		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	St George	11	9	2	-	244	133	+111	11	8	3	-	232	176	+56	22	17	5	-	476	309	34	+167
2.	Parramatta	11	9	2	-	277	140	+137	11	7	4	-	213	177	+36	22	16	6	-	490	317	32	+173
3.	Cronulla	11	9	1	1	212	98	+114	11	5	6	-	155	172	-17	22	14	7	1	367	270	29	+97
4.	Western Suburbs	11	7	4	-	203	148	+55	11	7	4	-	193	164	+29	22	14	8	-	396	312	28	+84
5.	Canterbury	11	8	3	-	181	141	+40	11	5	6	-	198	169	+29	22	13	9	-	379	310	26	+69
6.	Balmain	11	7	4	-	184	133	+51	11	5	5	1	174	180	-6	22	12	9	1	358	313	25	+45
7.	Manly Warringah	11	7	4	-	201	156	+45	11	4	6	1	140	197	-57	22	11	10	1	341	353	23	-12
8.	Eastern Suburbs	11	6	4	1	149	126	+23	11	3	8	-	101	195	-94	22	9	12	1	250	321	19	-71
9.	South Sydney	11	5	6	-	176	170	+6	11	4	7	-	110	159	-49	22	9	13	-	286	329	18	-43
10.	Penrith	11	4	6	1	159	217	-58	11	2	8	1	152	256	-104	22	6	14	2	311	473	14	-162
11.	Newtown	11	3	8	-	186	207	-21	11	3	8	-	135	216	-81	22	6	16	-	321	423	12	-102
12.	North Sydney	11	1	10	-	169	267	-98	11	1	10	-	133	280	-147	22	2	20	-	302	547	4	-245
Total games played: 132 Total points scored: 4,277 Average points per game: 32.40 Best attack: Parramatta Eels (22.27 ppg - 137.47%) Best defense: Cronulla Sutherland Sharks (12.27 ppg - 75.74%) Worst attack: Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11.36 ppg - 70.12%) Worst defense: North Sydney Bears (24.86 ppg - 153.46%)

Team Name	Position	Extra Info	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Balmain Tigers	6th		12	9	1	358	313	R. WILLEY	14	-	L. COROWA	130	-	W. MIRANDA	Leichhardt	11,333
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	5th	Runners Up	16	10	0	462	362	T. GLOSSOP	13	-	P.J. MORTIMER, S. CUTLER	244	-	S. GEARIN	Belmore	11,926
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	3rd	Minor Semi	14	9	1	386	324	N. PROVAN	13	-	S. EDMONDS	86	-	S. ROGERS	Endeavour Field	10,507
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	8th		9	12	1	250	321	B. FULTON	9	-	M. HARRIS	69	-	J. REAICHE	Sports Ground	7,440
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	7th		11	10	1	341	353	F.R. STANTON	16	-	T.H. MOONEY	155	-	G. EADIE	Brookvale	12,231
Newtown Jets	11th		6	16	0	321	423	W. RYAN	9	-	M. RYAN	137	-	K. WILSON	Henson	4,464
North Sydney Bears	12th	Wooden Spoon	2	20	0	302	547	T. BISHOP	7	-	A. SHEPPARD	136	-	R. HENNIKER	North Sydney	4,266
Parramatta Eels	2nd	Prelim Final	17	8	0	539	356	T. FEARNLEY	15	-	M.W. CRONIN	253	-	M.W. CRONIN	Cumberland	14,501
Penrith Panthers	10th		6	14	2	311	473	L. STACKER	13	-	S.G. MARTIN	61	-	K. DANN	Penrith	8,540
St George Dragons	1st	Premiers	19	5	0	508	333	H. BATH	16	-	M. BRENNAN	211	-	G. GRANT	Kogarah	13,137
South Sydney Rabbitohs	9th		9	13	0	286	329	J.A. GIBSON	7	-	N. GIBBS, T. FAHEY	77	-	T. FAHEY	Redfern	8,249
Western Suburbs Magpies	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	14	9	0	402	332	R. MASTERS	13	-	W. SMITH	151	-	J. DORAHY	Lidcombe	10,190

NSWRFL 1979