| Tourney Name: | NSWRL Midweek Cup |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Other Titles: | NSWRL National Panasonic Cup |
| Dates: | 4 March - 10 June 1987 |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Venues: | 8 |
| Cities: | 6 |
| Champion Other: | Balmain |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second Other: | Penrith |
| Matches: | 19 |
| Prevseason: | 1986 |
| Nextseason: | 1988 |
The 1987 National Panasonic Cup was the 14th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, Papua New Guinea and State Representative Teams.
A total of 20 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 19 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
| Sydney | Tamworth | Bathurst | Tweed Heads | Perth | Goroka | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Parramatta Stadium | Belmore Sports Ground | Scully Park | Carrington Park | Chris Cunningham Field | Lathlain Park | Danny Leahy Oval | |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/04/87 | 18 | 14 | Perth | ||
| 12/04/87 | 28 | 10 | Perth | ||
| 12/04/87 | Port Moresby (PNG) | 52 | 5 | Danny Leahy Oval | |
| 19/04/87 | Port Moresby (PNG) | 50 | 10 | Danny Leahy Oval | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/03/87 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Bennett, Hagan, O’Brien, Bugden tries, Farrar 3 goals) | 22 | Manly-Warringah (Davis try) | 4 | David Gillespie - Canterbury-Bankstown | |
| 11/03/87 | North Sydney (Friend, Lennon 2, Graham tries, McArthur 2 goals) | 24 | Western Suburbs (Davis try, Naden goal) | 6 | Mark Graham - North Sydney | |
| 18/03/87 | Parramatta (Eden, Jackson, Sharp tries, Eden 6 goals, Muggleton field goal) | 25 | Illawarra (Carney, Upfield tries, Carney 4 goals) | 16 | Mike Eden - Parramatta | |
| 25/03/87 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking 2, Russell tries, Stains, Wilson 2 goals) | 20 | Canberra (Belcher try, Meninga 2 goals) | 8 | Jonathan Docking - Cronulla-Sutherland | |
| 1/04/87 | South Sydney (Mavin, Harrington, P.Roberts, Blake tries, Baker 3 goals, Baker field goal) | 23 | St George (Wynn try, Quinton goal) | 6 | Craig Coleman - South Sydney | |
| 8/04/87 | Penrith (Robards, Bevan, Alexander tries, Bevan goal) | 14 | Combined Brisbane (Hegarty goal) | 2 | Craig Izzard - Penrith | |
| 22/04/87 | Balmain (Sinclair, Camroux 2, Grounds, Owens, John Davidson, Davies, Bevan, Gale, McGuire tries, Conlon 6, Elias 3 goals) | 62 | Port Moresby (PNG) (Saea try, Kovae 2 goals) | 8 | Bruce Sinclair - Balmain | |
| 29/04/87 | Eastern Suburbs (French 3, McGahan 2, Challis, Morris, Spina, Simpkins tries, Portlock 5, Smith 4 goals) | 54 | 0 | Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs | ||
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/04/87 | Parramatta (Crnkovich, Delroy, Laurie tries, Eden 3 goals) | 18 | North Sydney (I.French try) | 4 | Terry Leabeater - Parramatta | |
| 6/05/87 | Balmain (John Davidson, Camroux tries, Conlon goal, Elias field goal) | 11 | South Sydney (Blake try, Ellison 3 goals) | 10 | Ben Elias - Balmain | |
| 13/05/87 | Eastern Suburbs (Challis, McGahan tries, Smith 2 goals) | 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown (P.Mortimer, Lamb tries, Lamb goal) | 10 | Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs | |
| 20/05/87 | Penrith (Alexander 2 tries, Clements 3 goals) | 14 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Coleman try, Wilson goal) | 6 | Greg Alexander - Penrith | |
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/05/87 | Penrith (B.Izzard, Smith, Alexander, Geyer, Vitanza tries, Fitzhenry 6 goals) | 32 | Parramatta (Erickson, Kenny, Sterling, Mares tries, Muggleton 3 goals) | 22 | Greg Alexander - Penrith | |
| 3/06/87 | Balmain (Hanrahan, Neil, Sironen tries, Conlon goal) | 14 | Eastern Suburbs (Lydon try, Smith 4 goals) | 12 | Scott Gale - Balmain | |