1979 Amco Cup

For background information about this competition, please refer to the Amco Cup main page.

Contents

Format

The competition changed from a knock-out to 4 groups of 4, with the 4 group winners progressing to the semi-finals.

Group A

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
28/03/79 Easts 19 Manly 7 Leichhardt Oval
2/05/79 Brisbane 13 St George 10 Lang Park
30/05/79 Easts 12 St George 6 Leichhardt Oval
27/06/79 Brisbane 13 Manly 10 Leichhardt Oval
18/07/79 St George 7 Manly 4 Griffith
25/07/79 Brisbane 17 Easts 8 Lang Park

Group B

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
4/04/79 Cronulla 22 Canterbury 8 Leichhardt Oval
11/04/79 Penrith 12 Auckland 5 Leichhardt Oval
9/05/79 Penrith 18 Cronulla 10  ?
30/05/79 Canterbury 12 Auckland 3 Leichhardt Oval
4/07/79 Canterbury 18 Penrith 10 Leichhardt Oval
11/07/79 Cronulla 30 Auckland 10 Leichhardt Oval

Group C

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
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

Group D

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
25/04/79 Wests 22 Balmain 11 Leichhardt Oval
23/05/79 South Sydney 25 NSW Country 10 Leichhardt Oval
6/06/79 NSW Country 14 Wests 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 Wests 7 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
1/08/79 Cronulla 13 South Sydney 9 Leichhardt Oval
8/08/79 Brisbane 8 Qld Country 5 Lang Park

Final

15 August Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-5 Combined Brisbane Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 15,800[1]
Referee/s: Greg Hatley
Man of the Match: Gary Cameron
Tries: Gary Cameron (3), Rick Bourke
Goals: Steve Rogers (5)
Try: Norm Carr
Goal: Mal Meninga

Player of the Series

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