Mid
Week Cups The mid-week cup or Amco Cup (also 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. |
Year | Cup | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Player of the Series | |||
1974 | Amco Cup | Western Division | 6 | Penrith | 2 | Leichhardt Oval | Paul
Dowling* (Western Division) |
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1975 | Amco Cup | Eastern Suburbs | 17 | Parramatta | 7 | Leichhardt Oval | ||
1976 | Amco Cup | Balmain | 21 | North Sydney | 7 | Leichhardt Oval | John
Gray (North Sydney) |
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1977 | Amco Cup | Wests | 6 | Easts | 5 | Leichhardt Oval | Graeme
O'Grady* (Western Suburbs) |
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1978 | Amco Cup | Easts | 16 | St. George | 4 | Leichhardt Oval | Kevin
Hastings (Eastern Suburbs) |
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1979 | Amco Cup | Cronulla | 22 | Brisbane | 5 | Leichhardt Oval | Kurt
Sorensen (Cronulla Sutherland) |
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1980 | Tooth Cup | Parramatta | 8 | Balmain | 5 | Leichhardt Oval | Peter
Sterling (Parramatta) |
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1981 | Tooth Cup | South Sydney | 10 | Cronulla | 2 | Leichhardt Oval | Steve
Rogers (Cronulla Sutherland) |
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1982 | KB Cup | Manly | 23 | Newtown | 8 | Leichhardt Oval | Michael
Eden (Manly Warringah) |
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1983 | KB Cup | Manly | 26 | Cronrulla | 6 | Leichhardt Oval | Ian
Schubert (Manly) |
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1984 | National Panasonic Cup | Brisbane | 12 | Easts | 11 | Leichhardt Oval | Wally
Lewis (Brisbane) |
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1985 | National Panasonic Cup | Balmain | 14 | Cronulla | 12 | Leichhardt Oval | Scott
Gale (Balmain) |
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1986 | National Panasonic Cup | Parramatta | 32 | Balmain | 16 | Leichhardt Oval | Ray
Price (Parramatta) |
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1987 | National Panasonic Cup | Balmain | 14 | Penrith | 12 | Parramatta Stadium | Benny
Elias (Balmain) |
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1988 | Panasonic Cup | St George | 16 | Balmain | 8 | Parramatta Stadium | Peter
Gill (St George) |
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1989 | Panasonic Cup | Brisbane Broncos | 22 | Illawarra | 20 | Parramatta Stadium | Terry
Matterson (Brisbane Broncos) |
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* Source : This infomation is thanks to Paul Dowling who was Captain of the 1974 Western Division side who won the AMCO CUP against Penrith. (He scored all 6 points for Western Division in this match).
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