Team |
Nickname |
League |
Qualification |
Participation (bold indicates winners)1 |
Enter in Round 2 |
Hawthorn |
Hawks |
VFL |
Winners of the 1978 Victorian Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1971, 1976) |
North Melbourne |
Kangaroos |
VFL |
Runners-Up in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976) |
Collingwood |
Magpies |
VFL |
Third Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1896, 1910) |
Carlton |
Blues |
VFL |
Fourth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
8th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976) |
Geelong |
Cats |
VFL |
Fifth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
1st |
East Perth |
Royals |
WANFL |
Winners of the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1972, 1977, 1978) |
Perth |
Demons |
WANFL |
Runners-Up in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978) |
South Fremantle |
Bulldogs |
WANFL |
Third Place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1976, 1977) |
Australian Capital Territory |
Rams |
ACTAFL |
State Representative Team |
3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978) |
Enter in Round 1 |
St Kilda |
Saints |
VFL |
Sixth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
1st |
Richmond |
Tigers |
VFL |
Seventh Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
5th (Previous: 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976) |
South Melbourne |
Swans |
VFL |
Eighth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
4th (Previous: 1888, 1890, 1909) |
Fitzroy |
Lions |
VFL |
Ninth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1913) |
Essendon |
Bombers |
VFL |
Tenth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
3rd (Previous: 1893, 1911) |
Footscray |
Bulldogs |
VFL |
Eleventh Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1976) |
Melbourne |
Demons |
VFL |
Twelfth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League |
1st |
West Perth |
Falcons |
WANFL |
Fourth Place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
5th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978) |
Claremont |
Tigers |
WANFL |
Fifth Place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1977) |
East Fremantle |
Sharks |
WANFL |
Sixth Place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
4th (Previous: 1974, 1977, 1978) |
Subiaco |
Lions |
WANFL |
Seventh Place 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1973) |
Swan Districts |
Swans |
WANFL |
Eighth Place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League |
2nd (Previous: 1976) |
New South Wales |
Blues |
NSWAFL |
State Representative Team |
3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978) |
Tasmania |
Devils |
TANFL |
State Representative Team |
4th (Previous: 1974, 1977, 1978) |