For background information about this competition, please refer to the Amco Cup main page.
Contents
Format
With the demise of Newtown, the competition was reduced to 17 teams in a straight knock-out. 2 teams played off in the preliminary round. There was a random draw for all other rounds.
Final
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. Richard Poulsen, 12. Eddie Muller, 13. Greg Dowling, 14. Tony Currie, Coach Bob McCarthy.
Eastern Suburbs: 1. Graeme Atkins, 2. Shane McKellar (c), 3. Glen Leggett, 4. David Green, 5. John Ferguson, 6. Mike Eden, 7. Scott Gayle, 8. Kevin Hastings, 9. Mark Wheeler, 10. Terry Regan, 11. Dane Sorensen, 12. Rowland Beckett, 13. Tom Arber, 15. Darren Finlayson, 16. Gavin Miller, 17. Steve Hardy, Coach Laurie Freier.
Lewis opened the scoring when he was tackled a few metres from the try-line and in the absence of a marker played the ball forward and dove over for a try. He was also named man-of-the-match.
Player of the Series
Golden Try
Eastern Suburbs player Mike Eden won the A$5,000 award for creating the Golden Try of the 1984 Panasonic Cup.