AMCO Cup 1977

Round 1

Summary of Matches

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View  Toowoomba 31 (G. Platz 2, R. Stallman 2, W. Green, I. Lindenmeyer, G. Robison tries; G. Scholl 5 goals) defeated North QLD 13 (N. Favuro, P. Knott, D. Quagliotto tries; J. Grew 2 goals) at Clive Berghofer Stadium.
Date: Wed, 30th March.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: Toowoomba 13-8.   Scrums: North QLD 23-16.   Penalties: North QLD 8-7.   
Toowoomba: Weatherall, Green, Stallman, Stallman, Scholl; Smith, Robison; Hancock, Doyle, Lindenmeyer, Lindenberg, O'Rourke, Platz (C). Int: Balderson, Beauchamp, Srama, O'Davis.
North QLD: Graham, Favuro, Villaflor, Fletcher, McIllwain; Tolhurst, Quagliotto; Cordwell, Thorn, Gardiner, Grew, Herbert, Luppi (C). Int: Knott, Russell, Smart, King.
View  St George 22 (S. Edge, J. Jansen, R. McGregor, C. Young tries; G. Grant 5 goals) defeated Balmain 12 (W. Boland, S. Frewin tries; G. Cox 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 30th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: St George 12-2.   Scrums: St George 11-6.   Penalties: St George 11-7.   Referee: John Gocher.   
Balmain: McMahon, Boland, Ryan (C), Bendall, Forwood; Beaven, Cox; Spears, Mountier, Lockwood, Frewin, Edwards, Pringle. Int: Ninness, Wigham, Mockford.
St George: Quirk, Sorridimi, Quinn, Butler, Chapman; McGregor, Shulman; Grant, Edge (C), Young, Stone, Jansen, Reddy. Int: Bramley, Pomfret, Starkey, Byrne.
View  Past Christian Bros 16 (I. Dauth 2, C. Ryan, M. Thomas tries; I. Dauth 2 goals) defeated Wynnum-Manly 15 (I. Ogbourne, G. Perrett, L. Platz tries; T. Wood 3 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 30th March.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Past Christian Bros 16-5.   
Past Christian Bros: Power, Dauth, Thomas, Beauchamp, Russell; Moore, Ryan; Short, Jensen, McNamara, Cock, McGuane, Rafton. Int: Ferguson, Schultz, Ziebath, Garozzo.
Wynnum-Manly: Wood, Watts, Perrett, Bliss, Luppi (C); Denman, Edwards; Churchill, Dowling, McDougall, Kingston, Platz, Page. Int: Ogbourne, Salter, Nunn, Hinchy.
View  Cronulla 75 (R. Bourke 4, J. Glossop 3, S. Rogers 3, S. Edmonds 2, R. Williams 2, S. Hansard, S. Kneen, M. Raftery tries; S. Rogers 12 goals) defeated Central QLD 3 (S. Nobbs try) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 6th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Cronulla 21-0.   Referee: Gary Cook.   
Cronulla: Bourke, Raftery, Rogers (C), Chamberlin, Edmonds; Cameron, Hansard; Khan, McMartin, Sorensen, Kneen, Archer, Glossop. Int: Dennehy, Beckett, Williams, Andrews.
Central QLD: Adsett, Cullen, White, O'Brien, Bowman; Nobbs, Smith; Duncan, Muller, Arnold, Glass, Best (C), Smith. Int: Schfoske, Morgan, Heumiller, Staal.
View  Redcliffe 19 (C. Mason, G. Oliphant, I. Thinee tries; I. Pearce 5 goals) defeated Wests 10 (H. Cameron 2 tries; W. Stewart 2 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 6th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Scrums: Wests 18-11.   Referee: Don Lancashire.   
Wests: McCarthy, Reardon, Cameron (C), Hogan, Stewart; Thomas, Douglas; Young, Prickett, Green, Bradshaw, Williamson, McCosker.
Redcliffe: Obst, Gardiner, Pearce (C), Leis, Fenton; Anderson, Oliphant; Moffett, Nunan, Barber, Mason, Heathwood, Thinee. Int: Carige.
View  Western Suburbs 60 (W. Smith 4, R. Giteau 3, G. Miller 3, K. Bourke 2 tries; P. Rowles 12 goals) defeated Norths 0 at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 13th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Western Suburbs 20-0.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 20-7.   Referee: Ian Smith.   
