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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 24 March - 11 August 1982 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Manly-Warringah (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Newtown |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
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
| Sydney | Brisbane | Tweed Heads |
|---|---|---|
| Leichhardt Oval | Lang Park | Chris Cunningham Field |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 13,500 |
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Round 1
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue | Man of the Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/03/82 |  Eastern Suburbs |
12 |  Western Suburbs |
0 | Leichhardt Oval | Marty Gurr & Des O'Reilly - Eastern Suburbs |
| 31/03/82 |  South Sydney |
18 |  North Sydney |
10 | Leichhardt Oval | Tony Melrose - South Sydney |
| 7/04/82 |  Manly-Warringah |
47 |  Illawarra |
20 | Leichhardt Oval | Mike Eden - Manly-Warringah |
| 14/04/82 |  Canberra |
27 |  South Island (NZ) |
15 | Leichhardt Oval | Jay Hoffman - Canberra |
| 21/04/82 |  St George |
26 |  QLD Country |
10 | Lang Park | Rohan Hancock - QLD Country |
| 21/04/82 |  Balmain |
13 |  Combined Brisbane |
10 | Lang Park | Gary Bridge - Balmain |
| 28/04/82 |  Penrith |
16 |  Parramatta |
7 | Chris Cunningham Field | Kevin Dann - Penrith |
| 5/05/82 |  Newtown |
26 |  Canterbury-Bankstown |
5 | Leichhardt Oval | Steve Bowden - Newtown |
| 26/05/82 |  Cronulla-Sutherland |
15 |  NSW Country |
2 | Leichhardt Oval | Dane Sorensen - Cronulla-Sutherland |
| 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 |