New South Wales Competitions 1977

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Sydney
Newcastle


Representative Games

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Midweek Cup (Amco Cup)

Competing teams: (38) the 12 Sydney teams, the 8 NSW Country divisional teams, the 8 Brisbane teams, 5 Queensland Country divisional teams (Central Queensland, Ipswich, North Queensland, Toowoomba and Wide Bay), 2 New Zealand teams (Auckland and Canterbury), Western Australia, Northern Territory, and the second division premiers Ryde-Eastwood.

Player of the Series: Graeme O'Grady (Western Suburbs).

I am missing the results of 5 matches.

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Round 1:

    Central Queensland 7 drew with Wide Bay 7.
      (Central Queensland advanced on penalties.)
    Northern Division 26 beat Newcastle 17.
    North Coast 40 beat Ipswich 22.
    Western Australia versus Northern Territory.
    Monaro beat Southern Division.

Round 2:

    Past Brothers 16 beat Wynnum-Manly 15.
    St George 22 beat Balmain 12.
    Toowoomba 31 beat North Queensland 13.
    Cronulla Sutherland 75 beat Central Queensland 3.
    Redcliffe 19 beat Brisbane Western Suburbs 10.
    Western Suburbs 60 beat Northern Suburbs 0.
    Parramatta 21 beat North Sydney 7.
    Penrith 36 beat Western Division 5.
    Fortitude Valley 19 beat Illawara 10.
    Eastern Suburbs 16 beat Manly Warringah 8.
    Monaro 21 beat Brisbane Eastern Suburbs 18.
    Newtown 32 beat Riverina 3.
    Northern Division 23 beat Auckland 2.
    Canterbury Bankstown beat North Coast.
    South Sydney beat Western Australia or Northern Territory.
    Southern Suburbs beat New Zealand Canterbury.

Round 3:

    St George 18 beat Cronulla Sutherland 17.
    Canterbury Bankstown 25 beat Toowoomba 15.
    Western Suburbs 20 beat Redcliffe 2.
    Fortitude Valley 13 beat Past Brothers 9.
    Monaro 12 beat South Sydney 3.
    Penrith 18 beat Newtown 16.
    Northern Division 34 beat Southern Suburbs 20.
    Eastern Suburbs 19 beat Parramatta 2.

Quarterfinals:

    Western Suburbs 27 beat St George 7.
    Penrith 17 beat Northern Division 10.
    Eastern Suburbs 35 beat Fortitude Valley 2.
    Canterbury Bankstown 33 beat Monaro 10.

Semifinals:

    Eastern Suburbs 18 beat Penrith 7.
    Western Suburbs 8 beat Canterbury Bankstown 7.

Final:

    Western Suburbs 6 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.

Prizemoney: Western Suburbs $60,000; Eastern Suburbs $15,500; Penrith, Canterbury Bankstown $8,500; winners of preliminaries $1,250.

Caltex CRL Championship

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Round 1:

    Monaro 33 beat Illawarra 10.
    Newcastle 24 beat North Coast 10.
    Riverina 20 beat Western Division 14.
    Southern Division 22 beat Northern Division 17.

Semifinals:

    Monaro 51 beat Riverina 16.
    Newcastle 31 beat Southern Division 14.

Final:

    Monaro 33 beat Newcastle 13.

Sydney

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Preseason (Wills Cup)

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 1 North Sydney          3  2  0  1  -   56   28   28   4
 2 Eastern Suburbs       3  2  0  1  -   45   24   21   4
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 3 Canterbury Bankstown  3  2  0  1  -   39   24   15   4
 4 Manly Warringah       3  2  0  1  -   42   33    9   4
 5 Penrith               3  2  0  1  -   36   34    2   4
 6 Balmain               3  2  0  1  -   30   34   -4   4
 7 South Sydney          3  1  0  2  -   40   40    0   2
 8 Parramatta            3  1  0  2  -   26   31   -5   2
 9 Cronulla Sutherland   3  1  0  2  -   25   30   -5   2
10 Western Suburbs       3  1  0  2  -   16   22   -6   2
11 Newtown               3  1  0  2  -   19   43  -24   2
12 St George             3  1  0  2  -   18   49  -31   2

Final:

    Eastern Suburbs 13 beat North Sydney 9.

First Grade Premiership

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 1 Parramatta           22 19  0  3  -  448  280  168  38
 2 St George            22 17  0  5  -  402  260  142  34
 3 Eastern Suburbs      22 15  1  6  -  392  207  185  31
 4 Balmain              22 13  2  7  -  417  288  129  28
 5 Manly Warringah      22 14  0  8  -  352  269   83  28
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 6 Cronulla Sutherland  22 13  0  9  -  433  312  121  26
 7 Canterbury Bankstown 22 10  1 11  -  283  239   44  21
 8 North Sydney         22 10  1 11  -  377  390  -13  21
 9 Western Suburbs      22  7  0 15  -  247  438 -191  14
10 Penrith              22  6  1 15  -  319  408  -89  13
11 South Sydney         22  3  0 19  -  250  479 -229   6
12 Newtown              22  2  0 20  -  254  604 -350   4

Preliminary Semifinals:

    St George 19 beat Eastern Suburbs 14.
    Balmain 21 beat Manly Warringah 15.

Semifinals:

    St George 10 beat Parramatta 5.
    Eastern Suburbs 26 beat Balmain 2.

Preliminary Final:

    Parramatta 13 beat Eastern Suburbs 5.

Grand Final:

    St George 9 drew with Parramatta 9.
      (St George won the replay 22-0.)