NSWRFL Amco Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 28 March - 15 August 1979 |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cronulla-Sutherland (1st title) |
Runners-up | Brisbane |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
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.
Sydney | Brisbane | Lismore | Griffith | |
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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 |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
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28/03/79 | Eastern Suburbs | 19 | Manly-Warringah | 7 | Leichhardt Oval |
2/05/79 | Combined Brisbane | 13 | St George | 10 | Lang Park |
30/05/79 | Eastern Suburbs | 12 | St George | 6 | Leichhardt Oval |
27/06/79 | Combined Brisbane | 13 | Manly-Warringah | 10 | Leichhardt Oval |
18/07/79 | St George | 7 | Manly-Warringah | 4 | Griffith |
25/07/79 | Combined Brisbane | 17 | Eastern Suburbs | 8 | Lang Park |
Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
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Combined Brisbane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 6 |
Eastern Suburbs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 4 |
St George | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 2 |
Manly-Warringah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 0 |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
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4/04/79 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 22 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 8 | Leichhardt Oval |
11/04/79 | Penrith | 12 | Auckland | 5 | Leichhardt Oval |
9/05/79 | Penrith | 18 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 10 | Penrith Park |
30/05/79 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 12 | Auckland | 3 | Leichhardt Oval |
4/07/79 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 18 | Penrith | 10 | Leichhardt Oval |
11/07/79 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 30 | Auckland | 10 | Leichhardt Oval |
Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
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Cronulla-Sutherland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 36 | 26 | 4 |
Penrith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 4 |
Canterbury-Bankstown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 4 |
Auckland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 54 | -36 | 0 |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
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19/04/79 | Parramatta | 44 | North Sydney | 10 | Leichhardt Oval |
15/05/79 | QLD Country | 16 | Newtown | 14 | Lang Park |
13/06/79 | Newtown | 15 | Parramatta | 13 | Leichhardt Oval |
21/06/79 | QLD Country | 12 | North Sydney | 5 | Lang Park |
4/07/79 | QLD Country | 18 | Parramatta | 9 | Lang Park |
12/07/79 | North Sydney | 35 | Newtown | 13 | Leichhardt Oval |
Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
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QLD Country | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 6 |
Parramatta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 2 |
North Sydney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 69 | -19 | 2 |
Newtown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 64 | -22 | 2 |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
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25/04/79 | Western Suburbs | 22 | Balmain | 11 | Leichhardt Oval |
23/05/79 | South Sydney | 25 | NSW Country | 10 | Leichhardt Oval |
6/06/79 | NSW Country | 14 | Western Suburbs | 11 | Leichhardt Oval |
20/06/79 | Balmain | 5 | South Sydney | 3 | Leichhardt Oval |
11/07/79 | Balmain | 25 | NSW Country | 11 | Leichhardt Oval |
18/07/79 | South Sydney | 9 | Western Suburbs | 7 | Leichhardt Oval |
Club | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff. | Points |
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South Sydney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4 |
Balmain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 4 |
Western Suburbs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 2 |
NSW Country | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 61 | -26 | 2 |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Venue |
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1/08/79 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 13 | South Sydney | 9 | Leichhardt Oval |
8/08/79 | Combined Brisbane | 8 | QLD Country | 5 | Lang Park |
15 August 1979
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Cronulla-Sutherland | 22–5 | Combined Brisbane |
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Tries: Gary Cameron (3), Rick Bourke Goals: Steve Rogers (5) |
Try: Norm Carr Goal: Mal Meninga |