1978 Amco Cup

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

Format

The competition was again played as a straight knock-out, but some teams received byes through to the second, third or even fourth round.

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
15/03/78 Illawarra 63 Wellington 5 Wollongong
26/03/78 Toowoomba 22 Ipswich 12 Ipswich
30/03/78 Gold Coast 18 North Qld 16 Gold Coast
2/04/78 Western Australia 21 Northern Territory 18 Darwin
5/04/78 Wide Bay 12 Central Qld 3 Maryborough
8/04/78 Western Division 12 Southern Division 4 Campbelltown

Round 2

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
17/05/78 South Sydney 22 Western Division 9 Leichhardt Oval
30/03/78 Wests (Brisbane)* 8 Wynnum-Manly 8 Lang Park
30/03/78 Newtown 49 Brothers 0 Leichhardt Oval
5/04/78 Brisbane Souths 10 Gold Coast 4 Gold Coast
5/04/78 Illawarra 35 Valleys 7 Lang Park
12/04/78 Riverina 43 Wide Bay 4 Griffith
12/04/78 Newcastle 51 Western Australia 5 Newcastle
24/05/78 North Coast 22 Toowoomba 13 Lismore

Round 3

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
12/04/78 Newtown 13 Canterbury 4 Leichhardt Oval
19/04/78 Wests (Sydney) 25 Souths (Brisbane) 5 Leichhardt Oval
26/04/78 Wests (Brisbane) 4 Redcliffe 3 Lang Park
3/05/78 Riverina 36 Penrith 2 Wagga Wagga
10/05/78 Cronulla 57 Newcastle 5 Leichhardt Oval
24/05/78 Illawarra 44 Norths (Brisbane) 5 Wollongong
31/05/78 South Sydney 9 Northern Division 5 Tamworth
14/06/78 North Sydney 46 North Coast 3 Coffs Harbour

Round 4

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
3/05/78 Easts 16 Wests 10 Leichhardt Oval
24/05/78 Auckland 39 Riverina 3 Leichhardt Oval
7/06/78 Parramatta 28 Brisbane Wests 0 Leichhardt Oval
14/06/78 Cronulla 15 Monaro 8 Queanbeyan
14/06/78 Illawarra 19 Balmain 10 Leichhardt Oval
27/06/78 St George 35 Newtown 11 Leichhardt Oval
4/07/78 Manly 11 South Sydney 9 Lang Park
5/07/78 Brisbane Easts 27 North Sydney 6 Lang Park

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
5/07/78 Easts 12 Illawarra 2 Leichhardt Oval
12/07/78 St George 27 Parramatta 2 Leichhardt Oval
19/07/78 Manly-Warringah 27 Brisbane Easts 10 Lang Park
26/07/78 Cronulla-Sutherland 22 Auckland 6 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
2/08/78 Easts 14 Manly 2 Leichhardt Oval
9/08/78 St George 21 Cronulla 7 Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
16/08/78 Easts 16 St George 4 Leichhardt Oval

Player of the Series

Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs).

Notes

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