Final
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 5 lost to Western Suburbs Magpies 6
Info On Record
- Champions
- Western Suburbs Magpies
- No. Of Teams
- No. Of Games
- 36
- No. Of Players
- 794
Final
| 1977 AMCO Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27543 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 17th August, 1977 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Gary Cook | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,350 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Graeme O'Grady | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 4 | |||||
| Scrums | 12 | – | 15 | |||||
| Penalties | 7 | – | 7 | |||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Scoresheet | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | T | |||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | 1/4 | G | 2/4 | John DORAHY | ||||
| 0/1 | Peter ROWLES | |||||||
| FG | Graeme O'GRADY | |||||||
| Peter ROWLES | ||||||||
| Eastern Suburbs | Teams | Western Suburbs | ||||||
| Russell FAIRFAX | 1 | FB | 1 | John DORAHY | ||||
| Ian SCHUBERT | 2 | W | 2 | Ron GITEAU | ||||
| Mark HARRIS | 3 | C | 3 | Gavin MILLER | ||||
| Terry MURPHY | 4 | C | 4 | Ken HEY | ||||
| Bruce PICKETT | 5 | W | 5 | Trevor SCARR | ||||
| Bob FULTON | 6 | FE | 6 | Peter ROWLES | ||||
| Kevin HASTINGS | 7 | HB | 7 | Tom RAUDONIKIS (c) | ||||
| Robert LAURIE | 8 | L | 8 | Graeme O'GRADY | ||||
| Barry REILLY | 9 | 2R | 9 | Geoff FOSTER | ||||
| Arthur BEETSON (c) | 11 | 2R | 10 | Steve BLYTH | ||||
| Michael MOSMAN | 10 | FR | 11 | John DONNELLY | ||||
| Mal CONNOR | 12 | HK | 12 | John PURCELL | ||||
| Garry METCALFE | 13 | FR | 13 | Pat HUNDY | ||||
| Des O'REILLY | 17 | B | 15 | Geoff SMITH | ||||
| Ron COOTE | 18 | B | ||||||
| Arthur BEETSON | HC | Keith HOLMAN | ||||||
Team Info
Eastern Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 21 vs. Parramatta
- Next Game:
- Round 22 vs. Canterbury
- Out:
- Grant Hedger (front row)
- In:
- Terry Murphy (centre), Ron Coote (bench)
- Changes:
- Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Robert Laurie (five-eighth to lock), Des O'Reilly (lock to bench), Garry Metcalfe (bench to front row)
Western Suburbs
- Previous Game:
- Round 21 vs. North Sydney
- Next Game:
- Round 22 vs. St George
- Out:
- Marshall Rogers (wing), Kerry Morrison (front row), Bob Cooper (bench), Gary Walsh (bench)
- In:
- Ron Giteau (wing), Pat Hundy (front row), Geoff Smith (bench)
Match Notes
Graeme O'Grady the Superstar Player of the Series.
Shane Day withdrew from the Wests team on game day and John Purcell took his place with Gary Walsh coming as a reserve.
Gary Walsh, Bob Cooper & Neville Sinclair were non-playing reserves for Wests.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Wests Archives
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