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The Amco Cup (subsequently known by various other sponsors' names including the Tooth Cup , KB Cup , National Panasonic Cup and Panasonic Cup ) was a mid-week rugby league competition held in Australia between 1974 and 1989. The format was usually a straight knock-out, but various group formats were used between 1979 and 1982. It aired on Channel Ten with Ray Warren and Keith Barnes the commentators for many years. The concept was created by Colin McLennan .
History [ edit ]
Promoter Colin McLennan, who also brought to Australia the jazz legend Benny Goodman and comedians Dudley Moore and Peter Cook, was the man who brought the mid-week Cup to life.[1]
The competition was essentially a "made for TV" event, featuring 4 x 20-minute quarters and a penalty countback rule in the event of a draw. Matches were played under floodlights, usually on a Wednesday evening. Initially Leichhardt Oval in Sydney was the main venue, though later matches were played at Lang Park in Brisbane , Parramatta Stadium and various country centres in New South Wales . The competition was scrapped after the increasingly professional clubs resented the additional burdens on their players caused by the mid-week games. In 1990 it was replaced by a preseason challenge cup played for only by the Sydney Rugby League premiership teams.
Participating teams [ edit ]
Year
Teams
NSW
QLD
NSWRL Country
QRL Country
NSWRL Second Division
New Zealand
State
Papua New Guinea
1974
21
All 12
–
All 7 except Newcastle
–
Ryde-Eastwood
Auckland
–
–
1975
28
All 12
Fortitude Valley , Past Brothers , Norths , Souths
All 8
Ipswich , Toowoomba
Ryde-Eastwood
Auckland
–
–
1976
35
All 12
All 7 except Wynnum-Manly
All 8
All 4 except Central Queensland , Gold Coast
Ryde-Eastwood
Auckland , Canterbury
Northern Territory
–
1977
37
All 12
All 8
All 8
All 5 except Gold Coast
–
Auckland , Canterbury
Northern Territory , Western Australia
–
1978
38
All 12
All 8
All 8
All 6
–
Auckland , Wellington
Northern Territory , Western Australia
–
1979
16
All 12
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
Auckland
–
–
1980
16
All 12
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
Auckland
–
–
1981
16
All 12
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
Central Districts
–
–
1982
18
All 14
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
South Island
–
–
1983
18
All 14
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
Central Districts
–
–
1984
17
All 13
Brisbane
NSW Country
Queensland Country
–
Auckland
–
–
1985
16
All 13
Brisbane
NSW Country
–
–
Auckland
–
–
1986
17
All 13
Brisbane
NSW Country
–
–
–
Western Australia
Port Moresby
1987
20
All 13
Brisbane
NSW Country
–
–
–
Northern Territory , South Australia , Victoria , Western Australia
Port Moresby
1988
19
All 16
Brisbane
NSW Country
–
–
–
–
Port Moresby
1989
19
All 16
Brisbane
NSW Country
–
–
–
–
Port Moresby
Champions by Year [ edit ]
Year
Winners
Score
Runners-up
Venue
Crowd
1974
Western Division
6-2
Penrith
Leichhardt Oval
16,000
1975
Easterm Suburbs
17-7
Parramatta
Leichhardt Oval
18,907
1976
Balmain
21-7
North Sydney
Leichhardt Oval
21,670
1977
Western Suburbs
6-5
Eastern Suburbs
Leichhardt Oval
15,350
1978
Eastern Suburbs
16-4
St. George
Leichhardt Oval
14,000
1979
Cronulla
22-5
Combined Brisbane
Leichhardt Oval
15,800
1980
Parramatta
8-5
Balmain
Leichhardt Oval
17,829
1981
South Sydney
10-2
Cronulla
Leichhardt Oval
23,079
1982
Manly
23-8
Newtown
Leichhardt Oval
14,490
1983
Manly
26-6
Cronulla
Leichhardt Oval
15,086
1984
Combined Brisbane
12-11
Eastern Suburbs
Leichhardt Oval
13,000
1985
Balmain
14-12
Cronulla
Leichhardt Oval
15,000
1986
Parramatta
32-16
Balmain
Leichhardt Oval
15,839
1987
Balmain
14-12
Penrith
Parramatta Stadium
16,823
1988
St. George
16-8
Balmain
Parramatta Stadium
22,191
1989
Brisbane
22-20
Illawarra
Parramatta Stadium
16,698
Most NSWRL Midweek Cup Titles [ edit ]
Cup and Premiership in the Same Season [ edit ]
Easts in 1975.
Parramatta in 1986.
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