1979 NFL Championship Series (Australia)

October 2017 October 2026 December 2017 NFL Championship Series 1979 NFL Escort Cup 25 April – 10 July 1979 14 3 3 South Adelaide 2 Norwood 13 1978 The 1979 NFL Championship Series was the 4th edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the VFA and QAFL.http://www.hardballget.net/npm-nfl-1979-escort-cup.html David Eastman 1979 NFL Escort Cup In June 1978 the VFL announced their plans to form a new company to oversee a night series that would be broadcast nationally and Australian Football Championships Pty. Ltd. was incorporated on 28 July 1978 to run a rival national night competition, in opposition to the NFL Night Series. By October 1978, The VFL were joined by the WAFL, TANFL, NSWAFL and ACTAFL in the joint venture and transferred from NFL Night Series to the AFC Night Series. However, the SANFL rejected the VFL's overtures, choosing to remain aligned with the NFL instead. They were joined by the VFA and QAFL in a greatly-reduced NFL Series. However, by May 1979, the NFL, the SANFL and the AFC/VFL held meetings to discuss the future of the series and agree that the SANFL would join the AFC Night Series in 1980 and that the NFL would ceased running their Night Series beyond this edition.https://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1979-afc-escort-championships.html David Eastman 1979 AFC Escort Championships Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1NorwoodRedlegsSANFLWinners of the 1978 South Australian National Football League7th (Previous: 1888, 1907, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)SturtDouble BluesSANFLRunners-Up of the 1978 South Australian National Football League7th (Previous: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1977)Port AdelaideMagpiesSANFLThird Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League8th (Previous: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1976, 1977, 1978)GlenelgTigersSANFLFourth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League5th (Previous: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978)West TorrensEaglesSANFLFifth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League1stWoodvilleWoodpeckersSANFLSixth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League1stSouth AdelaidePanthersSANFLSeventh Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League5th (Previous: 1893, 1896, 1977, 1978)Central DistrictBulldogsSANFLEighth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1977)West AdelaideBloodsSANFLNinth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League6th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911, 1977, 1978)North AdelaideRoostersSANFLTenth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1971, 1972, 1977)PrahranTwo BluesVFAWinners of the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership1st PrestonBullantsVFARunners-Up in the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership2nd (Previous: 1977)Western DistrictsBulldogsQAFL Winners of the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League1stWindsor-ZillmereEaglesQAFL Runners-Up in the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League1st 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia. Venues AdelaideMelbourneBrisbane Norwood Oval Preston City Oval Brisbane Cricket Ground Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 35,000 150px 150px 150px Knockout stage Round 1 25 April 1979 Prahran 44-89 Port Adelaide 6.8 (44) 13.11 (89) Preston City Oval, Melbourne 6,000 25 April 1979 Preston 76-108 Central District 11.10 (76) 16.12 (108) Preston City Oval, Melbourne 6,000 25 April 1979 Windsor-Zillmere 79-133 West Torrens 12.7 (79) 20.13 (133) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 4,000 25 April 1979 Western Districts 62-125 South Adelaide 9.8 (62) 17.23 (125) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 4,000 8 May 1979 Sturt 114-83 North Adelaide 16.18 (114) 12.11 (83) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 5,332 8 May 1979 Norwood 94-77 West Adelaide 13.16 (94) 11.11 (77) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 5,332 Quarter-finals QF #1 15 May 1979 West Torrens 125-78 Woodville 18.17 (125) 11.12 (78) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 1,935 QF #2 22 May 1979 South Adelaide 83-70 Sturt 12.11 (83) 10.10 (70) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 1,500 QF #3 29 May 1979 Glenelg 101-83 Central District 15.11 (101) 12.11 (83) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 2,027 QF #4 5 June 1979 Norwood 71-56 Port Adelaide 10.11 (71) 8.8 (56) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 5,739 Semi-finals SF #1 12 June 1979 South Adelaide 78-61 West Torrens 12.6 (78) 9.7 (61) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 2,676 SF #2 26 June 1979 Norwood 65-38 Glenelg 9.11 (65) 5.8 (38) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 4,767 NFL Championship Series final Final 10 July 1979 Norwood 40-51 South Adelaide 1.4 (10)4.5 (29)5.8 (38)5.10 (40) 2.3 (15)5.5 (35)5.7 (37)7.9 (51) Norwood Oval, Adelaide 12,516 Peter Mead Rosser, Craig, Armour, Gallagher, Adamson 1 G Brooksby, Linke 2 Schneebichler, Cox, Baynes 1 References Category:Australian rules interstate football Category:History of Australian rules football Category:Australian rules football competitions in Australia Category:1979 in Australian rules football