NSWRFL 1978

Stats

Premiers
Manly 
Runners Up
Cronulla 
Minor Premiers
Western Suburbs 
Wooden Spoon
Newtown 
Top Tryscorer
Larry Corowa (24)
Top Pointscorer
Michael Cronin (282)
No. Of Teams
12
No. Of Games
140
No. Of Players
358
No. Of Tries
789
No. Of Goals
993
No. Of F.Goals
22
Total Attendance
1,582,914
Average Crowd
11,639
Highest Crowd
51,510
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
51,510
Lowest Crowd
1,515
Mean Scoreline
22-10
Median Scoreline
19-9
Highest Scoreline
18-62
Lowest Scoreline
3-7
Highest Team Score
Parramatta (62-18)
Average PPG

Ladder

 HomeAwayOverallStats
TeamPWLDFAPD PWLDFAPD PWLDFAPtsPDFPGAPGAtt%Def%
1. Western Suburbs1111--24510813711551181180122165142628833+13819.3613.09
2. Cronulla1192-2461051411165-1721561622157-41826130+15719.0011.86
  Manly1183-239145941174-1881424622157-42728730+14019.4113.05
4. Canterbury117311671343311641140139122137230727328+3413.9512.41
  Parramatta1174-2521351171174-27317110222148-52530628+21923.8613.91
6. Eastern Suburbs1183-196144521156-141136522139-33728026+5715.3212.73
7. Souths11641139172-331165-1591283122129129830025-213.5513.64
8. St George1155116015551156-2071998221011136735421+1316.6816.09
9. Balmain1155116716521147-170179-922912133734419-715.3215.64
10. Penrith1128198224-12611281108239-13122416220646310-2579.3621.05
11. North Sydney1138-1911741711191134265-1312241713254399-11414.7719.95
12. Newtown11110-109302-1931119190275-1852221911995775-3789.0526.23

Playoffs/Finals

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Major Prelim Semi Aug 26 Cronulla 17 Manly 12 J. Danzey Jnr SCG 17,718 View
Minor Prelim Semi 27 Parramatta 22 Canterbury 15 G. Hartley SCG 24,967 View
Major Semi Sep 2 Cronulla 14 Western Suburbs 10 J. Danzey Jnr SCG 22,789 View
Minor Semi 3 Parramatta 13 Manly 13 G. Hartley SCG 30,850 View
Minor Semi Rep. 6 Manly 17 Parramatta 11 G. Hartley SCG 42,678 View
Prelim Final 9 Manly 14 Western Suburbs 7 G. Hartley SCG 27,345 View
Grand Final 16 Manly 11 Cronulla 11 G. Hartley SCG 51,510 View
Grand Final Rep. 19 Manly 16 Cronulla 0 G. Hartley SCG 33,552 View

 

Team Stats

Team Name Position W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Coach(es) Captain(s) Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Home Crowd Avg Extra Info
Balmain Tigers 9th 9 12 1 337 344 Willey Ryan, Maybury, Lavers, McMahon 24 - Corowa 72 -Corowa Leichhardt
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 4th 13 7 2 307 273 Glossop Peponis, Pickup 9 - Peponis 137 -Gearin Belmore Minor Prelim Semi
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 2nd 15 7 0 418 261 Provan Pierce, Rogers, McMartin 11 - Mullane Jnr 133 -Andrews Endeavour Runners Up
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 6th 13 9 0 337 280 Beetson Fulton, Beetson, O'Reilly, Harris 10 - Hastings 127 -Stevens Sports Ground AMCO Cup
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2nd 15 7 0 427 287 Stanton Randall, Eadie, Krilich 11 - Mooney 134 -Gray Brookvale Premiers
Newtown Jets 12th 2 19 1 199 577 Broughton, Raper Wood, Casey, Wright, Fogarty 12 - Ribot 57 -Kermode Henson Wooden Spoon
North Sydney Bears 11th 4 17 1 325 439 Hamilton Hamilton, Harris, Foye 14 - Craig 127 -Schofield North Sydney Channel Ten Challenge Cup
Parramatta Eels 4th 14 8 0 525 306 Fearnley Price, Murray, Gerard 16 - Cronin 282 -Cronin Cumberland Minor Semi Final Replay
Penrith Panthers 10th 4 16 2 206 463 Parish Stephenson, Wilson, Gould 7 - Gigg 77 -Gould Penrith Park
St George Dragons 8th 10 11 1 367 354 Bath Edge, Shulman, Reddy 14 - Brennan 68 -Grant Kogarah
South Sydney Rabbitohs 7th 12 9 1 298 300 Gibson Piggins, Sait, Bampton 8 - Wright 121 -Ferguson Redfern Craven Mild Cup
Western Suburbs Magpies 1st 16 5 1 426 288 Masters Raudonikis, Dorahy 9 - Smith 229 -Rowles Lidcombe Prelim Final