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1977 NSWRFL Midweek Cup
NSWRFL Amco Cup
Tournament details
Dates27 March - 17 August 1977
Teams37
Venue(s)9 (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

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Team Nickname League Qualification Participation (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 Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Western Division Rams CRL Runners-Up in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Riverina Bulls CRL Third Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
North Queensland Marlins QRL Queensland Country Regional Team 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Toowoomba Clydesdales QRL Queensland Country Regional Team 3rd (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 Division Tigers CRL Fourth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Monaro Colts CRL Fifth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Southern Division Bulls CRL Sixth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Newcastle Rebels CRL Seventh Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
North Coast Dolphins CRL Eighth Place in the 1976 Country Rugby League Championship 4th (Previous: 1974, 1975, 1976)
Central Queensland Capras QRL Queensland Country Regional Team 1st
Ipswich Diggers QRL Queensland Country Regional Team 3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
Wide Bay Bulls QRL Queensland Country Regional Team 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Northern Territory Bulls NTRL State Representative Team 2nd (Previous: 1976)
Western Australia Black Swans WARL State Representative Team 1st

Venues

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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: 23,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 20,000

Round 1

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
27/03/77 Western Australia 23 Northern Territory 18 Perth
30/03/77 Central Queensland* 7 Wide Bay 7 Browne Park Result[1]
27/04/77 Northern Division 26 Newcastle 17 Newcastle ISC Result[2]
4/05/77 North Coast 40 Ipswich 22 North Ipswich Reserve
11/5/77 Monaro 18 Southern Division 15 Seiffert Oval Report[3]

Round 2

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
30/03/77 Brothers 16 Wynnum-Manly 15 Lang Park
30/03/77 St George 22 Balmain 12 Leichhardt Oval Results[1]
30/03/77 Toowoomba 31 North Queensland 13 Athletic Oval
6/04/77 Cronulla-Sutherland 75 Central Queensland 3 Leichhardt Oval Short Report[4]
6/04/77 Redcliffe 19 Wests BRL 10 Lang Park
13/04/77 Western Suburbs 60 Norths BRL 0 Lang Park
20/04/77 Parramatta 21 North Sydney 7 Leichhardt Oval Result[5]
27/04/77 Penrith 36 Western Division 5 Leichhardt Oval Short Report[6]
4/05/77 Fortitude Valley 19 Illawarra 10 Lang Park Results[7]
4/05/77 Eastern Suburbs 16 Manly-Warringah 8 Leichhardt Oval
11/05/77 South Sydney 39 Western Australia 10 Leichhardt Oval Result[8]
18/05/77 Canterbury-Bankstown 20 North Coast 7 Leichhardt Oval Result[9]
25/05/77 Monaro 21 Easts BRL 18 Lang Park Preview[10] Report[11]
25/05/77 Newtown 32 Riverina 3 Leichhardt Oval Result[11]
25/05/77 Northern Division 23 Auckland 2 Leichhardt Oval
4/05/77 Souths BRL 20 Canterbury NZ 12 Lang Park

Round 3

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
1/06/77 St George 18 Cronulla-Sutherland 17 Leichhardt Oval Results[12]
1/06/77 Fortitude Valley 13 Brothers 9 Lang Park
8/06/77 Canterbury-Bankstown 25 Toowoomba 15 Athletic Oval Results[13]
8/06/77 Western Suburbs 20 Redcliffe 2 Leichhardt Oval
15/06/77 Monaro 12 South Sydney 3 Leichhardt Oval Preview[14] Reports[15][16]
22/06/77 Penrith 18 Newtown 16 Leichhardt Oval
29/06/77 Northern Division 34 Souths BRL 20 Lang Park Report[17]
29/06/77 Eastern Suburbs 19 Parramatta 2 Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
6/07/77 Western Suburbs 27 St George 7 Leichhardt Oval Report[18]
13/07/77 Penrith 17 Northern Division 10 Leichhardt Oval Report[19]
20/07/77 Eastern Suburbs 35 Fortitude Valley 2 Lang Park Result[20]
27/07/77 Canterbury-Bankstown 33 Monaro 10 Leichhardt Oval Preview[21] Report[22]

Semi finals

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
3/08/77 Eastern Suburbs 18 Penrith 7 Leichhardt Oval Preview[23] Report[24]
10/08/77 Western Suburbs 8 Canterbury-Bankstown 7 Leichhardt Oval Preview[25] Report[26]

Final

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Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue Canberra Times
17/08/77 Western Suburbs 6 Eastern Suburbs 5 Leichhardt Oval Preview[27] Report[28]
  • *- Advanced on penalty count-back

Awards

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Player of the Series

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Golden Try

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References

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  22. ^ Pike, Kevin (28 July 1977). "Canterbury jolts Monaro 33-10". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Penrith hopeful of semi-final". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1966. p. 52. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  24. ^ "East Moves Into Amco Cup Final". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 4 August 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Hughes in clear for Amco Cup". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1977. p. 34. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  26. ^ "Field Goal Puts Wests In Amco Cup Final". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 11 August 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Easts Camp confident". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1977. p. 41. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Missed goal cost East Amco Cup". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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