1979 AFC Night Series

September 2026 December 2017 AFC Night Series 1979 AFC Escort Championships 2 March – 3 July 1979 23 7 5 Collingwood 1 Hawthorn 22 1978 (VFL) 1980 The 1979 Australian Football Championships Night Series was the 1st edition of the AFC Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the WANFL and State Representative Teams.http://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1979-afc-escort-championships.html David Eastman 1979 AFC Escort Championships 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. Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1Enter in Round 2HawthornHawksVFLWinners of the 1978 Victorian Football League3rd (Previous: 1971, 1976)North MelbourneKangaroosVFLRunners-up in the 1978 Victorian Football League3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)CollingwoodMagpiesVFLThird place in the 1978 Victorian Football League3rd (Previous: 1896, 1910)CarltonBluesVFLFourth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976)GeelongCatsVFLFifth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League1stEast PerthRoyalsWANFLWinners of the 1978 Western Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1972, 1977, 1978)PerthDemonsWANFLRunners-up in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978)South FremantleBulldogsWANFLThird place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1976, 1977)Australian Capital TerritoryRamsACTAFL State Representative Team3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978)Enter in Round 1St KildaSaintsVFLSixth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League1stRichmondTigersVFLSeventh place in the 1978 Victorian Football League5th (Previous: 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976)South MelbourneSwansVFLEighth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League4th (Previous: 1888, 1890, 1909)FitzroyLionsVFLNinth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League2nd (Previous: 1913)EssendonBombersVFLTenth place in the 1978 Victorian Football League3rd (Previous: 1893, 1911)FootscrayBulldogsVFLEleventh Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League2nd (Previous: 1976)MelbourneDemonsVFLTwelfth Place in the 1978 Victorian Football League1stWest PerthFalconsWANFLFourth place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League5th (Previous: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)ClaremontTigersWANFLFifth place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1977)East FremantleSharksWANFLSixth place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1974, 1977, 1978)SubiacoLionsWANFLSeventh place 1978 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1973)Swan DistrictsSwansWANFLEighth place in the 1978 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1976)New South WalesBluesNSWAFLState Representative Team3rd (Previous: 1977, 1978)TasmaniaDevilsTANFLState Representative Team4th (Previous: 1974, 1977, 1978) 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia and NFL Night Series. Venues MelbournePerthSydneyHobartCanberra Waverley Park Perth Oval Subiaco Oval Leederville Oval Sydney Showground North Hobart Oval Phillip Oval Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 53,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 15,000 150px 150px 190px 150px 150px Knockout stage Round 1 2 March 1979 South Melbourne 93–55 West Perth 13.5 (93) 7.13 (55) Waverley Park, Melbourne 6,815 4 March 1979 Swan Districts 122–160 Essendon 18.14 (122) 21.14 (160) Perth Oval, Perth 5,000 (estimate) 9 March 1979 Richmond 150–66 Subiaco 22.18 (150) 9.12 (66) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,808 11 March 1979 New South Wales 77–133 Fitzroy 11.11 (77) 20.13 (133) Sydney Showground, Sydney 3,000 (estimate) 16 March 1979 St Kilda 82–114 East Fremantle 12.10 (82) 16.18 (114) Waverley Park, Melbourne 4,894 18 March 1979 Tasmania 60–125 Footscray 9.6 (60) 19.11 (125) North Hobart Oval, Hobart 7,243 25 March 1979 Claremont 111–96 Melbourne 17.9 (111) 15.6 (96) Leederville Oval, Perth 4,500 (estimate) Round 2 23 March 1979 South Melbourne 109–61 South Fremantle 16.13 (109) 8.13 (61) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,000 25 March 1979 Australian Capital Territory 52–162 North Melbourne 7.10 (52) 24.18 (162) Phillip Oval, Canberra 8,300 27 March 1979 Collingwood 89–47 Essendon 12.7 (89) 6.11 (47) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,813 3 April 1979 Geelong 77–51 Richmond 10.17 (77) 6.15 (51) Waverley Park, Melbourne 4,885 10 April 1979 Fitzroy 90–78 Carlton 12.18 (90) 11.12 (78) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,160 24 April 1979 Footscray 59–63 East Perth 8.11 (59) 9.9 (63) Waverley Park, Melbourne 4,338 1 May 1979 Perth 89–75 East Fremantle 13.11 (89) 11.9 (75) Subiaco Oval, Perth 3,000 1 May 1979 Hawthorn 114–93 Claremont 16.18 (114) 14.9 (93) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,730 Quarter-finals QF #1 8 May 1979 Collingwood 102–51 South Melbourne 15.12 (102) 7.9 (51) Waverley Park, Melbourne 6,796 QF #2 15 May 1979 Fitzroy 60–55 Geelong 9.6 (60) 7.13 (55) Waverley Park, Melbourne 7,119 QF #3 22 May 1979 East Perth 87–67 Perth 13.9 (87) 11.1 (67) Waverley Park, Melbourne 2,583 QF #4 29 May 1979 Hawthorn 52–50 North Melbourne 7.10 (52) 6.14 (50) Waverley Park, Melbourne 7,456 Semi-finals SF #1 5 June 1979 Collingwood 116–49 Fitzroy 17.14 (116) 4.7 (31) Waverley Park, Melbourne 12,389 SF #2 19 June 1979 Hawthorn 67–31 East Perth 9.13 (67) 4.7 (31) Waverley Park, Melbourne 4,073 Australian Football Championships Night Series Final Final 3 July 1979 Collingwood 80–52 Hawthorn 2.1 (13)5.1 (31)9.7 (61)12.8 (80) 3.4 (22)4.7 (31)6.8 (44)7.10 (52) Waverley Park, Melbourne 37,753 Cameron, Deller Austen 4 Banks, Davis 2 Wearmouth, Brewer, Valli, Anderson 1 Hendrie 2 Goss, Goad, Eade, Wilkinson, Turner 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