AMCO Cup 1979

Round 2

Summary of Matches

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View  Penrith 18 (K. Dann, S. Martin, G. Pethybridge, L. Zivanovic tries; P. Doyle 3 goals) defeated Cronulla 10 (B. Annabel, G. Cox tries; S. Rogers 2 goals) at Penrith Park.
Date: Wed, 9th May.   Kickoff: 3:15 PM.   Halftime: Penrith 13-0.   Scrums: Cronulla 11-9.   Penalties: Penrith 7-5.   Referee: Jack Danzey Jnr.   Crowd: 4,246.
Penrith: Dann, Doyle, Pethybridge (C), Blacklock, Ryan; Kelly, Wickey; Hayward, Martin, Brohman, Armitstead, Zivanovic, Fenton. Int: Olejarnik, Merlo, Burnitt, Kelly.
Cronulla: Mullane Jnr, Graham, Rogers (C), Mullane, Edmonds; Cox, Hansard; Annabel, Conway, Stares, Kneen, Archer, Ricketts. Int: Bourke, Purcell, Morton, Gowen.
View  Canterbury 12 (T. McCartney, B. Mcdonald tries; B. Mcdonald 3 goals) defeated Auckland 3 (S. Varley try) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 30th May.   Kickoff: 5:30 PM.   Halftime: Canterbury 4-3.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   Crowd: 3,000.
Canterbury: Kear, Stott, McCartney, Mortimer, Mcdonald; Pickup (C), Creevey; Faux, English, Basham, Driver, Collis, Folkes. Int: Sullivan, Pomfret, Bird, Geelan.
Auckland: Kemble, Leuluai, Filipaina, Ah Kuoi, Lowther; Anderson, Varley; Smith, Martin, Robertson, Toloa, Wright, Graham (C). Int: Jordan, O'Regan, Prohm, McCarthy.
View  Eastern Suburbs 12 (A. Mountier, J. Reaiche tries; J. Reaiche 3 goals) defeated St George 6 (G. Grant 3 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 30th May.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   Crowd: 3,000.
Eastern Suburbs: Feltis, Reaiche, Murphy, Miller, Boustead; Plummer, Hastings; Ayliffe, Mountier, Harvey, Metcalfe, O'Reilly, Fulton (C). Int: Gurr, Connor, Gigg, Hore.
St George: Johnson, Brennan, Bramley, Kearney, Butler; Trudgett, Morris (C); Cale, Dowling, Grant, Jarvis, Stone, Buckley. Int: Bailey, Bird, Yelavich, Berlyn.
View  NSW Country Firsts 14 (D. Michael, T. Quinn tries; P. Smith 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 11 (P. Walsh try; P. Walsh 4 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 6th June.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: 9-all.   Scrums: Western Suburbs 11-7.   Penalties: NSW Country Firsts 15-9.   Referee: Greg Hartley.   
NSW Country Firsts: Batey, Michael, Quinn, Hughes, Brockwell; Smith, Griffith; Beetson, Byrne, Stafford (C), Edwards, Gilligan, McDonald. Int: Johnston, McWhirter, Lindsay, Taylor.
Western Suburbs: Armstrong, Broughton, O'Grady, Brodrick, Boland; Walsh, Neil; Hundy, Jeffries (C), Cloughessy, Cooper, Crow, Reardon. Int: Duggan, Walsh, Barr, Gooch.
View  Newtown 15 (K. Pobjie 2, J. Ribot tries; K. Wilson 3 goals) defeated Parramatta 13 (N. Glover, M. Pattison, K. Webb tries; D. Hayes 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 13th June.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: 5-all.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   
Newtown: Goodwin, Hetherington, Ogilvie, Doyle, Pobjie; Rowles, Wilson (C); Bugden, Jensen, Nicholson, Ribot, Dykes, Westwood. Int: Petersen, Raper, Boyd, Howard.
Parramatta: Mann, Glover, Brennan, Sulkowicz, Atkins; Peard, Kolc; Hayes, Webb, Quinn (C), Platz, Fagan, Pattison. Int: Flahey, Hunt, Mann, Baker.
View  Balmain 5 (N. Pringle try; W. Miranda goal) defeated South Sydney 3 (G. Knight try) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 20th June.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: Balmain 5-0.   Scrums: Balmain 15-9.   Penalties: South Sydney 10-6.   Referee: Kevin Roberts.   
Balmain: Kerr, Miranda, Bendall, Wigham, Lawson; Mara (C), Duffy; Hilliard, Whittaker, Naylor, Lonnon, Lavers, Pringle. Int: Maybury, Martin, Muggleton, Bonner.
South Sydney: Jones, Roche, Knight, Berne, Fahey; Wright, McMillan (C); Hambly, Topper, Peek, Prior, Gibbs, Laurie. Int: Ross, Squadrito, Griffiths, Frith.
View  QLD Country 12 (R. Hancock, R. Kelly tries; L. Cullen 3 goals) defeated North Sydney 5 (D. McKinnon try; R. Henniker goal) at Lang Park.
Date: Wed, 20th June.   Kickoff: 7:00 PM.   Halftime: QLD Country 12-5.   Referee: Joe Ticehurst.   
QLD Country: Scott, Cullen, Smith, Stallman, Windeatt; Kelly, Brigginshaw; Apps, Hoffman, McNamara, Hancock, Platz (C), Dunemann. Int: Gallagher, McKenna, Moroko, Green.
North Sydney: Schofield (C), Sheppard, Adams, Adam, Vandenberg; Craig, Keogh; Ryan Jnr, Foye, McKinnon, Hunter, Henniker, Long. Int: Luckman, Le Brocq, Cudmore, Simons.
View  Brisbane Firsts 13 (S. Bernardin, J. Lang, G. Quinn tries; M. Meninga 2 goals) defeated Manly 10 (R. Gartner, P. Vautin tries; J. Gray 2 goals) at Leichhardt Oval.
Date: Wed, 27th June.   Kickoff: 7:30 PM.   Halftime: Manly 10-3.   Scrums: 9-all.   Penalties: Manly 19-17.   Referee: Mick Naughton.   
Brisbane Firsts: Dutton, Backer, Close, Meninga, Davidson; Murray, Strudwick; Morris (C), Lang, Brown, McLeod, Quinn, Carr. Int: Sinclair, Wieland, Lewis, Bernardin.
Manly: Lawler, Mooney, Booth, Gartner, Montgomery; Martin, Gibbs; Randall, Krilich (C), Gray, Knight, Springall, Vautin. Int: Adams, Merritt, Thomson, Drake.

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