1982 KB Cup
The 1982 KB Cup was the 9th edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.
A total of 18 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 24 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing a round of games with the 2 lowest performing teams being eliminated before the remaining teams played another round of games with the top 8 teams advanced to a knockout stage, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.
Qualified Teams
Venues
Round 1
| Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
| Manly-Warringah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 20 | 27 | 2 |
| Newtown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
| St George | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| Cronulla-Sutherland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Canberra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| Penrith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| South Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Balmain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Combined Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 0 |
| North Sydney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 0 |
| Parramatta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 0 |
| South Island | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 0 |
| Western Suburbs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
| NSW Country | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 |
| QLD Country | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 0 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 0 |
| Illawarra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 47 | -27 | 0 |
Canterbury-Bankstown and Illawarra eliminated.
Round 2
The original second round draw saw Cronulla-Sutherland play Canterbury-Bankstown and Canberra play Illawarra. That was amended because under the competition guidelines, the 2 teams that were placed last after round 1 were eliminated. The amended draw is listed below.| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
| 12/05/82 | Manly-Warringah | 22 | North Sydney | 15 | Leichhardt Oval | Paul Vautin - Manly-Warringah |
| 19/05/82 | South Sydney * | 6 | Penrith | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Royce Simmons - Penrith |
| 2/06/82 | Balmain | 24 | Eastern Suburbs | 11 | Leichhardt Oval | Greg Lane - Balmain |
| 9/06/82 | Western Suburbs | 20 | St George | 11 | Leichhardt Oval | Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs |
| 15/06/82 | Newtown | 43 | QLD Country | 2 | Lang Park | Phil Sigsworth - Newtown |
| 15/06/82 | Combined Brisbane | 34 | South Island | 3 | Lang Park | Brett French - Combined Brisbane |
| 16/06/82 | Parramatta | 41 | NSW Country | 3 | Leichhardt Oval | John Muggleton - Parramatta |
| 23/06/82 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 25 | Canberra | 11 | Leichhardt Oval | Perry Haddock - Cronulla-Sutherland |
Quarter finals
Semi finals
- *- Progressed on penalty count-back
Final
Manly-Warringah: 1.Graham Eadie, 2. John Ribot, 3. Phil Blake, 4. Michael Blake, 5. Simon Booth, 6. Alan Thompson, 7. Mike Eden, 8. Bruce Walker, 9. Les Boyd, 10. Paul McCabe, 11. Mark Broadhurst, 12. Max Krilich, 13. Geoff Gerard. Res – 14. Paul Vautin, 15. Chris Close, 16. Ray Brown, 17.Iam Thomson. Coach – Ray Ritchie.
Newtown: 1. Phil Sigsworth, 2. John Ferguson, 3. Mick Ryan, 4. Allan McMahon, 5. Mal Graham, 6. Dean Lance, 7. Tom Raudonikis, 8. Graeme O'Grady, 9. Mick Pitman, 10. Col Murphy, 11. Craig Ellis, 12. Mark Bugden, 13. Steve Bowden. Res - 14. Ken Wilson, 15. Ron Sigsworth, 16. Peter Kelly, 17. John Mackay. Coach - Warren Ryan.
Manly-Warringah 23 d Newtown 8. Crowd: 14,490.
Player of the Series
- Mike Eden
Golden Try
- Phil Blake