Norths: Lynch, Lauder, Michaels, Dutton, Eastley; Draper, Dickens; Brohman, O'Sullivan, Bernardin, Seaton, Bradford, Calder. Int: Hale, McTigue, Clarke.
Western Suburbs: Smith, Rowles, Giteau, Miller, Mullins; Hey, Smith; Lucas, Day (C), Donnelly, Blyth, Liubinskas, Sinclair. Int: Bourke, Scarr, Foster, Purcell.
View  Parramatta 21 (J. Peard 2, D. Fitzgerald tries; M. Levy 6 goals) defeated North Sydney 7 (J. Adam try; G. Forlonge 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 20th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Parramatta 10-0.   Scrums: 15-all.   Penalties: North Sydney 10-9.   Referee: Barry Bradstock.   
Parramatta: Levy, Porter, Moran, Owens, Stephens; Peard, Kolc; Wanka, Hilditch, Fitzgerald, Gerard, Higgs (C), Price. Int: Atkins, Sulkowicz, Snodgrass, Webb.
North Sydney: Potter, Craig, West, Adam, Adams; Shield, Wilson; Forlonge, Foye, McKinnon, Murphy, Walker (C), Harris. Int: Simons, Colman, Sullivan, Long.
View  Penrith 36 (R. Gigg 3, T. Quinn 2, J. Ryan 2, T. Wickey tries; J. Hindmarsh 6 goals) defeated Western Division 5 (K. Campbell try; K. Riley goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 27th April.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 13-5.   Scrums: Penrith 17-8.   Referee: John Gocher.   
Penrith: Dann, Ryan, Gigg, West, Quinn; Hindmarsh, Wickey; O'Reilly, Stephenson (C), Hayward, Merlo, Ward, Olejarnik. Int: Henderson, Cale, Longhurst, Sheens.
Western Division: Riley, Peachey, Priddis, Merritt, Olsen; Hall, Phillips (C); Miller, Beecroft, Campbell, Hawthorne, King, Smith. Int: Hilton, Pauling, Woods, Wilson.
View  Fortitude Valley 19 (T. Duggan 3, A. Mcinnes tries; J. Ribot 3 goals; R. Strudwick field goal) defeated Illawarra Firsts 10 (G. Stewart, T. Trudgett tries; P. Schofield 2 goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 4th May.   Kickoff: 6:30 PM.   Referee: Eric Carter.   
Fortitude Valley: Mills, Falvey, Milne, Beauchamp, Cameron; Bucceri, Strudwick (C); Mcinnes, Richards, Duggan, Sommer, Holpen, Ribot. Int: Wieland, Part, Canavan, Arbuthnor.
Illawarra Firsts: Smithies, Johnson, Trudgett, Schofield, Sheppard; Prior, Morris; Johnson, Gibson, Stewart, Eden, Buchanan, Bampton (C). Int: Edwards, Rugg, Wynn, Shorten.
View  Eastern Suburbs 16 (M. Harris, B. Mullins tries; R. Fairfax 4, K. Stevens goals) defeated Manly 8 (G. Eadie, J. Gibbs tries; G. Eadie goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 4th May.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Eastern Suburbs 14-0.   Scrums: Eastern Suburbs 10-7.   Penalties: 12-all.   Referee: Gary Cook.   
Eastern Suburbs: Fairfax, Schubert, Harris, Hastings, Mullins; Stevens, Mayes; Metcalfe, Connor, Mosman, Beetson (C), O'Reilly, Reilly. Int: Jones, Murphy, Pickett, Laurie.
Manly: Eadie, Jackson, Thompson, Mooney, Cootes; Adams, Gibbs; Thomson, Krilich, Harvey, Parkes, Randall (C), Springall. Int: Montgomery, Waller, Thoroughgood, Joy.
View  Southern Suburbs 20 (M. Connell, T. Gillogly, J. Grant, P. Phelan tries; T. Gillogly 4 goals) defeated Canterbury 12 (M. Brereton, J. Greengrass tries; C. Leney, M. O'Donnell, R. Walker goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 4th May.   Kickoff: 8:30 PM.   
Southern Suburbs: Baird, Bracken, Grant, Fraser, Gillogly; Bennett (C), Cowell; Lynch, Holland, Tronc, Lange, van de Velde, Phelan. Int: Astill, Connell, Morley, Ryan.
