AMCO Cup 1978

Round 1

Other Rounds

Summary of Matches

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> Illawarra Firsts 63 (T. Edwards 4, P. Wynn 3, A. Sheppard 2, E. White 2, B. Milthorpe, K. Patrick, K. Rugg, R. Thompson tries; R. Henniker 5, B. Milthorpe 2, E. White 2 goals) defeated Wellington 5 (J. O'Sullivan try; W. Collicoat goal) at Wollongong Showground.
Date: Wed, 15th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Scrums: Illawarra Firsts 6-5. Penalties: Illawarra Firsts 10-7. Referee: Kevin Riolo. Crowd: 1,830.

Illawarra Firsts: Johnson, Sheppard, Rugg (C), Edwards, White; Davis, Morris; Milthorpe, Pearson, Coelli, Wynn, Henniker, Dominey. Int: Patrick, Thompson, Nevin, Edwards.

Wellington: Collicoat, Tupaea, Whittaker, Jacobson, Munro; O'Sullivan, Greenland; Henry, Tamati, Jolley, Mellars, Tua, Murray. Int: Allbright, Pukepapu, Brooks.

> Toowoomba 22 (G. Robison 2, T. Arnold, W. Balderson tries; R. Stallman 5 goals) defeated Ipswich 12 (N. Bloxsidge, L. Harch tries; S. McNally 2, B. Pickering goals) at North Ipswich Reserve.
Date: Sun, 26th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Toowoomba 15-2. Referee: Randy Krause.

Ipswich: Brigginshaw, Bryant, Stallman, Pointing, Bloxsidge; Crear, Livermore; Pickering, Claus, Smith (C), Burgess, Quinn, Harm. Int: Dodds, McNally, Harch, O'Doherty.

Toowoomba: Weatherall, Briskey, Stallman, Smith, Balderson; Arnold, Robison; Sutton, McDermid, Lindenmeyer, Hancock, Connell, Platz (C). Int: O'Davis, Hannant, Ride, Simmons.

> Gold Coast Firsts 18 (B. Cock 2 tries; I. Dauth 6 goals) defeated North QLD 16 (M. Bolderson, K. Boustead tries; J. Grew 5 goals) at Owen Park.
Date: Wed, 29th March. Halftime: Gold Coast Firsts 14-2. Scrums: North QLD 16-11. Penalties: North QLD 18-14. Referee: Ian Smith.

Gold Coast Firsts: Inskip (C), Swann, Farrelly, Farrelly, Dauth; Wilson, Cranshaw; Wright, Hoffman, Lipp, Cock, McCosker, Grossi. Int: Byrnes, Bannah, Farrelly, Kendall.

North QLD: McIllwain, McDonnell, Boustead, Windeatt, Singleton; Tamaguchi, Miller; Fein, Gormley, Churchill, Duell, Grew, Luppi (C). Int: Trackson, Rolfe, Hedding, Bolderson.

> WA Firsts 21 (I. Walls 2, R. Shilliday, G. Taylor, C. Waller tries; R. Rice 2, I. Walls goals) defeated Northern Territory 18 (F. McCue 2, R. Cooper, B. Phillips tries; P. Gibbs 3 goals) at Richardson Park.
Date: Sun, 2nd April. Kickoff: 7:15 PM. Halftime: 8-all.

Northern Territory: Balch, Novelli, Cooper, Phillips, Beazley; Gibbs, De la Cruz; Jarrad, Elliott, Allia, Rodgers, McKenzie, McCue. Int: Cope, Jensen, Dowie, Bradbury.

WA Firsts: Shilliday, Waller, Mooney, Cherry (C), Bowler; Bell, Taylor; Rice, Lucas, Cullen, Robinson, Walls, Bradley. Int: Cumings, Harris-Walker, Allen, Constantine.

> Wide Bay 12 (D. Kelly, H. Pickering tries; B. McCrae 3 goals) defeated Central QLD 3 (C. O'Brien try) at Eskdale Park.
Date: Wed, 5th April. Kickoff: 8:00 PM. Halftime: Wide Bay 7-3.

Wide Bay: McCrae, Pickering, Dore, Kelly, Neundorf; Stephenson (C), Sutton; Horsnby, Gosden, Tobin, Cox, Goshnick, O'Sullivan. Int: Groves, Trunks, Thomas, Murray.

Central QLD: Rehbein, Cullen, Reynolds, O'Brien, Bowman; Goode, Navie; Moroko, Duncan, Apps (C), Heumiller, McGovern, Horstman. Int: Parle, Lorroway, Adsett, Nobbs.

> Western Division 12 (B. Johnston, D. Michael tries; D. Toohey 3 goals) defeated Southern Division 4 (G. Hilliard 2 goals) at Orana Park.
Date: Sat, 8th April. Kickoff: 8:30 PM. Halftime: Western Division 10-4. Referee: Giles O'Donnell.

Western Division: Sams, Toohey, Johnston, Anlezark, Michael; Hall, McWhirter; Northey, Brown (C), Parkes, Taylor, Woolley, Davey. Int: Coleman, Myers, Carpenter, McWilliams.

Southern Division: Williams (C), Hilliard, Rogers, Taylor, Redden; McKenzie, Chesham; Kain, Brain, Stafford, Downing, Jirgens, Quinn. Int: Herring, Walker, Bandiera, Bridge.