1981 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1981 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. Clarence were the minor premiers.

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1981 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1981 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	Peter Hudson
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Robbie Dykes
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	John Devine
Sandy Bay		Graeme Mackey

Premiership Results

Premiers: Clarence
Runners-Up: New Norfolk
Minor Premiers: Clarence

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Clarence	1st	16	-0-	4	64	136.0%	2,172	1,597	311	306	224	253
New Norfolk	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	127.3%	2,175	1,708	305	345	245	238
Glenorchy	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	111.2%	2,085	1,875	299	291	262	303
Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	93.7%	1,656	1,767	233	258	247	285
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	13	28	93.9%	1,713	1,824	245	243	256	288
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	19	4	59.5%	1,512	2,542	208	264	367	340

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/04/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	147	-	134	2,033
SAT	04/04/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	93	-	131	2,340
SAT	04/04/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	68	-	142	1,576

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	1	-0-	0	4	208.8%	142	68
Clarence	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	140.9%	131	93
Glenorchy	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	109.7%	147	134
North Hobart	4th	0	-0-	1	0	91.2%	134	147
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	71.0%	93	131
Sandy Bay	6th	0	-0-	1	0	47.9%	68	142

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/04/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	96	-	89	981
SAT	11/04/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	94	-	104	1,846
SAT	11/04/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	77	-	98	2,800

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	2	-0-	0	8	134.7%	229	170
Glenorchy	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	110.1%	251	228
New Norfolk	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	137.2%	236	172
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	85.9%	189	220
North Hobart	5th	0	-0-	2	0	86.1%	211	245
Sandy Bay	6th	0	-0-	2	0	66.0%	157	238

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/04/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	99	-	91	2,409
SAT	18/04/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	116	-	75	1,302
SUN	19/04/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	143	-	84	4,193

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	3	-0-	0	12	146.5%	372	254
New Norfolk	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	127.4%	335	263
Glenorchy	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	90.3%	335	371
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	2	4	87.8%	280	319
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	2	4	87.2%	273	313
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	3	0	79.2%	286	361

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/05/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	80	-	69	2,621
SAT	02/05/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	73	-	89	1,640
SAT	02/05/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	134	-	66	1,611

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	4	-0-	0	16	139.9%	452	323
New Norfolk	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	142.6%	469	329
Glenorchy	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	95.5%	424	444
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	3	4	87.0%	342	393
Hobart	5th	1	-0-	3	4	86.5%	353	408
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	4	0	71.1%	352	495

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/05/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	78	-	112	2,279
SAT	09/05/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	124	-	66	1,295
SAT	09/05/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	110	-	101	2,100

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	4	-0-	1	16	150.1%	593	395
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	121.8%	530	435
Glenorchy	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	94.8%	525	554
Hobart	4th	2	-0-	3	8	95.7%	465	486
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	4	4	78.9%	408	517
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	4	4	77.5%	462	596

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/05/1981	2:01 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	59	-	70	1,618
SAT	16/05/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	102	-	45	2,152
SAT	16/05/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	70	-	101	2,643

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	1	20	149.2%	694	465
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	131.7%	632	480
Glenorchy	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	90.8%	595	655
Hobart	4th	2	-0-	4	8	94.2%	524	556
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	4	8	83.0%	478	576
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	5	4	72.6%	507	698

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/05/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	93	-	139	2,063
SAT	23/05/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	109	-	150	1,350
SAT	23/05/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	109	-	156	1,707

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	1	24	147.0%	844	574
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	134.6%	771	573
Sandy Bay	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	92.6%	634	685
Glenorchy	4th	3	-0-	4	12	86.6%	688	794
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	5	8	89.7%	633	706
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	6	4	72.1%	616	854

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/05/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	124	-	71	1,152
SAT	30/05/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	137	-	85	2,944
SAT	30/05/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	70	-	128	2,058

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	7	-0-	1	28	148.9%	981	659
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	120.6%	856	710
Glenorchy	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	94.4%	816	864
Hobart	4th	3	-0-	5	12	97.4%	757	777
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	5	12	86.6%	704	813
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	7	4	70.2%	687	978

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	51	-	62	1,454
SAT	06/06/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	67	-	108	2,676
SAT	06/06/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	108	-	84	2,676

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	8	-0-	1	32	150.0%	1,089	726
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	114.9%	940	818
Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	98.9%	819	828
Glenorchy	4th	4	-0-	5	16	93.6%	867	926
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	5	16	90.5%	812	897
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	8	4	69.4%	754	1,086

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	08/06/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	103	-	43	2,638
MON	08/06/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	80	-	71	1,670
MON	08/06/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	70	-	79	1,909

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	8	-0-	2	32	136.6%	1,132	829
Clarence	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	121.1%	1,043	861
Hobart	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	100.0%	898	898
Glenorchy	4th	5	-0-	5	20	95.0%	947	997
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	6	16	90.4%	883	977
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	9	4	70.7%	824	1,165

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/06/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	129	-	62	1,194
SAT	13/06/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	29	-	56	1,469
SAT	13/06/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	67	-	58	1,522

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	9	-0-	2	36	135.2%	1,199	887
Clarence	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	123.5%	1,099	890
Glenorchy	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	101.6%	1,076	1,059
Hobart	4th	5	-0-	6	20	97.2%	927	954
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	7	16	90.1%	941	1,044
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	10	4	68.5%	886	1,294

