1979 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1979 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. Glenorchy were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Clarence were the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1979 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1979 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		Graeme Mackey

Premiership Results

Premiers: Clarence
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
Minor Premiers: Glenorchy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Glenorchy	1st	18	-0-	2	72	186.1%	2,661	1,430	386	345	200	230
Clarence	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	107.6%	1,807	1,679	252	295	237	257
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	10	40	94.7%	1,507	1,591	211	241	213	313
North Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	79.4%	1,699	2,139	237	277	306	303
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	14	24	87.5%	1,669	1,908	231	283	271	282
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	17	12	73.5%	1,657	2,253	228	289	318	345

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Clarence	1st	Premiers
Glenorchy	2nd	Runners-Up
Sandy Bay	3rd	Defeated by Clarence (Preliminary Final)
North Hobart	4th	Defeated by Sandy Bay (Semi Final)
New Norfolk	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	07/04/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	86	-	59	1,885
SAT	07/04/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	141	-	95	2,435
SAT	07/04/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	69	-	52	2,080

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	1	-0-	0	4	148.4%	141	95
Clarence	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	145.8%	86	59
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	132.7%	69	52
Sandy Bay	4th	0	-0-	1	0	75.4%	52	69
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	68.6%	59	86
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	67.4%	95	141

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/04/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	50	-	95	1,346
SAT	14/04/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	96	-	90	2,911
MON	16/04/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	87	-	114	3,653

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	2	-0-	0	8	140.1%	255	182
North Hobart	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	116.2%	165	142
Sandy Bay	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	123.5%	147	119
Clarence	4th	1	-0-	1	4	113.5%	176	155
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	2	0	73.0%	146	200
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	2	0	61.4%	145	236

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/04/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	200	-	57	3,412
SAT	21/04/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	100	-	89	1,475
SAT	21/04/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	36	-	79	1,771

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	3	-0-	0	12	190.4%	455	239
Clarence	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	133.5%	255	191
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	64.9%	222	342
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	2	4	92.4%	183	198
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	2	4	75.4%	245	325
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	3	0	78.3%	235	300

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/04/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	100	-	138	1,356
SAT	28/04/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	84	-	98	2,077
SAT	28/04/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	43	-	121	3,144

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	4	-0-	0	16	204.3%	576	282
Clarence	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	128.4%	353	275
North Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	81.4%	360	442
New Norfolk	4th	1	-0-	3	4	77.8%	329	423
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	3	4	70.8%	226	319
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	4	0	76.5%	335	438

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/05/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	95	-	82	3,095
SAT	05/05/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	113	-	74	2,221
SAT	05/05/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	86	-	69	1,307

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	4	-0-	1	16	174.5%	658	377
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	125.5%	448	357
North Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	91.7%	473	516
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	3	8	80.4%	312	388
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	4	4	75.2%	403	536
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	5	0	77.1%	404	524

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/05/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	105	-	95	1,681
SAT	12/05/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	95	-	117	1,718
SAT	12/05/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	48	-	79	2,323

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	5	-0-	1	20	164.2%	775	472
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	117.5%	543	462
North Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	87.6%	521	595
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	3	12	89.7%	391	436
Hobart	5th	1	-0-	5	4	82.2%	509	619
New Norfolk	6th	1	-0-	5	4	76.3%	498	653

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/05/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	130	-	62	2,514
SAT	19/05/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	181	-	51	2,270
SAT	19/05/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	102	-	64	1,936

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	6	-0-	1	24	182.8%	956	523
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	128.4%	673	524
Sandy Bay	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	98.6%	493	500
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	3	16	80.4%	583	725
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	6	4	74.4%	562	755
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	6	4	70.0%	560	800

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/05/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	86	-	52	2,539
SAT	26/05/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	95	-	62	942
SAT	26/05/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	63	-	119	2,554

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	7	-0-	1	28	183.4%	1,075	586
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	131.8%	759	576
Sandy Bay	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	93.0%	545	586
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	4	16	76.5%	646	844
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	6	8	76.0%	655	862
New Norfolk	6th	1	-0-	7	4	73.4%	624	850

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/06/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	KGV Oval	87	-	114	1,430
SAT	02/06/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	117	-	94	2,051
SAT	02/06/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	37	-	117	1,505

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	8	-0-	1	32	191.3%	1,192	623
Clarence	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	131.7%	873	663
North Hobart	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	81.3%	763	938
Sandy Bay	4th	4	-0-	5	16	82.8%	582	703
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	7	8	76.5%	749	979
New Norfolk	6th	1	-0-	8	4	73.8%	711	964

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/06/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	155	-	51	4,142
SAT	09/06/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	105	-	110	864
SUN	10/06/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	106	-	50	1,140

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	9	-0-	1	36	199.9%	1,347	674
Clarence	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	113.0%	924	818
Sandy Bay	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	85.6%	692	808
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	5	20	77.9%	813	1,044
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	8	8	80.6%	817	1,014
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	8	8	78.4%	854	1,089

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/06/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	97	-	61	1,539
SAT	23/06/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	93	-	72	2,215
SAT	23/06/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	107	-	81	1,415

