1978 TANFL Season

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1978 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1978 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

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

Premiership 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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

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

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

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

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 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Glenorchy	1st
Sandy Bay	2nd
New Norfolk	3rd
North Hobart	4th

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 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Glenorchy	1st
Sandy Bay	2nd
New Norfolk	3rd
North Hobart	4th

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Sandy Bay	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
New Norfolk	3rd
North Hobart	4th

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