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

• *- Advanced on penalty count-back