1978 NFL Championship Series (Australia)

October 2026 December 2017 NFL Championship Series 1978 NFL Escort Cup 25 April – 25 July 1978 16 4 4 South Adelaide 1 Glenelg 15 1977 1979 The 1978 NFL Championship Series was the third edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the WANFL, the VFA and State Representative Teams.http://www.hardballget.net/npm-nfl-1978-escort-cup.html David Eastman 1978 NFL Escort Cup The 1978 NFL edition continued on a similar basis to the previous season with the VFL again running their own Night Series at VFL Park. However, the first signs of a breakaway appeared with the Tasmanian Representative Side choosing to participate in both the NFL and VFL competitions – making them the first non-VFL team to play in the VFL Night Series. Qualified teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1Port AdelaideMagpiesSANFLWinners of the 1977 South Australian National Football League7th (Previous: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1976, 1977)GlenelgTigersSANFLRunners-Up in the 1977 South Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1973, 1976, 1977)West AdelaideBloodsSANFLThird Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League5th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1977)South AdelaidePanthersSANFLFourth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1893, 1896, 1977)NorwoodRedlegsSANFLFifth Place in the 1977 South Australian National Football League6th (Previous: 1888, 1907, 1975, 1976, 1977)PerthDemonsWANFLWinners of the 1977 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1977)East FremantleSharksWANFLRunners-Up in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977)West PerthFalconsWANFLThird Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1977)East PerthRoyalsWANFLFourth Place in the 1977 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1972, 1977)Port MelbourneBoroughsVFAWinners of the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership2nd (Previous: 1977)SandringhamZebrasVFARunners-Up in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership1stCoburgLionsVFAThird Place in the 1977 Victorian Football Association Premiership1stAustralian Capital TerritoryRamsACTAFL State Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1977)New South WalesBluesNSWAFLState Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1977)QueenslandMaroonsQAFLState Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1977)TasmaniaDevilsTANFLState Representative Team3rd (Previous: 1974, 1977) 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia. Venues AdelaideMelbournePerthBrisbane Norwood Oval Lake Oval Subiaco Oval Brisbane Cricket Ground Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 53,000 Capacity: 35,000 150px 150px 190px 150px Knockout stage Round 1 25 April 1978 Perth 94-76 West Adelaide 14.10 (94) 11.10 (76) Subiaco Oval, Perth 4,678 2 May 1978 Norwood 138-87 East Fremantle 21.12 (138) 13.9 (87) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 4,500 (estimate) 7 May 1978 Queensland 105-83 Tasmania 16.9 (105) 12.11 (83) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 10,000 9 May 1978 Port Melbourne 92-46 New South Wales 12.20 (92) 7.4 (46) Lake Oval, Melbourne 3,682 16 May 1978 South Adelaide 87-56 Port Adelaide 12.15 (87) 7.14 (56) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 2,000 (estimate) 23 May 1978 Sandringham 82-78 Australian Capital Territory 12.10 (82) 12.6 (78) Lake Oval, Melbourne 2,680 30 May 1978 Glenelg 71-69 West Perth 10.11 (71) 10.9 (69) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 1,500 (estimate) 6 June 1978 Coburg 71-49 East Perth 10.11 (71) 7.7 (49) Lake Oval, Melbourne 1,280 Quarter-finals QF #1 13 June 1978 Perth 106-93 Norwood 16.10 (106) 14.9 (93) Subiaco Oval, Perth 2,209 QF #2 20 June 1978 Port Melbourne 96-60 Queensland 13.18 (96) 9.6 (60) Lake Oval, Melbourne 3,000 QF #3 27 June 1978 Glenelg 101-84 Coburg 15.11 (101) 13.6 (84) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 2,500 (estimate) QF #4 4 July 1978 Sandringham 35-94 South Adelaide 5.5 (35) 14.10 (94) Lake Oval, Melbourne 1,000 Semi-finals SF #1 11 July 1978 Glenelg 92-70 Perth 13.14 (92) 10.10 (70) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 2,500 (estimate) SF #2 18 July 1978 Port Melbourne 63-68 South Adelaide 9.9 (63) 9.14 (68) Lake Oval, Melbourne 2,000 NFL Championship Series final Final 25 July 1978 South Adelaide 63-26 Glenelg 3.0 (18)4.2 (26)5.3 (33)9.9 (63) 1.3 (9)2.6 (18)2.7 (19)3.8 (26) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 9,000 Peter Mead Ruscuklic, Hateley, Lyons 2 Harradine, Keam, Schneebichler 1 Rady, McFarlane, Cornes 1 References Category:Australian rules interstate football Category:History of Australian rules football Category:Australian rules football competitions in Australia Category:1978 in Australian rules football