The 1985 National Panasonic Cup was the 12th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and the NZRL.

A total of 16 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 15 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

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Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Man of the Match
6/03/85	Manly-Warringah (Shearer, Cleal, Brown, Close tries, Elwin 3 goals)	22	North Sydney (Teasdell, McKinnon tries, Dennis 3 goals)	12	Leichhardt Oval	Glenn Ryan - Manly-Warringah
10/03/85	St George * (Wynn, Johnston tries, P.Morris goal)	10	South Sydney (Murphy try, Baker 2 goals)	8	Redfern Oval	Craig Young - St George
13/03/85	Penrith (Alexander, Fenton, Gonzales tries, Levy 3 goals)	18	Parramatta (D.Price try, Cronin 3 goals)	10	Carrington Park	Greg Alexander - Penrith
20/03/85	Illawarra (D.Moon, Hetherington, Greenland, Mackey tries, Dorahy 3 goals)	22	Eastern Suburbs (Leggett try, Portlock 3 goals)	10	Leichhardt Oval	John Dorahy - Illawarra
27/03/85	Canterbury-Bankstown (C.Mortimer, P.Mortimer tries, C.Mortimer 3 goals, Lamb 2 field goals)	16	Canberra (Giteau 3 goals)	6	Eric Weissel Oval	Steve Mortimer - Canterbury-Bankstown
3/04/85	Western Suburbs	32	Auckland (NZ)	10	Leichhardt Oval	Leo Epifania - Western Suburbs
10/04/85	Cronulla-Sutherland (See 2, Merlo tries, Carney 6 goals)	24	NSW Country (Randall 2 goals)	4	Scully Park
17/04/85	Balmain (Brooks 2, Gale, Elias, Marketo tries, Conlon 6 goals, Gale field goal)	33	Combined Brisbane (Boys, Dwyer tries, Ribot 4 goals)	16	Leichhardt Oval	Ben Elias - Balmain

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* The St George V South Sydney game also functioned as the Charity Shield for this season.

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