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	10	-0-	1	40	193.0%	1,440	746
Clarence	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	116.2%	1,021	879
Sandy Bay	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	89.9%	799	889
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	6	20	77.7%	894	1,151
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	9	8	80.3%	889	1,107
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	9	8	77.2%	915	1,186

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/06/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	TCA Ground	189	-	67	1,067
SAT	30/06/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	89	-	64	1,455
SAT	30/06/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	84	-	61	819

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	11	-0-	1	44	200.4%	1,629	813
Clarence	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	112.1%	1,085	968
Sandy Bay	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	92.9%	883	950
North Hobart	4th	6	-0-	6	24	80.9%	983	1,215
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	10	8	79.8%	950	1,191
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	10	8	71.4%	982	1,375

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/07/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	63	-	62	2,287
SAT	07/07/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	136	-	74	909
SUN	08/07/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	91	-	51	2,619

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	12	-0-	1	48	199.1%	1,720	864
Clarence	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	111.5%	1,148	1,030
Sandy Bay	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	93.3%	945	1,013
North Hobart	4th	6	-0-	7	24	79.2%	1,034	1,306
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	10	12	85.8%	1,086	1,265
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	11	8	69.9%	1,056	1,511

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/07/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	110	-	87	1,681
SAT	14/07/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	103	-	52	2,293
SAT	14/07/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	102	-	96	1,461

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	13	-0-	1	52	199.0%	1,823	916
Clarence	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	112.6%	1,258	1,117
Sandy Bay	3rd	7	-0-	7	28	89.3%	997	1,116
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	7	28	81.0%	1,136	1,402
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	11	12	85.3%	1,173	1,375
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	12	8	71.4%	1,152	1,613

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/07/1979	2:01 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	120	-	89	3,055
SAT	21/07/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	75	-	103	885
SAT	21/07/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	95	-	107	1,335

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	14	-0-	1	56	193.3%	1,943	1,005
Clarence	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	108.9%	1,347	1,237
Sandy Bay	3rd	8	-0-	7	32	92.4%	1,100	1,191
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	8	28	81.6%	1,231	1,509
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	11	16	87.1%	1,280	1,470
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	13	8	71.5%	1,227	1,716

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/07/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	83	-	69	1,420
SAT	28/07/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	71	-	115	1,738
SAT	28/07/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	131	-	68	1,484

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	15	-0-	1	60	191.3%	2,058	1,076
Clarence	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	109.5%	1,430	1,306
Sandy Bay	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	97.8%	1,231	1,259
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	9	28	79.2%	1,299	1,640
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	12	16	85.2%	1,351	1,585
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	14	8	72.0%	1,296	1,799

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/08/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	93	-	180	1,356
SAT	04/08/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	72	-	45	1,003
SAT	04/08/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	100	-	114	2,670

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	16	-0-	1	64	191.4%	2,238	1,169
Clarence	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	109.8%	1,544	1,406
Sandy Bay	3rd	9	-0-	8	36	95.9%	1,276	1,331
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	10	28	79.8%	1,399	1,754
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	12	20	87.3%	1,423	1,630
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	15	8	70.2%	1,389	1,979

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/08/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	77	-	80	531
SAT	11/08/1979	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	75	-	189	1,154
SAT	11/08/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	83	-	55	759

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	17	-0-	1	68	195.1%	2,427	1,244
Clarence	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	107.4%	1,599	1,489
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	98.1%	1,359	1,386
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	11	28	75.9%	1,474	1,943
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	12	24	88.0%	1,503	1,707
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	16	8	71.2%	1,466	2,059

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/08/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	89	-	79	1,850
SAT	18/08/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	123	-	67	2,620
SAT	18/08/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	109	-	113	1,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	18	-0-	1	72	194.5%	2,550	1,311
Clarence	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	107.7%	1,688	1,568
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	9	40	94.5%	1,426	1,509
North Hobart	4th	8	-0-	11	32	77.3%	1,587	2,052
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	13	24	88.1%	1,582	1,796
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	17	8	72.5%	1,575	2,172

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/08/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	119	-	111	2,972
SAT	25/08/1979	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	82	-	81	1,297
SAT	25/08/1979	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	87	-	112	977

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	18	-0-	2	72	186.1%	2,661	1,430
Clarence	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	107.6%	1,807	1,679
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	10	40	94.7%	1,507	1,591
North Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	79.4%	1,699	2,139
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	14	24	87.5%	1,669	1,908
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	17	12	73.5%	1,657	2,253

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Glenorchy	1st	18	-0-	2	72	186.1%	2,661	1,430	386	345	200	230
Clarence	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	107.6%	1,807	1,679	252	295	237	257
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	10	40	94.7%	1,507	1,591	211	241	213	313
North Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	79.4%	1,699	2,139	237	277	306	303
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	14	24	87.5%	1,669	1,908	231	283	271	282
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	17	12	73.5%	1,657	2,253	228	289	318	345

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/09/1979	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	120	-	49	5,629
SAT	08/09/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	122	-	78	10,282

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1979	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	79	-	60	8,428

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/09/1979	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	80	-	83	24,968

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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