NSWRFL 1979

Stats

Premiers
St George 
Runners Up
Canterbury 
Minor Premiers
St George 
Wooden Spoon
North Sydney 
Top Tryscorer
Mitch Brennan, Tom Mooney (16)
Top Pointscorer
Michael Cronin (253)
No. Of Teams
12
No. Of Games
138
No. Of Players
378
No. Of Tries
821
No. Of Goals
992
No. Of F.Goals
19
Total Attendance
1,500,369
Average Crowd
10,872
Highest Crowd
50,991
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
50,991
Lowest Crowd
2,112
Mean Scoreline
22-11
Median Scoreline
20-10
Highest Scoreline
17-48
Lowest Scoreline
0-4
Highest Team Score
Parramatta (48-17)
Average PPG

Ladder

 HomeAwayOverallStats
TeamPWLDFAPD PWLDFAPD PWLDFAPtsPDFPGAPGAtt%Def%
1. St George1192-2441331111183-2321765622175-47630934+16721.6414.05
2. Parramatta1192-2771401371174-2131773622166-49031732+17322.2714.41
3. Cronulla11911212981141156-155172-1722147136727029+9716.6812.27
4. Western Suburbs1174-203148551174-1931642922148-39631228+8418.0014.18
5. Canterbury1183-181141401156-1981692922139-37931026+6917.2314.09
6. Balmain1174-1841335111551174180-622129135831325+4516.2714.23
7. Manly1174-2011564511461140197-57221110134135323-1215.5016.05
8. Eastern Suburbs11641149126231138-101195-9422912125032119-7111.3614.59
9. Souths1156-17617061147-110159-4922913-28632918-4313.0014.95
10. Penrith11461159217-5811281152256-10422614231147314-16214.1421.50
11. Newtown1138-186207-211138-135216-8122616-32142312-10214.5919.23
12. North Sydney11110-169267-9811110-133280-14722220-3025474-24513.7324.86

Playoffs/Finals

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Major Prelim Semi Sep 1 Parramatta 24 Cronulla 4 G. Cook SCG 28,335 View
Minor Prelim Semi 2 Canterbury 20 Western Suburbs 6 G. Hartley SCG 22,104 View
Major Semi 8 St George 15 Parramatta 11 G. Cook SCG 38,531 View
Minor Semi 9 Canterbury 30 Cronulla 15 G. Hartley SCG 24,132 View
Prelim Final 15 Canterbury 20 Parramatta 14 G. Hartley SCG 33,291 View
Grand Final 22 St George 17 Canterbury 13 G. Hartley SCG 50,991 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 6th 12 9 1 358 313 Willey Oliphant, McMahon 14 - Corowa 130 -Miranda Leichhardt
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 5th 13 9 0 379 310 Glossop Peponis, Hughes 13 - Mortimer, Cutler 244 -Gearin Belmore Runners Up
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 3rd 14 7 1 367 270 Provan Rogers, McMartin, Pierce 13 - Edmonds 86 -Rogers Endeavour AMCO Cup
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 8th 9 12 1 250 321 Fulton Fulton, O'Reilly 9 - Harris 69 -Reaiche Sports Ground Craven Mild Cup
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 7th 11 10 1 341 353 Stanton Krilich, Thompson 16 - Mooney 155 -Eadie Brookvale
Newtown Jets 11th 6 16 0 321 423 Ryan Ryan, Wilson 8 - Ryan 137 -Wilson Henson
North Sydney Bears 12th 2 20 0 302 547 Bishop Harris, Foye, Schofield, Smith 7 - Sheppard 136 -Henniker North Sydney Wooden Spoon
Parramatta Eels 2nd 16 6 0 490 317 Fearnley Price, Cronin 15 - Cronin 253 -Cronin Cumberland Prelim Final
Penrith Panthers 10th 6 14 2 311 473 Stacker Pethybridge, Gould, Ryan 13 - Martin 61 -Dann Penrith Park
St George Dragons 1st 17 5 0 476 309 Bath Quinn, Reddy, Young, Edge 16 - Brennan 211 -Grant Kogarah Premiers
South Sydney Rabbitohs 9th 9 13 0 286 329 Gibson Bampton, Peek, McMillan, Fahey, Laurie 7 - Fahey, Gibbs 77 -Fahey Redfern
Western Suburbs Magpies 4th 14 8 0 396 312 Masters Raudonikis, O'Grady, Dorahy 13 - Smith 151 -Dorahy Lidcombe Minor Prelim Semi