1978 NFL Championship Series (Australia)
1978 NFL Championship SeriesNFL Escort Cup |
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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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Champions | South Adelaide (1st title) |
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Runners-up | Glenelg |
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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 third edition of the NFL Night Series, an 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 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
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Nickname
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League
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Qualification
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Participation (bold indicates winners)1
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Port Adelaide
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Magpies
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SANFL
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Winners of the 1977 South Australian National Football League
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7th (Previous: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1976, 1977)
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Glenelg
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Tigers
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SANFL
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Runners-Up in the 1977 South Australian National Football League
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4th (Previous: 1973, 1976, 1977)
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West Adelaide
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Bloods
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SANFL
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Third Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League
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5th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1977)
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South Adelaide
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Panthers
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SANFL
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Fourth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League
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4th (Previous: 1893, 1896, 1977)
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Norwood
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Redlegs
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SANFL
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Fifth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League
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6th (Previous: 1888, 1907, 1975, 1976, 1977)
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Perth
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Demons
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WANFL
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Winners of the 1977 Western Australian National Football League
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2nd (Previous: 1977)
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East Fremantle
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Sharks
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WANFL
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Runners-Up in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League
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3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977)
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West Perth
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Falcons
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WANFL
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Third Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League
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4th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1977)
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East Perth
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Royals
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WANFL
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Fourth Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League
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2nd (Previous: 1972, 1977)
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Port Melbourne
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Boroughs
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VFA
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Winners of the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership
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2nd (Previous: 1977)
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Sandringham
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Zebras
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VFA
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Runners-Up in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership
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1st
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Coburg
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Lions
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VFA
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Third Place in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership
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1st
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Australian Capital Territory
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Rams
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ACTAFL
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State Representative Team
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2nd (Previous: 1977)
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New South Wales
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Blues
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NSWAFL
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State Representative Team
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2nd (Previous: 1977)
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Queensland
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Maroons
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QAFL
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State Representative Team
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2nd (Previous: 1977)
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Tasmania
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Devils
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TANFL
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State Representative Team
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3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977)
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Venues
Knockout stage
Round 1
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
NFL Championship Series final
Final 25 July 1978
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South Adelaide
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63-26
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Glenelg
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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)
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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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References
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