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/06/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	90	-	108	2,150
SAT	20/06/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	80	-	137	2,273
SAT	20/06/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	92	-	62	1,333

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	9	-0-	3	36	129.5%	1,289	995
Clarence	2nd	9	-0-	3	36	127.4%	1,236	970
Glenorchy	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	103.0%	1,184	1,149
Hobart	4th	5	-0-	7	20	94.6%	989	1,046
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	7	20	93.4%	1,033	1,106
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	11	4	67.5%	966	1,431

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/06/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	147	-	108	2,815
SAT	27/06/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	118	-	67	1,314
SAT	27/06/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	141	-	37	1,179

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	10	-0-	3	40	132.5%	1,407	1,062
Clarence	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	128.3%	1,383	1,078
Glenorchy	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	99.7%	1,292	1,296
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	7	24	102.7%	1,174	1,143
Hobart	5th	5	-0-	8	20	90.7%	1,056	1,164
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	12	4	63.8%	1,003	1,572

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/07/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	98	-	49	2,561
SAT	11/07/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	96	-	71	1,780
SAT	11/07/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	59	-	85	1,130

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	11	-0-	3	44	131.4%	1,481	1,127
New Norfolk	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	125.5%	1,456	1,160
Glenorchy	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	101.5%	1,388	1,367
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	8	24	100.5%	1,245	1,239
Hobart	5th	6	-0-	8	24	93.3%	1,141	1,223
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	13	4	64.1%	1,062	1,657

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	58	-	116	2,001
SAT	18/07/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	163	-	63	1,129
SAT	18/07/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	15	-	69	1,668

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	12	-0-	3	48	135.7%	1,550	1,142
New Norfolk	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	132.4%	1,619	1,223
Glenorchy	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	105.5%	1,504	1,425
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	9	24	96.3%	1,260	1,308
Hobart	5th	6	-0-	9	24	89.5%	1,199	1,339
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	14	4	61.8%	1,125	1,820

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/07/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	108	-	82	1,951
SAT	25/07/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	62	-	142	1,579
SAT	25/07/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	72	-	93	1,089

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	13	-0-	3	52	135.5%	1,658	1,224
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	132.2%	1,712	1,295
Glenorchy	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	110.7%	1,646	1,487
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	10	24	95.1%	1,332	1,401
Hobart	5th	6	-0-	10	24	88.5%	1,281	1,447
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	15	4	60.5%	1,187	1,962

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/08/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	164	-	64	1,473
SAT	01/08/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	140	-	112	2,776
SAT	01/08/1981	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	72	-	104	1,293

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	14	-0-	3	56	141.5%	1,822	1,288
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	127.1%	1,824	1,435
Glenorchy	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	111.7%	1,786	1,599
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	10	28	91.2%	1,385	1,519
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	11	24	93.3%	1,404	1,505
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	16	4	58.8%	1,251	2,126

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/08/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	100	-	140	3,373
SAT	08/08/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	86	-	84	1,297
SAT	08/08/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	92	-	120	1,005

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	15	-0-	3	60	141.4%	1,962	1,388
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	125.4%	1,908	1,521
Glenorchy	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	108.5%	1,886	1,739
Hobart	4th	8	-0-	10	32	91.8%	1,471	1,603
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	11	28	95.4%	1,524	1,597
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	17	4	59.8%	1,343	2,246

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/08/1981	2:01 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	91	-	106	1,558
SAT	15/08/1981	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	140	-	71	786
SAT	15/08/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	111	-	89	3,396

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	15	-0-	4	60	136.8%	2,051	1,499
New Norfolk	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	125.4%	2,019	1,610
Glenorchy	3rd	12	-0-	7	48	108.9%	1,992	1,830
Hobart	4th	9	-0-	10	36	96.2%	1,611	1,674
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	12	28	94.8%	1,615	1,703
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	18	4	59.3%	1,414	2,386

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/08/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	121	-	98	1,584
SAT	22/08/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	93	-	45	2,363
SAT	22/08/1981	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	98	-	156	1,167

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	16	-0-	4	64	136.0%	2,172	1,597
New Norfolk	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	127.3%	2,175	1,708
Glenorchy	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	111.2%	2,085	1,875
Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	93.7%	1,656	1,767
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	13	28	93.9%	1,713	1,824
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	19	4	59.5%	1,512	2,542

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Clarence	1st	16	-0-	4	64	136.0%	2,172	1,597	311	306	224	253
New Norfolk	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	127.3%	2,175	1,708	305	345	245	238
Glenorchy	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	111.2%	2,085	1,875	299	291	262	303
Hobart	4th	9	-0-	11	36	93.7%	1,656	1,767	233	258	247	285
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	13	28	93.9%	1,713	1,824	245	243	256	288
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	19	4	59.5%	1,512	2,542	208	264	367	340

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1981	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	149	-	103	6,077
SAT	05/09/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	153	-	74	8,310

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Clarence	1st
New Norfolk	2nd
Glenorchy	3rd
Hobart	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1981	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	109	-	70	8,057

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Clarence	1st
New Norfolk	2nd
Glenorchy	3rd
Hobart	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1981	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	113	-	88	20,193

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Clarence	1st
New Norfolk	2nd
Glenorchy	3rd
Hobart	4th

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