1979 Amco Cup

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1979 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Amco Cup
Tournament details
Dates28 March - 15 August 1979
Teams16
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsCronulla-Sutherland (1st title)
Runners-upBrisbane
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
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1980 →

The 1979 Amco Cup was the 6th 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 27 matches in a round-robin group format with the winners of each group advancing to a knockout stage, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified Teams[]

Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Winners of the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Third Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Brisbane Poinsettias BRL League Representative Team 1st
NSW Country Kangaroos CRL Country Representative Team 1st
Queensland Country Maroons QRL Country Representative Team 1st
Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1978 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)

Venues[]

Sydney Brisbane Lismore Griffith
Leichhardt Oval Penrith Park Lang Park Oakes Oval West End Stadium
Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Centrebet Stadium, Penrith.jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg

Group A[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
28/03/79 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 19 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 7 Leichhardt Oval
2/05/79 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 13 St. George colours.svg St George 10 Lang Park
30/05/79 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 12 St. George colours.svg St George 6 Leichhardt Oval
27/06/79 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 10 Leichhardt Oval
18/07/79 St. George colours.svg St George 7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 4 Griffith
25/07/79 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 17 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 8 Lang Park
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 3 3 0 0 43 28 15 6
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 3 2 0 1 39 30 9 4
St. George colours.svg St George 3 1 0 2 23 29 -6 2
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 3 0 0 3 21 39 -18 0

Group B[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
4/04/79 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 22 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 8 Leichhardt Oval
11/04/79 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 12 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 5 Leichhardt Oval
9/05/79 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 10 Penrith Park
30/05/79 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 12 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 3 Leichhardt Oval
4/07/79 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 18 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 10 Leichhardt Oval
11/07/79 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 30 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 10 Leichhardt Oval
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 3 2 0 1 62 36 26 4
Penrith colours.svg Penrith 3 2 0 1 40 33 7 4
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 3 2 0 1 38 35 3 4
Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 3 0 0 3 18 54 -36 0

Group C[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
19/04/79 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 44 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 10 Leichhardt Oval
15/05/79 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 16 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 14 Lang Park
13/06/79 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 15 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 13 Leichhardt Oval
21/06/79 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 12 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 5 Lang Park
4/07/79 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 9 Lang Park
12/07/79 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 35 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 13 Leichhardt Oval
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 3 3 0 0 46 28 18 6
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 3 1 0 2 66 43 23 2
North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 3 1 0 2 50 69 -19 2
Newtown colours.svg Newtown 3 1 0 2 42 64 -22 2

Group D[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
25/04/79 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 22 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 11 Leichhardt Oval
23/05/79 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 25 Country colours.svg NSW Country 10 Leichhardt Oval
6/06/79 Country colours.svg NSW Country 14 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 11 Leichhardt Oval
20/06/79 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 5 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 3 Leichhardt Oval
11/07/79 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 25 Country colours.svg NSW Country 11 Leichhardt Oval
18/07/79 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 7 Leichhardt Oval
Club Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff. Points
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 3 2 0 1 37 22 15 4
Balmain colours.svg Balmain 3 2 0 1 41 36 5 4
Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 3 1 0 2 40 34 6 2
Country colours.svg NSW Country 3 1 0 2 35 61 -26 2

Semi finals[]

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
1/08/79 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 9 Leichhardt Oval
8/08/79 Saintscolours.svg Combined Brisbane 8 Queensland colours.svg QLD Country 5 Lang Park

Final[]

15 August 1979
Cronulla-Sutherland 22–5 Combined Brisbane
Tries: (3), Rick Bourke
Goals: Steve Rogers (5) 		Try: Norm Carr
Goal: Mal Meninga
Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 15,800[1]
Referee: Greg Hartley
Player of the Match:

Player of the Series[]

Golden Try[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ Curran, Brian (16 August 1979). "Cronulla all the way in Cup final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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