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
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
10,402
Highest Crowd
51,510
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
44,507
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

 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

Finals Results

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

 

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

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 10 17 1 386 429 Willey Ryan, Maybury, Lavers, McMahon 24 - Corowa 72 -Corowa Leichhardt * 8,510
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 4th 17 11 2 389 358 Glossop Peponis, Pickup 9 - Peponis 135 -Gearin Belmore * 14,332 Minor Prelim Semi
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 2nd 21 11 1 606 417 Provan Pierce, Rogers, McMartin 11 - Mullane Jnr 133 -Andrews Endeavour * 11,224 Runners Up
Eastern Suburbs Roosters 6th 19 11 0 438 332 Beetson Fulton, Beetson, O'Reilly, Harris 10 - Hastings 127 -Stevens Sports Ground * 10,838 AMCO Cup
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2nd 22 10 2 617 411 Stanton Randall, Eadie, Krilich 11 - Mooney 134 -Gray Brookvale * 13,503 Premiers
Newtown Jets 12th 5 23 1 306 665 Broughton, Raper Wood, Casey, Wright, Fogarty 12 - Ribot 57 -Kermode Henson * 3,816 Wooden Spoon
North Sydney Bears 11th 9 20 1 465 566 Hamilton Hamilton, Harris, Foye 14 - Craig 127 -Schofield North Sydney 3,982 Channel Ten Challenge Cup
Parramatta Eels 4th 18 11 1 661 421 Fearnley Price, Murray, Gerard 16 - Cronin 282 -Cronin Cumberland * 12,586 Minor Semi Final Replay
Penrith Panthers 10th 5 20 2 241 551 Parish Stephenson, Wilson, Gould 7 - Gigg 77 -Gould Penrith Park 6,143
St George Dragons 8th 13 16 1 496 452 Bath Edge, Shulman, Reddy, Quinn 14 - Brennan 68 -Grant Kogarah 13,071
South Sydney Rabbitohs 7th 20 11 1 413 378 Gibson Piggins, Sait, Bampton 8 - Wright 121 -Ferguson Redfern * 11,934 Craven Mild Cup
Western Suburbs Magpies 1st 19 9 1 516 359 Masters Raudonikis, Dorahy 9 - Smith 230 -Rowles Lidcombe 10,635 Prelim Final