1975 Amco Cup

The 1975 Amco Cup was a rugby league football tournament featuring teams from around the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland as well as New Zealand. The tournament was played from April to August 1975, culminating in the final between Sydney clubs Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta.

Format

The format of the second midweek cup competition operated on a straight knock-out format consisting of 28 teams. 7 new teams were introduced. They were Newcastle, Brisbane teams - Brothers, Fortitude Valley, Ipswich, Norths BRL and Souths BRL along with Toowoomba.

The competition was composed of the 12 Sydney premiership teams (Balmain, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cronulla-Sutherland, Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah, Newtown, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, St George, South Sydney and Western Suburbs), Ryde-Eastwood (Second Division premiers), 5 Brisbane Premiership teams (Brothers, Fortitude Valley, Ipswich, Norths BRL, Souths BRL), the 8 New South Wales divisional teams (Illawarra, Monaro, Newcastle, North Coast, Northern Division, Riverina, Southern Division and Western Division), Auckland and Toowoomba.

4 teams received a bye in the first round. They were Western Division (Title holders), Eastern Suburbs (Sydney premiers), Fortitude Valley (Brisbane premiers) and Auckland (New Zealand inter-district premiers).

Round 1

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
2/04/75 South Sydney37 Ipswich6Redfern Oval
2/04/75 Newtown*11 Western Suburbs11Redfern Oval
9/04/75Ryde-Eastwood17Southern Division16Newcastle International Sports Centre
9/04/75 Newcastle27 Cronulla-Sutherland8Newcastle International Sports Centre
16/04/75 Balmain24 Brothers16Lang Park
16/04/75 Manly-Warringah44North Coast2Lang Park
23/04/75 Parramatta27Monaro19Eric Weissel Oval
23/04/75 Canterbury-Bankstown21Riverina16Eric Weissel Oval
30/04/75 Toowoomba22 North Sydney13Leichhardt Oval
30/04/75 Illawarra26 Northern Division9Leichhardt Oval
7/05/75 St George35 Norths BRL16Leichhardt Oval
7/05/75 Penrith37 Souths BRL9Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
14/05/75 South Sydney13 Newtown10Leichhardt Oval
21/05/75 Eastern Suburbs34Ryde-Eastwood0Leichhardt Oval
28/05/75 Newcastle20 Balmain7Leichhardt Oval
4/06/75 Auckland*14 Manly-Warringah14Leichhardt Oval
11/06/75 Parramatta24 Canterbury-Bankstown12Leichhardt Oval
18/06/75 Fortitude Valley15 Toowoomba6Lang Park
25/06/75 Penrith20 Illawarra10Penrith Park
2/07/75 St George18 Western Division3Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
9/07/75 Eastern Suburbs13 South Sydney8Scully Park
16/07/75 Auckland26 Newcastle16Leichhardt Oval
23/07/75 Parramatta33 Fortitude Valley10Leichhardt Oval
30/07/75 St George16 Penrith5Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
6/08/75 Eastern Suburbs23 Auckland10Leichhardt Oval
13/08/75 Parramatta13 St George6Leichhardt Oval

Final

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
20/08/75 Eastern Suburbs17 Parramatta7Leichhardt Oval
  • *- advanced after a penalty count-back

Awards

Golden Try

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