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1979 NSWRFL

See also

1979 BRL

Stats

Premiers: St George
Runners Up: Canterbury
Minor Premiers: St George
Wooden Spoon: North Sydney
Top Tryscorer: Tom Mooney, Mitch Brennan (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
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 50,991
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
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: 35.17

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.	St George	11	9	2	-	244	133	111	11	8	3	-	232	176	56	22	17	5	-	476	309	34	+167	21.64	14.05
2.	Parramatta	11	9	2	-	277	140	137	11	7	4	-	213	177	36	22	16	6	-	490	317	32	+173	22.27	14.41
3.	Cronulla	11	9	1	1	212	98	114	11	5	6	-	155	172	-17	22	14	7	1	367	270	29	+97	16.68	12.27
4.	Western Suburbs	11	7	4	-	203	148	55	11	7	4	-	193	164	29	22	14	8	-	396	312	28	+84	18.00	14.18
5.	Canterbury	11	8	3	-	181	141	40	11	5	6	-	198	169	29	22	13	9	-	379	310	26	+69	17.23	14.09
6.	Balmain	11	7	4	-	184	133	51	11	5	5	1	174	180	-6	22	12	9	1	358	313	25	+45	16.27	14.23
7.	Manly	11	7	4	-	201	156	45	11	4	6	1	140	197	-57	22	11	10	1	341	353	23	-12	15.50	16.05
8.	Eastern Suburbs	11	6	4	1	149	126	23	11	3	8	-	101	195	-94	22	9	12	1	250	321	19	-71	11.36	14.59
9.	Souths	11	5	6	-	176	170	6	11	4	7	-	110	159	-49	22	9	13	-	286	329	18	-43	13.00	14.95
10.	Penrith	11	4	6	1	159	217	-58	11	2	8	1	152	256	-104	22	6	14	2	311	473	14	-162	14.14	21.50
11.	Newtown	11	3	8	-	186	207	-21	11	3	8	-	135	216	-81	22	6	16	-	321	423	12	-102	14.59	19.23
12.	North Sydney	11	1	10	-	169	267	-98	11	1	10	-	133	280	-147	22	2	20	-	302	547	4	-245	13.73	24.86

Playoffs/Finals

Major Prelim Semi	Sep 1	Parramatta	24	Cronulla	4	G. Cook	SCG	28,335	>
Minor Prelim Semi	2	Canterbury	20	Western Suburbs	6	G. Hartley	SCG	22,104	>
Major Semi	8	St George	15	Parramatta	11	G. Cook	SCG	38,531	>
Minor Semi	9	Canterbury	30	Cronulla	15	G. Hartley	SCG	24,132	>
Prelim Final	15	Canterbury	20	Parramatta	14	G. Hartley	SCG	33,291	>
Grand Final	22	St George	17	Canterbury	13	G. Hartley	SCG	50,991	>

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	6th	12	9	1	358	313	Ron WILLEY	14	-	Larry COROWA	130	-	Wayne MIRANDA	Leichhardt	11,333
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	5th	13	9	0	379	310	Ted GLOSSOP	13	-	Peter MORTIMER Stan CUTLER	244	-	Steve GEARIN	Belmore	11,926	Runners Up
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	3rd	14	7	1	367	270	Norm PROVAN	13	-	Steve EDMONDS	86	-	Steve ROGERS	Endeavour	10,507	Minor Semi, AMCO Cup
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	8th	9	12	1	250	321	Bob FULTON	9	-	Mark HARRIS	69	-	Joe REAICHE	Sports Ground	7,440	Craven Mild Cup
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	7th	11	10	1	341	353	Frank STANTON	16	-	Tom MOONEY	155	-	Graham EADIE	Brookvale	12,231
Newtown Jets	11th	6	16	0	321	423	Warren RYAN	8	-	Mick RYAN	137	-	Ken WILSON	Henson	4,464
North Sydney Bears	12th	2	20	0	302	547	Tommy BISHOP	7	-	Allan SHEPPARD	136	-	Rod HENNIKER	North Sydney	4,266	Wooden Spoon
Parramatta Eels	2nd	16	6	0	490	317	Terry FEARNLEY	15	-	Michael CRONIN	253	-	Michael CRONIN	Cumberland	14,501	Prelim Final
Penrith Panthers	10th	6	14	2	311	473	Len STACKER	13	-	Steve MARTIN	61	-	Kevin DANN	Penrith Park	8,540
St George Dragons	1st	17	5	0	476	309	Harry BATH	16	-	Mitch BRENNAN	211	-	George GRANT	Kogarah	13,137	Premiers
South Sydney Rabbitohs	9th	9	13	0	286	329	Jack GIBSON	7	-	Nathan GIBBS Terry FAHEY	77	-	Terry FAHEY	Redfern	8,249
Western Suburbs Magpies	4th	14	8	0	396	312	Roy MASTERS	13	-	Wayne SMITH	151	-	John DORAHY	Lidcombe	10,190	Minor Prelim Semi