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Eastern Suburbs Roosters v Port Moresby Vipers
Round 1, National Panasonic Cup, 1986

The 1986 National Panasonic Cup was a midweek competition played by all 13 NSW Rugby League teams and included a team from Combined Brisbane & NSW Country. Port Morseby played Western Australia in a Preliminary Round for the right to be the 16th team. Port Morseby won that game 52-14.

The National Panasonic Cup was won by the Parramatta Eels.

This is a 1 hour 19-minute video footage of the first-round clash between the Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the Port Moresby Vipers. The game was televised by Channel 10 with legendary commentator Ray Warren and co-commentators Bill Anderson and Graham Hughes.

The Vipers showed some early nerves by making 3 back-to-back errors from the start of the game. They managed to settle down and scored some exciting tries.

The Roosters led 32-6 at the half time break and went on to win the game comfortably 60-16.

A few points of interest to watch for:
Watch out for a very young Craig Salvatori coming off the bench; a very young and keen Nick Politis, the owner of the Roosters major sponsor City Ford sitting beside Roosters coach Arthur Beetson in the grandstand.

Also of note is the number 6 for the Vipers, Ifiso Segeyaro, father of former NRL hooker James Segeyaro.

Eastern Suburbs featured talented players such as Hugh McGahan, Tony Melrose, Laurie Spina, Trevor Gillmeister and David Trewhella.