1981 Tooth Cup
The 1981 Tooth Cup was the 8th 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 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 23 matches in a round-robin format with teams playing 2 games each with the top 8 teams advanced to a knockout stage, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.Venues
Round 2
| Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
| Manly-Warringah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 13 | 62 | 4 |
| Cronulla-Sutherland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 36 | 4 |
| Newtown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 26 | 30 | 4 |
| Western Suburbs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 4 |
| St George | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 4 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 4 |
| Penrith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 2 |
| South Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| Balmain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 34 | -2 | 2 |
| North Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 2 |
| Parramatta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 0 |
| NSW Country | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 36 | -13 | 0 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 41 | -22 | 0 |
| Combined Brisbane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 48 | -24 | 0 |
| QLD Country | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 57 | -48 | 0 |
| Central Districts | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 82 | -66 | 0 |
Final
The 1981 Tooth Cup Final attracted a still standing Leichhardt Oval attendance record of 23,000.Player of the Series
