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1978 NSWRFL

See also

1978 BRL

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
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 51,510
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
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: 33.4

Ladder

		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	FPG	APG
1.	Western Suburbs	11	11	-	-	245	108	137	11	5	5	1	181	180	1	22	16	5	1	426	288	33	+138	19.36	13.09
2.	Cronulla	11	9	2	-	246	105	141	11	6	5	-	172	156	16	22	15	7	-	418	261	30	+157	19.00	11.86
	Manly	11	8	3	-	239	145	94	11	7	4	-	188	142	46	22	15	7	-	427	287	30	+140	19.41	13.05
4.	Canterbury	11	7	3	1	167	134	33	11	6	4	1	140	139	1	22	13	7	2	307	273	28	+34	13.95	12.41
	Parramatta	11	7	4	-	252	135	117	11	7	4	-	273	171	102	22	14	8	-	525	306	28	+219	23.86	13.91
6.	Eastern Suburbs	11	8	3	-	196	144	52	11	5	6	-	141	136	5	22	13	9	-	337	280	26	+57	15.32	12.73
7.	Souths	11	6	4	1	139	172	-33	11	6	5	-	159	128	31	22	12	9	1	298	300	25	-2	13.55	13.64
8.	St George	11	5	5	1	160	155	5	11	5	6	-	207	199	8	22	10	11	1	367	354	21	+13	16.68	16.09
9.	Balmain	11	5	5	1	167	165	2	11	4	7	-	170	179	-9	22	9	12	1	337	344	19	-7	15.32	15.64
10.	Penrith	11	2	8	1	98	224	-126	11	2	8	1	108	239	-131	22	4	16	2	206	463	10	-257	9.36	21.05
11.	North Sydney	11	3	8	-	191	174	17	11	1	9	1	134	265	-131	22	4	17	1	325	439	9	-114	14.77	19.95
12.	Newtown	11	1	10	-	109	302	-193	11	1	9	1	90	275	-185	22	2	19	1	199	577	5	-378	9.05	26.23

Playoffs/Finals

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

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	9th	9	12	1	337	344	Ron WILLEY	24	-	Larry COROWA	72	-	Larry COROWA	Leichhardt	8,510
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	4th	13	7	2	307	273	Ted GLOSSOP	9	-	George PEPONIS	137	-	Steve GEARIN	Belmore	14,332	Minor Prelim Semi
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	2nd	15	7	0	418	261	Norm PROVAN	11	-	Mick MULLANE JNR	133	-	Barry ANDREWS	Endeavour	11,224	Runners Up
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	6th	13	9	0	337	280	Arthur BEETSON	10	-	Kevin HASTINGS	127	-	Kevin STEVENS	Sports Ground	10,838	AMCO Cup
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2nd	15	7	0	427	287	Frank STANTON	11	-	Tom MOONEY	134	-	John GRAY	Brookvale	13,503	Premiers
Newtown Jets	12th	2	19	1	199	577	Paul BROUGHTON John RAPER	12	-	John RIBOT	57	-	Mick KERMODE	Henson	3,816	Wooden Spoon
North Sydney Bears	11th	4	17	1	325	439	Bill HAMILTON	14	-	Peter CRAIG	127	-	Peter SCHOFIELD	North Sydney	4,121	Channel Ten Challenge Cup
Parramatta Eels	4th	14	8	0	525	306	Terry FEARNLEY	16	-	Michael CRONIN	282	-	Michael CRONIN	Cumberland	12,586	Minor Semi Final Replay
Penrith Panthers	10th	4	16	2	206	463	Don PARISH	7	-	Ross GIGG	77	-	Phil GOULD	Penrith Park	6,143
St George Dragons	8th	10	11	1	367	354	Harry BATH	14	-	Mitch BRENNAN	68	-	George GRANT	Kogarah	13,071
South Sydney Rabbitohs	7th	12	9	1	298	300	Jack GIBSON	8	-	Gary WRIGHT	121	-	Eric FERGUSON	Redfern	11,934	Craven Mild Cup
Western Suburbs Magpies	1st	16	5	1	426	288	Roy MASTERS	9	-	Wayne SMITH	229	-	Peter ROWLES	Lidcombe	10,635	Prelim Final