Canterbury: O'Donnell, Leney, Dickison, Kerrigan, Brereton; Jarvis, Tait; Greengrass, Rushton, Brewster, Broadhurst, Gillman, Walker (C). Int: Taie, Stone, Wilson, Edkins.
View  South Sydney 39 (T. Fahey 5, D. Sinclair 2, I. Mackay, G. Wright tries; S. Little 6 goals) defeated WA Firsts 10 (J. Adams, L. Castle tries; I. Walls 2 goals) at Redfern Oval.
Date: Wed, 18th May.   Kickoff: 3:00 PM.   Halftime: South Sydney 21-0.   Scrums: South Sydney 18-10.   
South Sydney: Little, Bultitude, Berne, O'Brien, Fahey; Wright, Sinclair; Gibson, Piggins (C), Miller, Tongue, Reardon, Mara. Int: Wall, Stewart, Marsh, Mackay.
WA Firsts: Adams (C), Hotham, Jennings, Cherry, Hazell; Lockley, Strid; Porter, Kennedy, Daley, Castle, Maybank, Robinson. Int: Bowler, Bullen, Walls, Constantine.
View  Canterbury 20 (G. Dowling 2, P. O'Neill 2 tries; R. Kear 4 goals) defeated North Coast 7 (B. Walsh try; J. Brass 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 18th May.   Kickoff: 7:15 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 7-0.   Referee: John Gocher.   
Canterbury: Dowling, O'Neill, Mortimer, Mullane, Kear; Pickup (C), Creevey; Peek, Allison, Noonan, Hughes, Howard, Cassilles. Int: Phillis, McCarthy, Thomas, Harmer.
North Coast: Ross, Parrish, Rutley, Fuller, Byrnes; Brass, Casagrande; Leslie, Ruprecht, Staff, Woods, Silvia, Searle (C). Int: Urquhart, Vidler, Walsh, Tanner.
View  Newtown 32 (J. Floyd 2, M. Wright 2, C. Casey, S. Kosta, D. Oliveri, P. Young tries; P. Sigsworth 4 goals) defeated Riverina 3 (R. Deery try) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 25th May.   Kickoff: 7:15 PM.   Halftime: Newtown 16-0.   Referee: Denis Braybrook.   
Newtown: Floyd, Oliveri, Kosta, Sigsworth, Wright; Hayward, Young; Casey (C), Raper, Gibbs, Pagano, Elford, Pilon. Int: Edwards, Faux, O'Brien, Robertson.
Riverina: Lewis, Eisenhauer, Saddler, Williams, Roberts; Hinchcliffe, Fritsch; Lindsay (C), Brown, Sanson, Regan, Deery, O'Connell. Int: Martin, Purtell, Kelly, McMahon.
View  Monaro 21 (L. Corowa 2, J. Jones, M. Schell, G. Thomas tries; G. Thomas 2, P. McGrath goals) defeated Easts 18 (T. Smith 2, N. Nicolau, S. Stacey tries; G. Holben 2, W. Lindenberg goals) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 25th May.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Monaro 14-7.   
Easts: de Bruyn, Callus, Farquhar, Lindenberg, Stacey; Holben, Heydt; Morris (C), Smith, Naylor, Abbott, Nobile, Currie. Int: Slingsby, Smith, Nicolau, Fullarton.
Monaro: McGrath, Corowa, Thomas, Knight, Brockwell; Ballesty (C), Schell; Charlton, Jones, Gilmore, Thompson, Clarke, Prattl. Int: Ayres, Cujes, Stone, Osborne.
View  Northern Division 23 (R. Burgess 2, D. Corrigan, R. McKay, B. Monie tries; R. Burgess 4 goals) defeated Auckland 2 (N. Wright goal) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 25th May.   Kickoff: 8:45 PM.   Halftime: Northern Division 15-2.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   
Northern Division: Monie, Hatfield, Barnett (C), Burgess, Ferguson; Starr, Craigie; Lye, Welsh, McKay, Fish, Hinklebein, Leis. Int: Delaney, Greise, Welsh, Corrigan.
Auckland: Kemble, Rollo, Winter, Anderson, Wright; Sorensen, Varley; Heatley, Taylor, Banker, Wilson, McCarthy, Graham. Int: Norton, Lepper, Aspin, Faafua.

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