1980 Tooth Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	NSWRFL Midweek Cup
Year:	1980
Other Titles:	NSWRFL Tooth Cup
Dates:	2 April - 20 August 1980
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Champion Other:	Parramatta
Count:	1
Second Other:	Balmain
Matches:	23
Prevseason:	1979
Nextseason:	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
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1979 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	7th
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	2nd
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country League Representative Team	2nd
Auckland	Falcons	NZRL	Winners of the 1979 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	7th

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Queanbeyan
Leichhardt Oval	Lang Park	Seiffert Oval
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 20,000

Round 1

Date	Score	Score	Venue
2/04/80	14	4	Lang Park
9/04/80	16	5	Leichhardt Oval
16/04/80	22	7	Leichhardt Oval
23/04/80	26	14	Leichhardt Oval
30/04/80	20	7	Leichhardt Oval
7/05/80	40	14	Leichhardt Oval
21/05/80	35	3	Leichhardt Oval
28/05/80	40	5	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Date	Score	Score	Venue
14/05/80	11	10	Leichhardt Oval
4/06/80	18	11	Leichhardt Oval
11/06/80	19	18	Leichhardt Oval
18/06/80	27	20	Lang Park
25/06/80	47	5	Leichhardt Oval
25/06/80	40	9	Leichhardt Oval
2/07/80	18	9	Seiffert Oval
2/07/80	45	5	Lang Park

Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
2	2	0	56	14	42	4
2	2	0	44	23	21	4
2	2	0	38	18	20	4
2	2	0	25	14	11	4
2	1	1	53	22	31	2
2	1	1	54	25	29	2
2	1	1	50	21	29	2
2	1	1	51	32	19	2
2	1	1	32	18	14	2
2	1	1	49	45	4	2
2	1	1	34	34	-3	2
2	1	1	33	44	-11	2
2	0	2	27	49	-22	0
2	0	2	12	53	-41	0
2	0	2	19	87	-68	0
2	0	2	10	85	-75	0

Quarter finals

Date	Score	Score	Venue
9/07/80	20	9	Leichhardt Oval
16/07/80	10	4	Leichhardt Oval
23/07/80	16	7	Leichhardt Oval
30/07/80	22	14	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Score	Score	Venue
6/08/80	9	6	Leichhardt Oval
13/08/80	18	8	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Player of the Series

Peter Sterling (Parramatta)

Golden Try

John Dorahy (Manly-Warringah)

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025237/http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/nsw/sum/nsw1980.htm

Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
2	2	0	56	14	42	4
2	2	0	44	23	21	4
2	2	0	38	18	20	4
2	2	0	25	14	11	4
2	1	1	53	22	31	2
2	1	1	54	25	29	2
2	1	1	50	21	29	2
2	1	1	51	32	19	2
2	1	1	32	18	14	2
2	1	1	49	45	4	2
2	1	1	34	34	-3	2
2	1	1	33	44	-11	2
2	0	2	27	49	-22	0
2	0	2	12	53	-41	0
2	0	2	19	87	-68	0
2	0	2	10	85	-75	0

Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
2	2	0	56	14	42	4
2	2	0	44	23	21	4
2	2	0	38	18	20	4
2	2	0	25	14	11	4
2	1	1	53	22	31	2
2	1	1	54	25	29	2
2	1	1	50	21	29	2
2	1	1	51	32	19	2
2	1	1	32	18	14	2
2	1	1	49	45	4	2
2	1	1	34	34	-3	2
2	1	1	33	44	-11	2
2	0	2	27	49	-22	0
2	0	2	12	53	-41	0
2	0	2	19	87	-68	0
2	0	2	10	85	-75	0

Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
2	2	0	56	14	42	4
2	2	0	44	23	21	4
2	2	0	38	18	20	4
2	2	0	25	14	11	4
2	1	1	53	22	31	2
2	1	1	54	25	29	2
2	1	1	50	21	29	2
2	1	1	51	32	19	2
2	1	1	32	18	14	2
2	1	1	49	45	4	2
2	1	1	34	34	-3	2
2	1	1	33	44	-11	2
2	0	2	27	49	-22	0
2	0	2	12	53	-41	0
2	0	2	19	87	-68	0
2	0	2	10	85	-75	0