1978 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1978 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured twenty rounds in a quadruple round-robin format. Sandy Bay were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Sandy Bay were the premiers, with Paul Sproule as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1978 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Clarence Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy KGV Oval Jack Rough
Hobart
New Norfolk Boyer Oval
North Hobart North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay Paul Sproule

Season Results

Premiers: Sandy Bay
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
Minor Premiers: Sandy Bay

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Sandy Bay 1st 16 -0- 4 64 173.0% 2,157 1,247 309 303 169 233
Glenorchy 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 126.7% 2,072 1,635 300 272 234 231
New Norfolk 3rd 9 -0- 11 36 95.4% 1,815 1,902 252 303 274 258
North Hobart 4th 9 -0- 11 36 93.4% 1,741 1,864 253 223 264 280
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 14 24 73.4% 1,458 1,986 201 252 283 288
Hobart 6th 6 -0- 14 24 71.7% 1,541 2,150 219 227 310 290

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Sandy Bay 1st Premiers
Glenorchy 2nd Runners-Up
New Norfolk 3rd Defeated by Sandy Bay (Preliminary Final)
North Hobart 4th Defeated by New Norfolk (Semi Final)
Clarence 5th Did not qualify for finals
Hobart 6th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 130 - 81 2,379
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 60 - 110 1,922
SAT 01/04/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 112 - 76 3,174

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 1 -0- 0 4 183.3% 110 60
Glenorchy 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 160.5% 130 81
North Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 147.4% 112 76
Clarence 4th 0 -0- 1 0 67.9% 76 112
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 1 0 62.3% 81 130
New Norfolk 6th 0 -0- 1 0 54.5% 60 110

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 64 - 83 1,880
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 98 - 82 3,281
SAT 08/04/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 142 - 30 2,512

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 2 -0- 0 8 280.0% 252 90
Glenorchy 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 139.9% 228 163
Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 84.5% 164 194
North Hobart 4th 1 -0- 1 4 65.1% 142 218
Clarence 5th 0 -0- 2 0 71.8% 140 195
New Norfolk 6th 0 -0- 2 0 68.3% 142 208

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 55 - 102 1,307
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 104 - 111 1,377
SAT 15/04/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 100 - 98 4,249

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 3 -0- 0 12 244.1% 354 145
Glenorchy 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 124.0% 326 263
North Hobart 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 76.6% 242 316
Hobart 4th 1 -0- 2 4 87.9% 268 305
New Norfolk 5th 1 -0- 2 4 81.1% 253 312
Clarence 6th 0 -0- 3 0 65.7% 195 297

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 93 - 143 4,138
SUN 23/04/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 116 - 70 2,757
TUE 25/04/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 85 - 77 2,864

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 3 -0- 1 12 187.4% 431 230
Glenorchy 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 131.7% 469 356
New Norfolk 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 96.6% 369 382
Hobart 4th 2 -0- 2 8 92.4% 353 382
North Hobart 5th 2 -0- 2 8 72.2% 312 432
Clarence 6th 0 -0- 4 0 65.5% 288 440

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk KGV Oval 101 - 82 1,253
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 128 - 64 2,680
SAT 29/04/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 102 - 59 1,898

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 4 -0- 1 16 184.4% 533 289
Glenorchy 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 115.3% 528 458
North Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 88.7% 440 496
New Norfolk 4th 2 -0- 3 8 93.4% 451 483
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 3 8 81.8% 417 510
Clarence 6th 1 -0- 4 4 74.5% 389 522

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 97 - 87 1,922
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart North Hobart Oval 139 - 72 2,754
SAT 06/05/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 112 - 85 1,421

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 5 -0- 1 20 172.5% 645 374
Glenorchy 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 125.8% 667 530
North Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 88.9% 527 593
New Norfolk 4th 2 -0- 4 8 90.1% 536 595
Clarence 5th 2 -0- 4 8 79.8% 486 609
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 4 8 75.3% 489 649

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 93 - 116 2,333
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 96 - 108 1,397
SAT 20/05/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 113 - 92 1,416

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 5 -0- 2 20 151.3% 737 487
Glenorchy 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 117.6% 760 646
North Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 93.4% 640 685
New Norfolk 4th 3 -0- 4 12 94.8% 652 688
Clarence 5th 3 -0- 4 12 84.3% 594 705
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 5 8 77.3% 585 757

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 127 - 108 1,249
SAT 27/05/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence North Hobart Oval 111 - 35 2,915
SUN 28/05/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 103 - 41 4,147

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 6 -0- 2 24 162.5% 848 522
Glenorchy 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 125.6% 863 687
New Norfolk 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 97.9% 779 796
North Hobart 4th 4 -0- 4 16 86.4% 681 788
Clarence 5th 3 -0- 5 12 77.1% 629 816
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 6 8 78.4% 693 884

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 78 - 49 2,556
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 64 - 105 2,598
SAT 03/06/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart KGV Oval 114 - 37 1,018

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 7 -0- 2 28 172.1% 962 559
Glenorchy 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 127.9% 941 736
New Norfolk 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 102.8% 884 860
North Hobart 4th 4 -0- 5 16 83.4% 745 893
Clarence 5th 3 -0- 6 12 75.8% 678 894
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 7 8 73.1% 730 998

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 63 - 125 1,291
SAT 17/06/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence North Hobart Oval 56 - 82 1,847
SUN 18/06/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 82 - 85 3,382

