1981 Tooth Cup

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The 1981 Tooth Cup was the 8th 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.

16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 23 matches in a round-robin format, with teams playing 2 games each. 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)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Winners of the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Third Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 8th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country League Representative Team 3rd (Previous: 1979, 1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Central Districts Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1980 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 1st

Venues

Sydney Brisbane Lismore
Leichhardt Oval Lang Park Oakes Oval
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 12,000
File:Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg File:Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
18/03/81 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 21 Template:Leagueicon North Sydney 5 Leichhardt Oval
25/03/81 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 24 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 17 Leichhardt Oval
1/04/81 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown 20 File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14 Leichhardt Oval
8/04/81 Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs 20 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 8 Leichhardt Oval
15/04/81 File:St. George colours.svg St George 29 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 11 Oakes Oval
22/04/81 File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 51 Template:Leagueicon Central Districts 11 Leichhardt Oval
29/04/81 Template:Leagueicon Newtown 23 Template:Leagueicon Combined Brisbane 19 Lang Park
20/05/81 File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24 File:Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 Lang Park

Round 2

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
6/05/81 File:St. George colours.svg St George 21 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 15 Leichhardt Oval
13/05/81 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 31 Template:Leagueicon Central Districts 5 Leichhardt Oval
27/05/81 Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs 23 Template:Leagueicon NSW Country 14 Leichhardt Oval
27/05/81 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown 19 Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 18 Leichhardt Oval
3/06/81 Template:Leagueicon Balmain 21 File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 5 Leichhardt Oval
10/06/81 Template:Leagueicon Newtown 33 File:Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 7 Lang Park
10/06/81 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 25 Template:Leagueicon Combined Brisbane 5 Lang Park
17/06/81 Template:Leagueicon North Sydney 13 Template:Leagueicon NSW Country 9 Leichhardt Oval
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 2 0 0 75 13 62 4
File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 0 0 46 10 36 4
Template:Leagueicon Newtown 2 2 0 0 56 26 30 4
Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs 2 2 0 0 43 22 21 4
File:St. George colours.svg St George 2 2 0 0 50 26 24 4
Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown 2 2 0 0 39 32 7 4
Template:Leagueicon Penrith 2 1 1 0 39 25 14 2
Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 2 1 1 0 39 38 1 2
Template:Leagueicon Balmain 2 1 1 0 32 34 -2 2
Template:Leagueicon North Sydney 2 1 1 0 18 30 -12 2
Template:Leagueicon Parramatta 2 0 2 0 35 43 -8 0
Template:Leagueicon NSW Country 2 0 2 0 23 36 -13 0
File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2 0 2 0 19 41 -22 0
Template:Leagueicon Combined Brisbane 2 0 2 0 24 48 -24 0
File:Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 2 0 2 0 9 57 -48 0
Template:Leagueicon Central Districts (NZ) 2 0 2 0 16 82 -66 0

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
24/06/81 Template:Leagueicon Newtown 22 Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown 7 Leichhardt Oval
1/07/81 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 23 Template:Leagueicon Penrith 19 Leichhardt Oval
8/07/81 File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 16 Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs 13 Leichhardt Oval
15/07/81 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 23 File:St. George colours.svg St George 9 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
22/07/81 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 19 Template:Leagueicon Newtown 2 Leichhardt Oval
5/08/81 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 24 File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 13 Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
12/08/81 Template:Leagueicon South Sydney 10 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 Leichhardt Oval

The 1981 Tooth Cup Final attracted a still standing (as of 2020) Leichhardt Oval attendance record of 23,000.

Player of the Series

Golden Try

Sources

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