests Tigers]]
| 13 April 2008, 2:00pm
| [[Canberra Stadium]]
| Sean Hampstead
|12,240 <ref>{{cite web| work=www.rleague.com | title=CARNEY SHINES AS RAIDERS DOWN TIGERS
|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=30122| date=2008-04-14 | accessdate=2008-07-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080615050903/http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=30122| archivedate= 15 June 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f5faff;"
|  style="background:#9c9; text-align:right;"| {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|align=right}} [[Wests Tigers]] 
|34-26
|align=left | {{leagueicon|Canberra}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
| 16 March 2009, 7:00pm
| [[Campbelltown Stadium]]
|  Jared Maxwell <br /> Gerard Sutton
| 17,392<ref>{{cite web |work=[[sportal]] |title=Tigers win it late |author=Adam Lucius |url=http://sportal.com.au/League-news-display/tigers-win-it-late-66835 |date=2009-03-16 |accessdate=2009-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804222830/http://www.sportal.com.au/League-news-display/tigers-win-it-late-66835 |archivedate=2011-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f5faff;"
|align=right |  {{leagueicon|Canberra|align=right}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
|22-35
|  style="background:#9c9; text-align:left;"| {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers}} [[Wests Tigers]]
| 4 April 2010, 3:00pm
| [[Canberra Stadium]]
|  Shayne Hayne <br /> Brett Suttor
| 17,112<ref>{{cite web| work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]| title=Wests Tigers beat Canberra Raiders 35-22 with Benji Marshall inspirational in second half| author=Andrew Webster| url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-beat-canberra-raiders-35-22-with-benji-marshall-inspirational-in-second-half/story-e6frexnr-1225849552501| date=2010-04-05| accessdate=2010-07-30| archive-date=23 September 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923182925/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-beat-canberra-raiders-35-22-with-benji-marshall-inspirational-in-second-half/story-e6frexnr-1225849552501| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f5faff;"
|  style="background:#9c9; text-align:right;"| {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|align=right}} [[Wests Tigers]] 
|34-24
|align=left | {{leagueicon|Canberra}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
| 26 March 2011, 7:30pm
| [[Campbelltown Stadium]]
|  Ben Cummins <br /> Brett Suttor
| 14,091<ref>{{cite web| work=[[Canberra Raiders|Raiders.com.au]]| title=Ferguson hat trick cant save mistaken riddled Raiders| author=Simon McGuinness| url=http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=34829| date=2011-03-26| accessdate=2011-05-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025045/http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=34829| archive-date=2011-09-28| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#f5faff;"
|align=right |  {{leagueicon|Canberra|align=right}} [[Canberra Raiders]]
|22-35
|  style="background:#9c9; text-align:left;"| {{leagueicon|Wests Tigers}} [[Wests Tigers]]
| 1 May 2011, 2:00pm
| [[Canberra Stadium]]
|  Ashley Klein <br /> Gerard Sutton
| 13,425<ref>{{cite web| work=[[Canberra Raiders|Raiders.com.au]]| title=Tigers too strong for Raiders| url=http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=36268| date=2011-05-01| accessdate=2011-05-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025146/http://www.raiders.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=36268| archive-date=2011-09-28| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

===Head To Head===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Played !! Raiders !! Draws !! Tigers
|-
| 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{NRL}}
{{Canberra Raiders}}
{{Wests Tigers}}
{{Special NRL fixtures}}

[[Category:Canberra Raiders matches]]
[[Category:Wests Tigers matches]]
[[Category:Rugby league trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2008]]
[[Category:1989 in Australian rugby league|Lea]]
[[Category:National Rugby League]]
[[Category:Rugby league rivalries]]
[[Category:Rugby league in Sydney]]
[[Category:Sports rivalries in Australia]]
[[Category:1989 awards]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Australia]]