1976 Amco Cup

The 1976 Amco Cup was a rugby league football tournament featuring teams from around the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

Format

Straight knock-out with 35 teams, 6 of which played off in a preliminary round.

Preliminary round

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
31/03/76 Toowoomba 39 Northern Territory 7 Toowoomba
31/03/76 Ryde-Eastwood 29 Ipswich 13 Toowoomba
31/03/76 North Queensland 21 Wide Bay 11 Rockhampton

Round 1

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
31/03/76 Manly-Warringah 35 Newcastle 17 Newcastle
31/03/76 South Sydney 17 Souths (BRL) 8 Lang Park
7/04/76 North Sydney 5 Easts 4 Leichhardt Oval
7/04/76 Brothers (BRL) 19 Penrith 8 Lang Park
7/04/76 Canterbury-Bankstown 40 North Queensland 0 Lang Park
14/04/76 Auckland 30 Redcliffe 5 Lang Park
14/04/76 Cronulla-Sutherland 28 Toowoomba 5 Lang Park
21/04/76 Western Suburbs 21 Monaro 9 Queanbeyan
21/04/76 Eastern Suburbs (BRL) 38 Canterbury (NZ) 7 Lang Park
21/04/76 Newtown 32 Ryde-Eastwood 6 Leichhardt Oval
21/04/76 Parramatta 20 North Coast 4 Lismore
28/04/76 Riverina 36 Fortitude Valley 2 Lang Park
28/04/76 Balmain 26 Southern Division 9 Leichhardt Oval
5/05/76 St George 34 Western Division 16 Leichhardt Oval
5/05/76 Northern Division 16 Illawarra 9 Tamworth
5/05/76 Western Suburbs (BRL) 17 Norths (BRL) 2 Lang Park

Round 2

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
12/05/76 North Sydney 19 Newtown 7 Leichhardt Oval
19/05/76 Brothers 12 Northern Division 6 Leichhardt Oval
26/05/76 Riverina 16 South Sydney 11 Leichhardt Oval
2/06/76 St George 17 Cronulla-Sutherland 12 Leichhardt Oval
9/06/76 Manly-Warringah 24 Brisbane Wests 8 Lang Park
16/06/76 Balmain 28 Auckland 8 Leichhardt Oval
23/06/76 Parramatta 22 Wests 2 Penrith Park
30/06/76 Canterbury-Bankstown 13 Eastern Suburbs (Brisbane) 7 Leichhardt Oval

Quarter finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
7/07/76 North Sydney 44 Riverina 15 Leichhardt Oval
14/07/76 Balmain 19 Brothers 3 Leichhardt Oval
21/07/76 Canterbury-Bankstown 8 Manly 7 Leichhardt Oval
28/07/76 Parramatta 22 St George 20 Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
4/08/76 Balmain 11 Canterbury-Bankstown 10 Lang Park
11/08/76 North Sydney 10 Parramatta 9 Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date Winner Score Loser Score Venue
18 August Balmain 21 North Sydney 7 Leichhardt Oval

The final attracted a ground record of 21,670 to Leichhardt Oval. Balmain's second-rower Dennis Tutty was named man-of-the-match.[1]

Player of the Series

North Sydney's hooker John Gray was named the player of the series.

Sources

  1. Christensen, Phillip (19 August 1976). "League Cup final to Tigers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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