AMCO Cup 1979

Final

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 22 def. Brisbane Firsts 5

Info On Record

Champions
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
No. Of Teams
16
No. Of Games
27
No. Of Players
530

Final

AMCO Cup 1979
Final
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
22
5
Brisbane Firsts
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/27640
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 15th August, 1979
Kick Off 7:30 PM (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:
AMCO Cup 1979 - Semi Final vs. QLD Country
Next Game:
Tooth Cup 1980 - 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