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 July 28, 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.
But by May 1979, the NFL, the SANFL and the AFC/VFL held meetings to discuss the future of the series and agree that the SANFL would join the AFC Night Series in 1980 and that the NFL would ceased running their Night Series beyond this edition.[2]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1979 NFL Championship Series Australia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The 1979 NFL Championship Series was the 4th edition of the NFL Night Series an NFL organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL the VFA and QAFL 1 1979 NFL Championship SeriesNFL Escort CupTournament detailsDates25 April 10 July 1979Teams14Venue s 3 in 3 host cities Final positionsChampionsSouth Adelaide 2nd title Runners upNorwoodTournament statisticsMatches played13Attendance46 492 3 576 per match 1978 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 July 28 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 But by May 1979 the NFL the SANFL and the AFC VFL held meetings to discuss the future of the series and agree that the SANFL would join the AFC Night Series in 1980 and that the NFL would ceased running their Night Series beyond this edition 2 Contents 1 Qualified Teams 2 Venues 3 Knockout stage 3 1 Round 1 3 2 Quarter finals 3 3 Semi finals 3 4 NFL Championship Series final 4 ReferencesQualified Teams editTeam Nickname League Qualification Participation bold indicates winners 1 Norwood Redlegs SANFL Winners of the 1978 South Australian National Football League 7th Previous 1888 1907 1975 1976 1977 1978 Sturt Double Blues SANFL Runners Up of the 1978 South Australian National Football League 7th Previous 1968 1969 1970 1974 1976 1977 Port Adelaide Magpies SANFL Third Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 8th Previous 1890 1910 1913 1914 1976 1977 1978 Glenelg Tigers SANFL Fourth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 5th Previous 1973 1976 1977 1978 West Torrens Eagles SANFL Fifth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 1st Woodville Woodpeckers SANFL Sixth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 1st South Adelaide Panthers SANFL Seventh Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 5th Previous 1893 1896 1977 1978 Central District Bulldogs SANFL Eighth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 2nd Previous 1977 West Adelaide Bloods SANFL Ninth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 6th Previous 1908 1909 1911 1977 1978 North Adelaide Roosters SANFL Tenth Place in the 1978 South Australian National Football League 4th Previous 1971 1972 1977 Prahran Two Blues VFA Winners of the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership 1st Preston Bullants VFA Runners Up in the 1978 Victorian Football Association Premiership 2nd Previous 1977 Western Districts Bulldogs QAFL Winners of the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League 1st Windsor Zillmere Eagles QAFL Runners Up in the 1978 Queensland Australian Football League 1st 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia Venues editAdelaide Melbourne Brisbane Norwood Oval Preston City Oval Brisbane Cricket Ground Capacity 22 000 Capacity 15 000 Capacity 35 000 nbsp nbsp nbsp Knockout stage editRound 1 edit 25 April 1979 Prahran 44 89 Port Adelaide Preston City Oval Melbourne 6 8 44 13 11 89 Attendance 6 000 25 April 1979 Preston 76 108 Central District Preston City Oval Melbourne 11 10 76 16 12 108 Attendance 6 000 25 April 1979 Windsor Zillmere 79 133 West Torrens Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane 12 7 79 20 13 133 Attendance 4 000 25 April 1979 Western Districts 62 125 South Adelaide Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane 9 8 62 17 23 125 Attendance 4 000 8 May 1979 Sturt 114 83 North Adelaide Norwood Oval Adelaide 16 18 114 12 11 83 Attendance 5 332 8 May 1979 Norwood 94 77 West Adelaide Norwood Oval Adelaide 13 16 94 11 11 77 Attendance 5 332 Quarter finals edit QF 1 15 May 1979 West Torrens 125 78 Woodville Norwood Oval Adelaide 18 17 125 11 12 78 Attendance 1 935 QF 2 22 May 1979 South Adelaide 83 70 Sturt Norwood Oval Adelaide 12 11 83 10 10 70 Attendance 1 500 QF 3 29 May 1979 Glenelg 101 83 Central District Norwood Oval Adelaide 15 11 101 12 11 83 Attendance 2 027 QF 4 5 June 1979 Norwood 71 56 Port Adelaide Norwood Oval Adelaide 10 11 71 8 8 56 Attendance 5 739 Semi finals edit SF 1 12 June 1979 South Adelaide 78 61 West Torrens Norwood Oval Adelaide 12 6 78 9 7 61 Attendance 2 676 SF 2 26 June 1979 Norwood 65 38 Glenelg Norwood Oval Adelaide 9 11 65 5 8 38 Attendance 4 767 NFL Championship Series final edit Final 10 July 1979 Norwood 40 51 South Adelaide Norwood Oval Adelaide 1 4 10 4 5 29 5 8 38 5 10 40 2 3 15 5 5 35 5 7 37 7 9 51 Attendance 12 516 Umpires Peter Mead Goals Rosser Craig Armour Gallagher Adamson 1 G Brooksby Linke 2 Schneebichler Cox Baynes 1References edit David Eastman 1979 NFL Escort Cup David Eastman 1979 AFC Escort Championships Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 NFL Championship Series Australia amp oldid 1129815213, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
