A total of 17 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 16 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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5/03/86 | Balmain (Gartner, John Davidson, Gale, tries, Conlon 5 goals) | 22 | Cronulla-Sutherland (Docking, Wakefield tries, Carney 3 goals) | 14 | | Mark Wakefield - Cronulla-Sutherland |
12/03/86 | Parramatta (Jurd, Grothe, Hunt tries, Hunt 2 goals, Sterling field goal) | 17 | Illawarra (Upfield try) | 4 | | Peter Sterling - Parramatta |
19/03/86 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Lamb 2 goals, Lamb, C.Mortimer field goals) | 6 | South Sydney (Baker 2 goals, Baker field goal) | 5 | | Peter Tunks - Canterbury-Bankstown |
26/03/86 | Canberra (Belcher 2, Coyne tries, Meninga 2 goals, Elliott field goal) | 17 | North Sydney (Teasdell try, Kiss goal) | 6 | | Gary Belcher - Canberra |
2/04/86 | Western Suburbs (Naden 2, Brett Clark, Bruce Clark tries, Schubert 3 goals, Brett Clark field goal) | 23 | Penrith (Gonzales, Fenton tries, Alexander 2 goals) | 12 | | Brett Clark - Western Suburbs |
16/04/86 | Manly-Warringah (Blake 2, Close, Ronson tries, Cochrane goal) | 18 | Combined Brisbane (Lindner, S.Lewis tries, Scott goal) | 10 | | Dale Shearer - Manly-Warringah |
16/04/86 | Eastern Suburbs (Bennett 3, Katsogiannis, Melrose 2, Leggett, McGahan, Patterson, Hardy tries, Melrose 8 goals) | 60 | Port Moresby (PNG) (Numapo, Jakis, Kerekere tries, Numapo, Heni goals) | 16 | | Trevor Gillmeister - Eastern Suburbs |
23/04/86 | St George (Selby 2, Funnell, Johnston, Haddock, Morris tries, O'Connor 6 goals) | 36 | NSW Country (Elwin 2 goals) | 4 | | Geoff Selby - St George |
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Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
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9/04/86 | Parramatta (Ella, R.Price, Sharp tries, Ella 2 goals) | 16 | Canterbury-Bankstown (Folkes, Bugden tries, Lamb goal) | 10 | | Ray Price - Parramatta |
30/04/86 | Manly-Warringah (Lyons, Cox, Blake tries, Cochrane 3 goals) | 18 | St George (O'Connor goal) | 2 | | Des Hasler - Manly-Warringah |
7/05/86 | Balmain (John Davidson 2, Roach, Myler tries, Conlon 2 goals) | 20 | Canberra (Meninga, O'Sullivan tries, Meninga 2 goals) | 12 | | Steve Roach - Balmain |
14/05/86 | Eastern Suburbs (Wurth, McGahan tries, Melrose 3 goals, Hastings 2 field goals) | 16 | Western Suburbs (Geelan try, Crooks 2 goals) | 8 | | Hugh McGahan - Eastern Suburbs |
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