1977 Amco Cup

The 1977 Amco Cup was a rugby league football tournament featuring teams from around the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, Northern Territory as well as New Zealand. The tournament was played from March to August 1977, culminating in the final between Sydney clubs Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs.


Format

The format of the fourth midweek cup competition operated on a straight knock-out format consisting of 37 teams. 2 new teams were introduced. They were Central Queensland and Western Australia.

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), 8 Brisbane Premiership teams (Brothers, Easts BRL, Fortitude Valley, Ipswich, Norths BRL, Redcliffe, Souths BRL, Wests BRL), the 8 New South Wales divisional teams (Illawarra, Monaro, Newcastle, North Coast, Northern Division, Riverina, Southern Division and Western Division), Auckland, Canterbury NZ, Central Queensland, North Queensland, Northern Territory, Toowoomba, Western Australia and Wide Bay.

10 teams played in a Preliminary (or qualifying) round. They were Central Queensland, Ipswich, Monaro, Newcastle, North Coast, Northern Division, Northern Territory, Southern Division and Western Australia and Wide Bay.

Preliminary round

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
27/03/77Western Australia23Northern Territory18Perth
30/03/77Central Queensland*7Wide Bay7Browne Park
27/04/77Northern Division26Newcastle17Newcastle ISC
4/05/77North Coast40Ipswich22North Ipswich Reserve
11/5/77Monaro18Southern Division15Seiffert Oval

Round 1

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
30/03/77Brothers16Wynnum-Manly15Lang Park
30/03/77St George22Balmain12Leichhardt Oval
30/03/77Toowoomba31North Queensland13Athletic Oval
6/04/77Cronulla-Sutherland75Central Queensland3Leichhardt Oval
6/04/77Redcliffe19Wests BRL10Lang Park
13/04/77Western Suburbs60Norths BRL0Lang Park
20/04/77Parramatta21North Sydney7Leichhardt Oval
27/04/77Penrith36Western Division5Leichhardt Oval
4/05/77Fortitude Valley19Illawarra10Lang Park
4/05/77Eastern Suburbs16Manly-Warringah8Leichhardt Oval
11/05/77South Sydney39Western Australia10Leichhardt Oval
18/05/77Canterbury-Bankstown20North Coast7Leichhardt Oval
25/05/77Monaro21Easts BRL18Lang Park
25/05/77Newtown32Riverina3Leichhardt Oval
25/05/77Northern Division23Auckland2Leichhardt Oval
4/05/77Souths BRL20Canterbury NZ12Lang Park

Round 2

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
1/06/77St George18Cronulla-Sutherland17Leichhardt Oval
1/06/77Fortitude Valley13Brothers9Lang Park
8/06/77Canterbury-Bankstown25Toowoomba15Athletic Oval
8/06/77Western Suburbs20Redcliffe2Leichhardt Oval
15/06/77Monaro12South Sydney3Leichhardt Oval
22/06/77Penrith18Newtown16Leichhardt Oval
29/06/77Northern Division34Souths BRL20Lang Park
29/06/77Eastern Suburbs19Parramatta2Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
6/07/77Western Suburbs27St George7Leichhardt Oval
13/07/77Penrith17Northern Division10Leichhardt Oval
20/07/77Eastern Suburbs35Fortitude Valley2Lang Park
27/07/77Canterbury-Bankstown33Monaro10Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
3/08/77Eastern Suburbs18Penrith7Leichhardt Oval
10/08/77Western Suburbs8Canterbury-Bankstown7Leichhardt Oval

Final

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenue
17/08/77Western Suburbs6Eastern Suburbs5Leichhardt Oval
  • *- Advanced on penalty count-back

Awards

Player of the Series

Golden Try


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