1978 NFL Championship SeriesNFL Escort Cup |
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Tournament details |
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Dates |
25 April - 25 July 1978 |
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Teams |
16 |
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Venue(s) |
4 (in 4 host cities) |
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Final positions |
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Champions |
South Adelaide (1st title) |
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Runners-up |
Glenelg |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played |
15 |
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Attendance |
52,529 (3,502 per match) |
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The 1978 NFL Championship Series was the 3rd edition of the NFL Night Series, a NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the WANFL, the VFA and State Representative Teams.[1]
The 1978 NFL edition would continued on a similar basis to the previous season with the VFL again running their own Night Series at VFL Park. However, the first signs of a breakaway appeared with the Tasmanian Representative Side choosing to participate in both the NFL and VFL competitions - making them the first non-VFL team to play in the VFL Night Series.
Qualified Teams
Team |
Nickname |
League |
Qualification |
Participation (bold indicates winners)1 |
Port Adelaide |
Magpies |
SANFL |
Winners of the 1977 South Australian National Football League |
7th (Previous: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1976, 1977) |
Glenelg |
Tigers |
SANFL |
Runners-Up in the 1977 South Australian National Football League |
4th (Previous: 1973, 1976, 1977) |
West Adelaide |
Bloods |
SANFL |
Third Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League |
5th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1977) |
South Adelaide |
Panthers |
SANFL |
Fourth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League |
4th (Previous: 1893, 1896, 1977) |
Norwood |
Redlegs |
SANFL |
Fifth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League |
6th (Previous: 1888, 1907, 1975, 1976, 1977) |
Perth |
Demons |
WANFL |
Winners of the 1977 Western Australian National Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
East Fremantle |
Sharks |
WANFL |
Runners-Up in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977) |
West Perth |
Falcons |
WANFL |
Third Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League |
4th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1977) |
East Perth |
Royals |
WANFL |
Fourth Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1972, 1977) |
Port Melbourne |
Boroughs |
VFA |
Winners of the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
Sandringham |
Zebras |
VFA |
Runners-Up in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership |
1st |
Coburg |
Lions |
VFA |
Third Place in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership |
1st |
Australian Capital Territory |
Rams |
ACTAFL |
State Representative Team |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
New South Wales |
Blues |
NSWAFL |
State Representative Team |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
Queensland |
Maroons |
QAFL |
State Representative Team |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
Tasmania |
Devils |
TANFL |
State Representative Team |
3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977) |
Knockout stage
NFL Championship Series Final
Final 25 July 1978 |
South Adelaide |
63-26 |
Glenelg |
Norwood Oval, Adelaide |
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3.0 (18) 4.2 (26) 5.3 (33) 9.9 (63) |
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1.3 (9) 2.6 (18) 2.7 (19) 3.8 (26) |
Attendance: 9,000 Umpires: Peter Mead
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Goals |
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Ruscuklic, Hateley, Lyons 2 Harradine, Keam, Schneebichler 1 |
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Rady, McFarlane, Cornes 1 |
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