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 8 -0- 2 32 163.3% 1,047 641
Glenorchy 2nd 6 -0- 4 24 124.6% 1,023 821
New Norfolk 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 99.8% 940 942
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 5 20 91.0% 870 956
Clarence 5th 4 -0- 6 16 80.0% 760 950
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 8 8 70.6% 793 1,123

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 32 - 116 1,216
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 79 - 51 1,100
SAT 24/06/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 45 - 57 2,159

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 8 -0- 3 32 152.5% 1,098 720
Glenorchy 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 133.5% 1,139 853
New Norfolk 3rd 6 -0- 5 24 102.6% 1,019 993
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 6 20 90.3% 915 1,013
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 6 20 82.1% 817 995
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 9 8 66.6% 825 1,239

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 103 - 82 1,450
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 81 - 102 2,033
SAT 01/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 147 - 38 1,630

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 9 -0- 3 36 164.2% 1,245 758
Glenorchy 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 132.9% 1,241 934
New Norfolk 3rd 6 -0- 6 24 100.5% 1,100 1,095
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 7 20 82.2% 953 1,160
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 7 20 81.9% 899 1,098
Hobart 6th 3 -0- 9 12 70.2% 928 1,321

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 46 - 95 1,508
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 87 - 91 935
SAT 08/07/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 96 - 129 2,167

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 10 -0- 3 40 166.7% 1,340 804
Glenorchy 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 133.0% 1,370 1,030
New Norfolk 3rd 6 -0- 7 24 100.1% 1,187 1,186
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 8 20 81.4% 1,049 1,289
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 8 20 79.2% 945 1,193
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 9 16 72.4% 1,019 1,408

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 116 - 69 2,306
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 69 - 111 1,289
SAT 15/07/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 66 - 109 1,400

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 11 -0- 3 44 166.2% 1,451 873
Glenorchy 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 135.2% 1,486 1,099
New Norfolk 3rd 6 -0- 8 24 96.8% 1,253 1,295
North Hobart 4th 6 -0- 8 24 85.5% 1,158 1,355
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 9 20 77.5% 1,014 1,309
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 10 16 71.6% 1,088 1,519

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 149 - 66 2,124
SAT 22/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 96 - 71 2,790
SUN 23/07/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 71 - 102 1,978

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 12 -0- 3 48 163.9% 1,547 944
Glenorchy 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 130.3% 1,557 1,195
New Norfolk 3rd 7 -0- 8 28 99.2% 1,355 1,366
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 8 28 92.0% 1,307 1,421
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 10 20 76.9% 1,085 1,411
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 11 16 69.2% 1,154 1,668

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 104 - 102 1,803
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 98 - 127 1,483
SAT 29/07/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 146 - 69 1,936

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 13 -0- 3 52 167.1% 1,693 1,013
Glenorchy 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 130.2% 1,684 1,293
New Norfolk 3rd 7 -0- 9 28 94.2% 1,424 1,512
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 9 28 92.4% 1,409 1,525
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 10 24 78.6% 1,189 1,513
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 12 16 69.7% 1,252 1,795

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 90 - 134 1,860
SAT 05/08/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 84 - 73 6,542
SUN 06/08/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart KGV Oval 63 - 88 1,670

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 13 -0- 4 52 161.0% 1,766 1,097
Glenorchy 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 131.5% 1,818 1,383
North Hobart 3rd 8 -0- 9 32 93.4% 1,493 1,598
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 10 28 92.0% 1,514 1,646
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 11 24 78.2% 1,252 1,601
Hobart 6th 5 -0- 12 20 72.1% 1,340 1,858

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 101 - 96 2,510
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 88 - 87 1,155
SAT 12/08/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 155 - 65 1,114

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 14 -0- 4 56 165.3% 1,921 1,162
Glenorchy 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 129.7% 1,919 1,479
North Hobart 3rd 8 -0- 10 32 93.5% 1,589 1,699
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 11 28 92.3% 1,601 1,734
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 12 24 75.0% 1,317 1,756
Hobart 6th 6 -0- 12 24 73.4% 1,428 1,945

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 64 - 129 1,715
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 91 - 113 2,566
SAT 19/08/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 144 - 61 1,168

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 15 -0- 4 60 168.8% 2,065 1,223
Glenorchy 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 132.7% 2,048 1,543
New Norfolk 3rd 8 -0- 11 32 93.9% 1,714 1,825
North Hobart 4th 8 -0- 11 32 92.7% 1,680 1,812
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 13 24 73.3% 1,381 1,885
Hobart 6th 6 -0- 13 24 71.3% 1,489 2,089

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 24 - 92 2,601
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 52 - 61 828
SAT 26/08/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 101 - 77 837

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 16 -0- 4 64 173.0% 2,157 1,247
Glenorchy 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 126.7% 2,072 1,635
New Norfolk 3rd 9 -0- 11 36 95.4% 1,815 1,902
North Hobart 4th 9 -0- 11 36 93.4% 1,741 1,864
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 14 24 73.4% 1,458 1,986
Hobart 6th 6 -0- 14 24 71.7% 1,541 2,150

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1978 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 134 - 115 6,489
SUN 03/09/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 81 - 121 6,564

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1978 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 107 - 48 9,145

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1978 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 69 - 80 18,662