| Tourney Name: | NSWRL Midweek Cup |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Other Titles: | NSWRL National Panasonic Cup |
| Dates: | 11 April - 15 August 1984 |
| Num Teams: | 17 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Champion Other: | Brisbane |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Eastern Suburbs |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Prevseason: | 1983 |
| Nextseason: | 1985 |
The 1984 National Panasonic Cup was the 11th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.
A total of 17 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 16 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
| Sydney | Brisbane | Tamworth | Bathurst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Lang Park | Scully Park | Carrington Park | |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/04/84 | Balmain (Roach, Hardwick tries, Brooks 2 goals) | 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Armstrong goal) | 2 | Steve Roach - Balmain | |
| 18/04/84 | Penrith (Levy, B.Izzard, Connor, Burgmann tries, Levy 5 goals) | 26 | Illawarra (Browne, Hetherington tries, McPherson goal) | 10 | Mark Levy - Penrith | |
| 2/05/84 | Combined Brisbane (Lewis, Kilroy, Belcher, Meninga tries, Meninga 4 goals, Dowling field goal) | 25 | South Sydney (Hardy 2 Biles tries, Baker 3 goals) | 18 | Lang Park | |
| 9/05/84 | NSW Country (Williams, Graham, Trudgett tries, Dennis 2 goals, ???? field goal) | 17 | Western Suburbs (Broughton try) | 4 | Tony Trudgett - NSW Country | |
| 23/05/84 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb, Langmack, S.Mortimer, Tunks tries, Conlon 6 goals, S.Mortimer, Folkes field goals) | 30 | Manly-Warringah (Barkley, Boustead tries, Hegarty goal) | 10 | Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown | |
| 6/06/84 | Eastern Suburbs (Eden, Beckett 2, Gale, Simpkins, Dunn, Greene tries Eden 5, Hastings goals) | 44 | 0 | Scott Gale - Eastern Suburbs | ||
| 13/06/84 | Parramatta (Hunt, Houghton, Sterling, Mara tries, Mara 2 goals) | 20 | Canberra (Corkery goal) | 2 | Peter Wynn - Parramatta | |
| 20/06/84 | St George (Gearin, Morris, Fraser, Funnell tries, Gearin 3 goals) | 22 | 0 | Perry Haddock - St George | ||
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/06/84 | Parramatta (Ella, Kenny tries, Cronin 4 goals) | 16 | Penrith (Alexander try, Levy goal) | 6 | Brett Kenny - Parramatta | |
| 4/07/84 | Eastern Suburbs (Hardy 2, McKellar, Greene, Gale tries, Greene 2 goals) | 24 | NSW Country (Maguire try) | 4 | Steve Hardy - Eastern Suburbs | |
| 11/07/84 | Combined Brisbane (Scott, Ribot tries, Meninga 3 goals) | 14 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Johnstone try, Conlon 3 goals, Lamb field goal) | 11 | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane | |
| 18/07/84 | St George (O’Grady 2, Johnston, Duval tries, Rogers 5 goals) | 26 | Balmain (Lane try, Brooks goal) | 6 | Graeme O'Grady - St George | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/07/84 | Combined Brisbane (French, Lindner tries, Meninga 3 goals) | 14 | Parramatta (Ella try, Cronin 4 goals) | 12 | Wally Lewis - Combined Brisbane | |
| 1/08/84 | Eastern Suburbs (Leggett, Hastings, Worth tries, Eden 3 goals, Hastings 3, Gale field goals) | 22 | St George (Gearin try, 3 goals) | 10 | Kevin Hastings - Eastern Suburbs | |
A televised night game, the final's match commentary was provided by Ray Warren and Bill Anderson.
Brisbane:1. Colin Scott, 2. Joe Kilroy, 3. Mal Meninga, 4. Gene Miles, 5. John Ribot, 6. Wally Lewis (c), 7. Henry Foster, 8. Bob Lindner, 9. Wally Fullerton Smith, 10. Bryan Neibling, 11. Richie Poulsen,12. Eddie Muller, 13. Greg Dowling. Reserve: 14. Tony Currie. Coach Bob McCarthy.
Eastern Suburbs:1. Graeme Atkins, 2. Shane McKellar (c), 3. Glenn Leggett, 4. David Greene, 5. John Ferguson, 6. Mike Eden, 7. Scott Gale, 8. Kevin Hastings, 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan, 11. Dane Sorensen, 12. Rowland Beckett, 13. Tom Arber. Reserves: 15. Darren Finlayson, 16. Gavin Miller, 17. Steve Hardy.Coach Laurie Freier.