 NSWRL teams also competed for the 1984 National Panasonic Cup.The New South Wales Rugby Football League dropped the "football" from its name this year.Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury, St. George, Parramatta and Manly, with Souths taking fifth spot after winning a play-off against Canberra

The 1984 season's Rothmans Medallist was Canterbury-Bankstown's five-eighth, Terry Lamb, who was also the season's top try-scorer.