1977 Amco Cup

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1977 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Amco Cup
Tournament details
Dates27 March - 17 August 1977
Teams 37
Venue(s) 9  (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs (1st title)
Runners-up Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 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.

Contents

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-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Winners of the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Canterbury-Bankstown Berries NSWRFL Third Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975 , 1976)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976 )
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western Suburbs Panthers BRL Winners of the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Eastern Suburbs Tigers BRL Runners-Up in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Past Brothers Leprechauns BRL Third Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Southern Suburbs Magpies BRL Fourth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Redcliffe Dolphins BRL Fifth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BRL Sixth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 1st
Fortitude Valley Diehards BRL Seventh Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Northern Suburbs Devils BRL Eighth Place in the 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Illawarra Flametrees CRL Winners of the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western DivisionRams CRL Runners-Up in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974 , 1975, 1976)
RiverinaBulls CRL Third Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
North Queensland Marlins QRL Queensland Country Regional Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
Toowoomba Clydesdales QRL Queensland Country Regional Team3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1976 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Canterbury Reds NZRL Runners-Up in the 1976 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Enter in Round 1
Northern DivisionTigers CRL Fourth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
MonaroColts CRL Fifth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Southern DivisionBulls CRL Sixth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Newcastle Rebels CRL Seventh Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
North CoastDolphins CRL Eighth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Central Queensland Capras QRL Queensland Country Regional Team1st
Ipswich Diggers QRL Queensland Country Regional Team3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Wide Bay Bulls QRL Queensland Country Regional Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
Northern Territory Bulls NTRL State Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1976)
Western Australia Black Swans WARL State Representative Team1st

Venues

Sydney Brisbane Newcastle Queanbeyan Rockhampton Toowoomba Ipswich Perth
Leichhardt Oval Redfern Oval Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Seiffert Oval Browne Park Athletic Oval North Ipswich Reserve Lathlain Park
Capacity: 23,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 33,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 20,000
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Redfern Oval RTR 2009.jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg Ausgrid Stadium.jpg

Round 1

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
27/03/77 Western Australia 23 Northern Territory 18Perth
30/03/77 Central Queensland*7 Wide Bay 7 Browne Park Result [1]
27/04/77Northern Division26 Newcastle 17 Newcastle ISC Result [2]
4/05/77North Coast40 Ipswich 22 North Ipswich Reserve
11/5/77 Monaro 18Southern Division15 Seiffert Oval Report [3]

Round 2

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
30/03/77 Brothers Colours.svg Brothers 16 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 15 Lang Park
30/03/77 St. George colours.svg St George 22 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 12 Leichhardt Oval Results [1]
30/03/77 Toowoomba 31 North Queensland 13 Athletic Oval
6/04/77 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 75 Central Queensland 3 Leichhardt Oval Short Report [4]
6/04/77 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 19 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests BRL 10 Lang Park
13/04/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 60 Norths BRL 0 Lang Park
20/04/77 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 21 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 7 Leichhardt Oval Result [5]
27/04/77 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 36 Western Division 5 Leichhardt Oval Short Report [6]
4/05/77 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 19 Illawarra 10 Lang Park Results [7]
4/05/77 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 8 Leichhardt Oval
11/05/77 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 39 Wellington colours.svg Western Australia 10 Leichhardt Oval Result [8]
18/05/77 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 20North Coast7 Leichhardt Oval Result [9]
25/05/77 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Monaro 21 Balmain colours.svg Easts BRL 18 Lang Park Preview [10] Report [11]
25/05/77 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 32 Riverina 3 Leichhardt Oval Result [11]
25/05/77Northern Division23 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 2 Leichhardt Oval
4/05/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths BRL 20 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury NZ 12 Lang Park

Round 3

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
1/06/77 St. George colours.svg St George 18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 17 Leichhardt Oval Results [12]
1/06/77 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 13 Brothers Colours.svg Brothers 9 Lang Park
8/06/77 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 25 Toowoomba 15 Athletic Oval Results [13]
8/06/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 20 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 2 Leichhardt Oval
15/06/77 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Monaro 12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 3 Leichhardt Oval Preview [14] Reports [15] [16]
22/06/77 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 18 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 16 Leichhardt Oval
29/06/77Northern Division34 Hullcolours.svg Souths BRL 20 Lang Park Report [17]
29/06/77 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 19 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2 Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
6/07/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 27 St. George colours.svg St George 7 Leichhardt Oval Report [18]
13/07/77 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 17Northern Division10 Leichhardt Oval Report [19]
20/07/77 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 35 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 2 Lang Park Result [20]
27/07/77 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 33 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Monaro 10 Leichhardt Oval Preview [21] Report [22]

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
3/08/77 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 18 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 7 Leichhardt Oval Preview [23] Report [24]
10/08/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 7 Leichhardt Oval Preview [25] Report [26]

Final

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
17/08/77 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 5 Leichhardt Oval Preview [27] Report [28]

Awards

Player of the Series

Golden Try

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