1978 Amco Cup

The 1978 Amco Cup was a rugby league football tournament featuring teams from around the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, Northern Territory as well as New Zealand.

Format

The competition was again played as a straight knock-out, but some teams received byes through to the second, third or even fourth round.

Round 1

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
15/03/78	Illawarra	63	Wellington	5	Wollongong
26/03/78	Toowoomba	22	Ipswich	12	Ipswich
30/03/78	Gold Coast	18	North Qld	16	Gold Coast
2/04/78	Western Australia	21	Northern Territory	18	Darwin
5/04/78	Wide Bay	12	Central Qld	3	Maryborough
8/04/78	Western Division	12	Southern Division	4	Campbelltown

Round 2

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
17/05/78	South Sydney	22	Western Division	9	Leichhardt Oval
30/03/78	Wests (Brisbane)*	8	Wynnum-Manly	8	Lang Park
30/03/78	Newtown	49	Brothers	0	Leichhardt Oval
5/04/78	Brisbane Souths	10	Gold Coast	4	Gold Coast
5/04/78	Illawarra	35	Valleys	7	Lang Park
12/04/78	Riverina	43	Wide Bay	4	Griffith
12/04/78	Newcastle	51	Western Australia	5	Newcastle
24/05/78	North Coast	22	Toowoomba	13	Lismore

Round 3

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
12/04/78	Newtown	13	Canterbury	4	Leichhardt Oval
19/04/78	Wests (Sydney)	25	Souths (Brisbane)	5	Leichhardt Oval
26/04/78	Wests (Brisbane)	4	Redcliffe	3	Lang Park
3/05/78	Riverina	36	Penrith	2	Wagga Wagga
10/05/78	Cronulla	57	Newcastle	5	Leichhardt Oval
24/05/78	Illawarra	44	Norths (Brisbane)	5	Wollongong
31/05/78	South Sydney	9	Northern Division	5	Tamworth
14/06/78	North Sydney	46	North Coast	3	Coffs Harbour

Round 4

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
3/05/78	Easts	16	Wests	10	Leichhardt Oval
24/05/78	Auckland	39	Riverina	3	Leichhardt Oval
7/06/78	Parramatta	28	Brisbane Wests	0	Leichhardt Oval
14/06/78	Cronulla	15	Monaro	8	Queanbeyan
14/06/78	Illawarra	19	Balmain	10	Leichhardt Oval
27/06/78	St George	35	Newtown	11	Leichhardt Oval
4/07/78	Manly	11	South Sydney	9	Lang Park
5/07/78	Brisbane Easts	27	North Sydney	6	Lang Park

Quarter finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
5/07/78	Easts	12	Illawarra	2	Leichhardt Oval
12/07/78	St George	27	Parramatta	2	Leichhardt Oval
19/07/78	Manly-Warringah	27	Brisbane Easts	10	Lang Park
26/07/78	Cronulla-Sutherland	22	Auckland	6	Leichhardt Oval

Semi finals

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
2/08/78	Easts	14	Manly	2	Leichhardt Oval
9/08/78	St George	21	Cronulla	7	Leichhardt Oval

Final

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue
16/08/78	Easts	16	St George	4	Leichhardt Oval

As with all mid-season Cup games, the Final of the 1978 Amco Cup was broadcast into NSW by 0–10 with commentary from Ray Warren, Keith Barnes and in his first ever co-commentating role on television, legendary rugby league broadcaster Frank Hyde.

Player of the Series

Kevin Hastings (Eastern Suburbs).

Notes

• *- Advanced on penalty count-back