1977 Amco Cup

1977 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Amco Cup
Tournament details
Dates27 March - 17 August 1977
Teams37
Venue9 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Western Suburbs (1st title)
Runners-up Eastern Suburbs
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
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The 1977 Amco Cup was the 4th 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, the NZRL, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

A total of 37 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 36 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

Qualified teams

TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)
Enter in Round 2
Manly-WarringahSea EaglesNSWRFLWinners of the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
ParramattaEelsNSWRFLRunners-Up in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Canterbury-BankstownBerriesNSWRFLThird Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
St. GeorgeDragonsNSWRFLFourth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Eastern SuburbsRoostersNSWRFLFifth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
BalmainTigersNSWRFLSixth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western SuburbsMagpiesNSWRFLSeventh Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Cronulla-SutherlandSharksNSWRFLEighth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
PenrithPanthersNSWRFLNinth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
South SydneyRabbitohsNSWRFLTenth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
North SydneyBearsNSWRFLEleventh Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
NewtownJetsNSWRFLTwelfth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western SuburbsPanthersBRLWinners of the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1976)
Eastern SuburbsTigersBRLRunners-Up in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1976)
Past BrothersLeprechaunsBRLThird Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Southern SuburbsMagpiesBRLFourth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
RedcliffeDolphinsBRLFifth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership2nd (Previous: 1976)
Wynnum-ManlySeagullsBRLSixth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership1st
Fortitude ValleyDiehardsBRLSeventh Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Northern SuburbsDevilsBRLEighth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
IllawarraFlametreesCRLWinners of the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western DivisionRamsCRLRunners-Up in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
RiverinaBullsCRLThird Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
North QueenslandMarlinsQRLQueensland Country Regional Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
ToowoombaClydesdalesQRLQueensland Country Regional Team3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
AucklandFalconsNZRLWinners of the 1976 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
CanterburyRedsNZRLRunners-Up in the 1976 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership2nd (Previous: 1976)
Enter in Round 1
Northern DivisionTigersCRLFourth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
MonaroColtsCRLFifth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Southern DivisionBullsCRLSixth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
NewcastleRebelsCRLSeventh Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
North CoastDolphinsCRLEighth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Central QueenslandCaprasQRLQueensland Country Regional Team1st
IpswichDiggersQRLQueensland Country Regional Team3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Wide BayBullsQRLQueensland Country Regional Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
Northern TerritoryBullsNTRLState Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
Western AustraliaBlack SwansWARLState Representative Team1st

Venues

SydneyBrisbaneNewcastleQueanbeyanRockhamptonToowoombaIpswichPerth
Leichhardt OvalRedfern OvalLang ParkNewcastle International Sports CentreSeiffert OvalBrowne ParkAthletic OvalNorth Ipswich ReserveLathlain Park
Capacity: 23,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 33,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 20,000

Round 1

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
27/03/77Western Australia23Northern Territory18Perth
30/03/77Central Queensland*7Wide Bay7Browne ParkResult[1]
27/04/77Northern Division26Newcastle17Newcastle ISCResult[2]
4/05/77North Coast40Ipswich22North Ipswich Reserve
11/5/77Monaro18Southern Division15Seiffert OvalReport[3]

Round 2

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
30/03/77 Brothers16 Wynnum-Manly15Lang Park
30/03/77 St George22 Balmain12Leichhardt OvalResults[1]
30/03/77Toowoomba31North Queensland13Athletic Oval
6/04/77 Cronulla-Sutherland75Central Queensland3Leichhardt OvalShort Report[4]
6/04/77 Redcliffe19 Wests BRL10Lang Park
13/04/77 Western Suburbs60Norths BRL0Lang Park
20/04/77 Parramatta21 North Sydney7Leichhardt OvalResult[5]
27/04/77 Penrith36Western Division5Leichhardt OvalShort Report[6]
4/05/77 Fortitude Valley19Illawarra10Lang ParkResults[7]
4/05/77 Eastern Suburbs16 Manly-Warringah8Leichhardt Oval
11/05/77 South Sydney39 Western Australia10Leichhardt OvalResult[8]
18/05/77 Canterbury-Bankstown20North Coast7Leichhardt OvalResult[9]
25/05/77 Monaro21 Easts BRL18Lang ParkPreview[10] Report[11]
25/05/77 Newtown32Riverina3Leichhardt OvalResult[11]
25/05/77Northern Division23 Auckland2Leichhardt Oval
4/05/77 Souths BRL20 Canterbury NZ12Lang Park

Round 3

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
1/06/77 St George18 Cronulla-Sutherland17Leichhardt OvalResults[12]
1/06/77 Fortitude Valley13 Brothers9Lang Park
8/06/77 Canterbury-Bankstown25Toowoomba15Athletic OvalResults[13]
8/06/77 Western Suburbs20 Redcliffe2Leichhardt Oval
15/06/77 Monaro12 South Sydney3Leichhardt OvalPreview[14] Reports[15][16]
22/06/77 Penrith18 Newtown16Leichhardt Oval
29/06/77Northern Division34 Souths BRL20Lang ParkReport[17]
29/06/77 Eastern Suburbs19 Parramatta2Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
6/07/77 Western Suburbs27 St George7Leichhardt OvalReport[18]
13/07/77 Penrith17Northern Division10Leichhardt OvalReport[19]
20/07/77 Eastern Suburbs35 Fortitude Valley2Lang ParkResult[20]
27/07/77 Canterbury-Bankstown33 Monaro10Leichhardt OvalPreview[21] Report[22]

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
3/08/77 Eastern Suburbs18 Penrith7Leichhardt OvalPreview[23] Report[24]
10/08/77 Western Suburbs8 Canterbury-Bankstown7Leichhardt OvalPreview[25] Report[26]

Final

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
17/08/77 Western Suburbs6 Eastern Suburbs5Leichhardt OvalPreview[27] Report[28]
  • *- Advanced on penalty count-back

Awards

Player of the Series

Golden Try

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