AMCO Cup 1978

Final

Eastern Suburbs Roosters 16 def. St George Dragons 4

Info On Record

Champions
Sydney Roosters
No. Of Teams
38
No. Of Games
37
No. Of Players
853

Final

AMCO Cup 1978
Final
Eastern Suburbs
Roosters
16
4 St George
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27587
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 16th August, 1978
Kick Off 7:30pm (local time)
Referee Jack Danzey Jnr
Venue Leichhardt (Sydney)
Crowd 18,050
Official Player of the Match Kevin Hastings
Match Stats
Halftime Score 12 2
Scrums 6 11
Penalties 8 11
Eastern Suburbs Scoresheet St George
Russell FAIRFAX T    
Kevin HASTINGS      
 
Kevin STEVENS 5/5 G 2/4 George GRANT
Eastern Suburbs Teams St George
Russell FAIRFAX 1 FB 1 Steve BUTLER
Ian SCHUBERT 2 W 2 Mitch BRENNAN
Mark HARRIS 3 C 3 Graham QUINN
Alan POWER 4 C 4 Robert FINCH
Bill MULLINS 5 W 5 Michel SORRIDIMI
 
Bob FULTON (c) 6 FE 6 Tony TRUDGETT
Kevin HASTINGS 7 HB 7 Ken KEARNEY
 
Kevin STEVENS 8 L 8 Rod REDDY (c)
John MACKAY 9 2R 9 John JANSEN
Royce AYLIFFE 10 2R 10 Robert STONE
Bob O'REILLY 11 FR 11 Craig YOUNG
Arthur MOUNTIER 12 HK 12 Jack JEFFRIES
Michael MOSMAN 13 FR 13 George GRANT
 
Grant HEDGER 14 B 14 Lee POMFRET
Terry MURPHY 15 B 15 Grahame BUCKLEY
Mal CONNOR 16 B 16 Steve EDGE
Paul JELFS 17 B 17 Bruce STARKEY
 
Arthur BEETSON   HC   Harry BATH
   
 

Team Info

Eastern Suburbs

Previous Game:
Round 21 vs. Balmain
Next Game:
Round 22 vs. Manly
Out:
Ron Coote (lock)
In:
Alan Power (centre), Mal Connor (bench), Paul Jelfs (bench)
Changes:
Bob Fulton (centre to five-eighth), Kevin Stevens (five-eighth to lock)

St George

Previous Game:
Round 21 vs. Canterbury
Next Game:
Round 22 vs. Balmain
Out:
Ted Goodwin (wing)
In:
Mitch Brennan (wing), George Grant (front row), Jack Jeffries (hooker), Robert Stone (second row), Lee Pomfret (bench)
Changes:
Bruce Starkey (front row to bench), Steve Edge (hooker to bench), Rod Reddy (second row to lock), Grahame Buckley (lock to bench)

Match Notes

Ron Coote was a late withdrawal for Easts with Kevin Stevens moving to lock, Bob Fulton to 5/8, Alan Power from the reserves into the centre and Paul Jelfs the new reserve. Arthur Beetson had added himself to the reserves in place of Grant Hedger on Tuesday night but pulled out on Wednesday afternoon and reinstated Hedger.

Kevin Hasting was named Superstar Player of the series.

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio