| Tourney Name: | NSWRL Midweek Cup |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Other Titles: | NSWRL National Panasonic Cup |
| Dates: | 6 March - 5 June 1985 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Venues: | 6 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Champion Other: | Balmain |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: | Cronulla-Sutherland |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Prevseason: | 1984 |
| Nextseason: | 1986 |
The 1985 National Panasonic Cup was the 12th 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 and the NZRL.
A total of 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 15 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
| Sydney | Lismore | Tamworth | Bathurst | Wagga Wagga | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Redfern Oval | Oakes Oval | Scully Park | Carrington Park | Eric Weissel Oval | |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/03/85 | Manly-Warringah (Shearer, Cleal, Brown, Close tries, Elwin 3 goals) | 22 | North Sydney (Teasdell, McKinnon tries, Dennis 3 goals) | 12 | Glenn Ryan - Manly-Warringah | |
| 10/03/85 | St George * (Wynn, Johnston tries, P.Morris goal) | 10 | South Sydney (Murphy try, Baker 2 goals) | 8 | Craig Young - St George | |
| 13/03/85 | Penrith (Alexander, Fenton, Gonzales tries, Levy 3 goals) | 18 | Parramatta (D.Price try, Cronin 3 goals) | 10 | Greg Alexander - Penrith | |
| 20/03/85 | Illawarra (D.Moon, Hetherington, Greenland, Mackey tries, Dorahy 3 goals) | 22 | Eastern Suburbs (Leggett try, Portlock 3 goals) | 10 | John Dorahy - Illawarra | |
| 27/03/85 | Canterbury-Bankstown (C.Mortimer, P.Mortimer tries, C.Mortimer 3 goals, Lamb 2 field goals) | 16 | Canberra (Giteau 3 goals) | 6 | Steve Mortimer - Canterbury-Bankstown | |
| 3/04/85 | 32 | Auckland (NZ) | 10 | Leo Epifania - Western Suburbs | ||
| 10/04/85 | Cronulla-Sutherland (See 2, Merlo tries, Carney 6 goals) | 24 | NSW Country (Randall 2 goals) | 4 | Scully Park | |
| 17/04/85 | Balmain (Brooks 2, Gale, Elias, Marketo tries, Conlon 6 goals, Gale field goal) | 33 | Combined Brisbane (Boys, Dwyer tries, Ribot 4 goals) | 16 | Ben Elias - Balmain | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/04/85 | Western Suburbs (Harrigan, T.Cogger tries, Pearce goal) | 10 | Penrith (Howell try, Alexander goal) | 6 | Mark Harrigan - Western Suburbs | |
| 1/05/85 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Carney, D.Sorensen tries, Carney goal) | 10 | 0 | Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland | ||
| 8/05/85 | Balmain (Elias, Gale, John Davidson tries, Conlon 4 goals) | 20 | St George (Linnane, O’Connor, Cannon tries, O’Connor 3 goals) | 18 | Wayne Pearce - Balmain | |
| 15/05/85 | Manly-Warringah (Hegarty, Blake, Close, Hasler, Barkley tries, Melrose 5 goals) | 30 | Illawarra (Selby try, Dorahy goal) | 6 | Tony Melrose - Manly-Warringah | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/05/85 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Porter, K.Sorensen tries, Carney 2 goals) | 16 | 0 | Michael Porter - Cronulla-Sutherland | ||
| 29/05/85 | Balmain (Gale, Schofield tries, Conlon 2 goals) | 12 | Western Suburbs (Wigham, Fyvie tries, Crooks goal) | 10 | Kevin Hardwick - Balmain | |