1974 Amco Cup

The 1974 Amco Cup was the 1st edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup, a NSWRFL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRFL, the CRL and the NZRL.

A total of 21 teams from across New South Wales and New Zealand played 20 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.

The Competition was originally going to have the 12 NSWRFL Premiership teams, the top 4 Brisbane Rugby League teams and the top 4 Country Divisional teams from the previous year. But when the Brisbane Rugby League teams and the winner of the 1973 CRL Championship, Newcastle declined to participate in the tournament, the remaining CRL Divisional teams, the 1973 New Zealand Inter-District Premiers, Auckland and the 1973 NSWRFL Second Division Runners-Up, Ryde-Eastwood were invited to compete instead.

Qualified Teams

Teams	League	Qualification
Template:Leagueicon Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Premiership Winners
Template:Leagueicon Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Runners-Up
Template:Leagueicon Newtown Jets	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Semi-finalists
Template:Leagueicon St. George Dragons	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Semi-finalists
Template:Leagueicon Canterbury-Bankstown Berries	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Semi-finalists
Template:Leagueicon Eastern Suburbs Roosters	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Sixth Place
Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Seventh Place
Template:Leagueicon North Sydney Bears	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Eighth Place
Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs Magpies	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Ninth Place
Template:Leagueicon Balmain Tigers	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Tenth Place
Template:Leagueicon Parramatta Eels	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Eleventh Place
Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Twelfth Place
Template:Leagueicon Ryde-Eastwood Hawks	NSWRFL	1973 NSWRFL Second Division Runners-Up1
Template:Leagueicon Southern Division (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Runners-Up
Template:Leagueicon Riverina (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Semi-finalists
Template:Leagueicon Northern Division (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Semi-finalists
Template:Leagueicon Illawarra (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Fifth Place
Template:Leagueicon Western Division (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Sixth Place
Template:Leagueicon Monaro (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Seventh Place
Template:Leagueicon North Coast (Capitals)	CRL	1973 CRL Championship Eighth Place
Template:Leagueicon Auckland Falcons	NZRL	1973 NZRL Premiership Winners

¹ Replaced Wentworthville who declined to participate.

Venues

Sydney		Queanbeyan	Orange
Leichhardt Oval	Belmore Sports Ground	Seiffert Oval	Wade Park
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000
File:Leichhardt Oval Football Stadium (3).jpg	File:BELMORE OVAL CONCOURSE.jpg

Round 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue	Referee
Eastern Suburbs Roosters Template:Leagueicon	22 – 6	Template:Leagueicon Western Suburbs Magpies	Wednesday, 10 April	Belmore Sports Ground	Greg Hartley
Parramatta Template:Leagueicon	39 – 11	Template:Leagueicon Riverina	Wednesday, 17 April	Leichhardt Oval	Laurie Bruyeres
North Sydney Bears Template:Leagueicon	19 – 7	Template:Leagueicon North Coast	Wednesday, 24 April	Leichhardt Oval	D. McDonald
Balmain Tigers Template:Leagueicon	11 – 22	Template:Leagueicon St George Dragons	Wednesday, 1 May	Leichhardt Oval	Keith Page
Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon	18 – 10	Template:Leagueicon Ryde-Eastwood Hawks	Wednesday, 8 May	Leichhardt Oval

Round 2

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue	Referee
Newtown Jets Template:Leagueicon	14 – 18	Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wednesday, 15 May	Leichhardt Oval
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Template:Leagueicon	34 – 10	Template:Leagueicon Parramatta	Wednesday, 22 May	Leichhardt Oval
Western Division Template:Leagueicon	13 – 7	Template:Leagueicon Auckland Falcons	Wednesday, 12 June	Leichhardt Oval	Laurie Bruyeres
Canterbury-Bankstown Berries Template:Leagueicon	22 – 19	Template:Leagueicon Illawarra	Wednesday, 19 June	Seiffert Oval	Keith Page
Monaro Template:Leagueicon	21 – 32	Template:Leagueicon Eastern Suburbs Roosters	Wednesday, 19 June	Seiffert Oval	Geoff Cook
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Template:Leagueicon	14 – 15	Template:Leagueicon Southern Division	Wednesday, 26 June	Leichhardt Oval	Laurie Bruyeres
North Sydney Bears Template:Leagueicon	14 – 19	Template:Leagueicon Northern Division	Wednesday, 3 July	Leichhardt Oval	Keith Holman
St George Dragons Template:Leagueicon	3 – 14	Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers	Wednesday, 17 July	Leichhardt Oval

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referees
Quarter-finals
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Template:Leagueicon	22 – 7	Template:Leagueicon South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wednesday, 10 July	Leichhardt Oval
Canterbury-Bankstown Berries Template:Leagueicon	10 – 12	Template:Leagueicon Western Division	Wednesday, 17 July	Leichhardt Oval	Keith Holman
Eastern Suburbs Roosters Template:Leagueicon	18 – 10	Template:Leagueicon Southern Division	Wednesday, 24 July	Leichhardt Oval	Les Ballard
Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon	31 – 11	Template:Leagueicon Northern Division	Wednesday, 31 July	Leichhardt Oval	Keith Page
Semi-finals
Western Division Template:Leagueicon	12* – 12	Template:Leagueicon Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Wednesday, 7 August	Wade Park	Jack Danzey
Eastern Suburbs Roosters Template:Leagueicon	9 – 10	Template:Leagueicon Penrith Panthers	Wednesday, 14 August	Leichhardt Oval
Final
Penrith Panthers Template:Leagueicon	2 – 6	Template:Leagueicon Western Division	Wednesday, 21 August	Leichhardt Oval	Laurie Bruyeres

• *- advanced after a penalty count-back

Awards

Golden Try

• Malcolm Reilly (Manly-Warringah)