1975 Amco Cup

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1975 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Amco Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 April - 20 August 1975
Teams 28
Venue(s) 7  (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs (1st title)
Runners-up Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
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The 1975 Amco Cup was the 2nd edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the BRL, the CRL, the QRL and the NZRL.

Contents

A total of 28 teams from across Australia and New Zealand played 27 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
Western DivisionRams CRL Winners of the 1974 Amco Cup 2nd (Previous: 1974 )
Eastern Suburbs Roosters NSWRFL Winners of the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Fortitude Valley Diehards BRL Winners of the 1974 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership1st
Auckland Falcons NZRL Winners of the 1974 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Enter in Round 1
Canterbury-Bankstown Berries NSWRFL Runners-Up in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Western Suburbs Magpies NSWRFL Third Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles NSWRFL Fourth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
South Sydney Rabbitohs NSWRFL Fifth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
North Sydney Bears NSWRFL Sixth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Newtown Jets NSWRFL Seventh Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
St. George Dragons NSWRFL Eighth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Penrith Panthers NSWRFL Ninth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NSWRFL Tenth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Parramatta Eels NSWRFL Eleventh Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Balmain Tigers NSWRFL Twelfth Place in the 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership 2nd (Previous: 1974)
Ryde-EastwoodHawks NSWRFL Winners of the 1974 NSWRFL Metropolitan League2nd (Previous: 1974)
Past Brothers Leprechauns BRL Runners-Up in the 1974 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership1st
Northern Suburbs Devils BRL Third Place in the 1974 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership1st
Southern Suburbs Magpies BRL Fourth Place in the 1974 Brisbane Rugby League Premiership1st
Illawarra Flametrees CRL Winners of the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
Northern DivisionTigers CRL Runners-Up in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
Southern DivisionBulls CRL Third Place in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
MonaroColts CRL Fourth Place in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
Newcastle Rebels CRL Fifth Place in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship1st
North CoastDolphins CRL Sixth Place in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
RiverinaBulls CRL Eighth Place in the 1974 Country Rugby League Championship2nd (Previous: 1974)
Ipswich Diggers QRL Queensland Country Regional Team1st
Toowoomba Clydesdales QRL Queensland Country Regional Team1st

Venues

Sydney Brisbane Newcastle Wagga Wagga Tamworth
Leichhardt Oval Redfern Oval Penrith Park Lang Park Newcastle International Sports Centre Eric Weissel Oval Scully Park
Capacity: 23,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 22,500Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 33,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 13,000
Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg Redfern Oval RTR 2009.jpg Centrebet Stadium, Penrith.jpg Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg Ausgrid Stadium.jpg Eric Weissel Oval Panorama.jpg

Round 1

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
2/04/75 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 37 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 6 Redfern Oval
2/04/75 Newtown colours.svg Newtown*11 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 11 Redfern Oval Report [1]
9/04/75Ryde-Eastwood17Southern Division16 Newcastle International Sports Centre Result [2]
9/04/75 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 27 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 8 Newcastle International Sports Centre
16/04/75 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 24 Brothers Colours.svg Brothers 16 Lang Park
16/04/75 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 44North Coast2 Lang Park Report [3]
23/04/75 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 27 Monaro 19 Eric Weissel Oval Report [4]
23/04/75 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 21 Riverina 16 Eric Weissel Oval Report [5]
30/04/75 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba 22 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 13 Leichhardt Oval Result [6]
30/04/75 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 26 Balmain colours.svg Northern Division9 Leichhardt Oval
7/05/75 St. George colours.svg St George 35 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths BRL 16 Leichhardt Oval Report [7]
7/05/75 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 37 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths BRL 9 Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
14/05/75 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 13 Newtown colours.svg Newtown 10 Leichhardt Oval Result [8]
21/05/75 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 34Ryde-Eastwood0 Leichhardt Oval
28/05/75 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 20 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 7 Leichhardt Oval
4/06/75 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland*14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 14 Leichhardt Oval Result [9]
11/06/75 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 24 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 12 Leichhardt Oval Result [10]
18/06/75 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 15 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba 6 Lang Park Result [11]
25/06/75 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 20 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 10 Penrith Park
2/07/75 St. George colours.svg St George 18 Canberra colours.svg Western Division3 Leichhardt Oval Result [12]

Quarter finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
9/07/75 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 8 Scully Park Report [13]
16/07/75 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 26 Newcastle foundation colours.svg Newcastle 16 Leichhardt Oval Result [14]
23/07/75 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 33 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 10 Leichhardt Oval
30/07/75 St. George colours.svg St George 16 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 5 Leichhardt Oval Result [15]

Semi finals

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
6/08/75 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 23 Canterbury colours.svg Auckland 10 Leichhardt Oval Result [16]
13/08/75 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 13 St. George colours.svg St George 6 Leichhardt Oval Result [17]

Final

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreVenueCanberra Times
20/08/75 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 17 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 7 Leichhardt Oval Report [18]

Awards

Golden Try

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