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1979 Amco Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	NSWRFL Midweek Cup
year	1979
other_titles	NSWRFL Amco Cup
dates	28 March - 15 August 1979
num_teams	16
venues	5
cities	4
champion_other	Cronulla-Sutherland
count	1
second_other	Brisbane
matches	27
prevseason	1978
nextseason	1980

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.

Qualified Teams

Team	Nickname	League	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Manly-Warringah	Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	Winners of the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Cronulla-Sutherland	Sharks	NSWRFL	Runners-Up in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Western Suburbs	Magpies	NSWRFL	Third Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Parramatta	Eels	NSWRFL	Fourth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Canterbury-Bankstown	Bulldogs	NSWRFL	Fifth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Eastern Suburbs	Roosters	NSWRFL	Sixth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
South Sydney	Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	Seventh Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
St. George	Dragons	NSWRFL	Eighth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Balmain	Tigers	NSWRFL	Ninth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Penrith	Panthers	NSWRFL	Tenth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
North Sydney	Bears	NSWRFL	Eleventh Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Newtown	Jets	NSWRFL	Twelfth Place in the 1978 New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Brisbane	Poinsettias	BRL	League Representative Team	1st
NSW Country	Kangaroos	CRL	Country Representative Team	1st
Queensland Country	Maroons	QRL	Country Representative Team	1st
Auckland	Falcons	NZRL	Winners of the 1978 New Zealand Rugby League Inter-District Premiership	6th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)

Venues

Sydney	Brisbane	Lismore	Griffith
Leichhardt Oval	Penrith Park	Lang Park	Oakes Oval
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 12,000
[[File:Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg	150px]]	[[File:Centrebet Stadium, Penrith.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Suncorp-Stadium-Milton-Queensland.jpg	150px]]

Group A

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
28/03/79	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	19	[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	7	Leichhardt Oval
2/05/79	Combined Brisbane	13	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	10	Lang Park
30/05/79	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	12	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	6	Leichhardt Oval
27/06/79	Combined Brisbane	13	[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	10	Leichhardt Oval
18/07/79	[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	7	[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	4	Griffith
25/07/79	Combined Brisbane	17	[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	8	Lang Park

Club	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Combined Brisbane	3	3	0	43	28	15	6
[[File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	16x16px]] Eastern Suburbs	3	2	1	39	30	9	4
[[File:St. George colours.svg	16x16px]] St George	3	1	2	23	29	-6	2
[[File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	16x16px]] Manly-Warringah	3	0	3	21	39	-18	0

Group B

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
4/04/79	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	22	Canterbury-Bankstown	8	Leichhardt Oval
11/04/79	Penrith	12	Auckland	5	Leichhardt Oval
9/05/79	Penrith	18	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] 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	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	30	Auckland	10	Leichhardt Oval

Club	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] 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

Group C

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
19/04/79	Parramatta	44	North Sydney	10	Leichhardt Oval
15/05/79	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	16	Newtown	14	Lang Park
13/06/79	Newtown	15	Parramatta	13	Leichhardt Oval
21/06/79	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	12	North Sydney	5	Lang Park
4/07/79	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] 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
[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] 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

Group D

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
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	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Points
South Sydney	3	2	1	37	22	15	4
Balmain	3	2	1	41	36	5	4
Western Suburbs	3	1	2	40	34	6	2
NSW Country	3	1	2	35	61	-26	2

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
1/08/79	[[File:Cronulla colours.svg	16x16px]] Cronulla-Sutherland	13	South Sydney	9	Leichhardt Oval
8/08/79	Combined Brisbane	8	[[File:Queensland colours.svg	16px]] QLD Country	5	Lang Park

Final

Goals: Steve Rogers (5) Goal: Mal Meninga

Player of the Series

Kurt Sorensen (Cronulla-Sutherland)

Golden Try

Robert Laurie (South Sydney)

Sources

References

"The Canberra Times".
Curran, Brian. (16 August 1979). "Cronulla all the way in Cup final". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].

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