Final
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 22 def. Brisbane Firsts 5
Info On Record
- Champions
- Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
- No. Of Teams
- No. Of Games
- 27
- No. Of Players
- 520
Final
| 1979 AMCO Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27640 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 15th August, 1979 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Greg Hartley (Sydney) | |||||||
| Venue | Leichhardt (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 15,800 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Garry Cameron | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 15 | – | 0 | |||||
| Scrums | 9 | – | 12 | |||||
| Penalties | 8 | – | 9 | |||||
| Cronulla | Scoresheet | Brisbane Firsts | ||||||
| Garry CAMERON | 3 | T | Norm CARR | |||||
| Rick BOURKE | ||||||||
| Steve ROGERS | 5/9 | G | 1/1 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| Cronulla | Teams | Brisbane Firsts | ||||||
| Steve ROGERS | 1 | FB | 1 | Alan MILLS | ||||
| Rick BOURKE | 2 | W | 2 | Brad BACKER | ||||
| Greg MULLANE | 3 | C | 3 | Chris CLOSE | ||||
| Chris GARDNER | 4 | C | 4 | Mal MENINGA | ||||
| Tony GRAHAM | 5 | W | 5 | Bligh DAVIDSON | ||||
| Garry CAMERON | 6 | FE | 6 | Wayne CARR | ||||
| Greg COX | 7 | HB | 7 | Ross STRUDWICK | ||||
| Kurt SORENSEN | 8 | L | 8 | Norm CARR (c) | ||||
| Greg PIERCE (c) | 9 | 2R | 9 | Greg QUINN | ||||
| Steve KNEEN | 10 | 2R | 10 | Des MORRIS | ||||
| Dane SORENSEN | 11 | FR | 11 | Dave BROWN | ||||
| Rowland BECKETT | 12 | HK | 12 | John LANG | ||||
| Paul KHAN | 13 | FR | 13 | Shane BERNARDIN | ||||
| Greg PURCELL | 16 | B | 15 | Mark PAYNE | ||||
| B | 16 | John McLEOD | ||||||
| B | 17 | Wally LEWIS | ||||||
| Norm PROVAN | HC | Henry HOLLOWAY | ||||||
Team Info
Cronulla
- Previous Game:
- Round 21 vs. Manly
- Next Game:
- Round 14 vs. Balmain
- Out:
- Mick Mullane Jnr (fullback), Steve Edmonds (wing), John McMartin (hooker), Martin Raftery (bench)
- In:
- Greg Mullane (centre), Tony Graham (wing), Greg Purcell (bench)
- Changes:
- Steve Rogers (centre to fullback), Rowland Beckett (bench to hooker)
Brisbane Firsts
- Previous Game:
- 1979 AMCO Cup - Semi Final vs. QLD Country
- Next Game:
- 1980 Tooth Cup - Round 1 vs. Eastern Suburbs
- Out:
- Peter Dutton (fullback), Vic Wieland (centre), Mark Murray (five-eighth), Wayne Lindenberg (halfback)
- In:
- Alan Mills (fullback), Mal Meninga (centre), Wayne Carr (five-eighth), Ross Strudwick (halfback), Wally Lewis (bench)
Match Notes
John McMartin, Martin Raftery & Barry Andrews were non-playing reserves for Cronulla,
Wayne Lindenberg was a non playing reserve for Brisbane.
Kurt Sorensen was awarded Superstar of the Series.
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio
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