1978 SANFL season
# 1978 SANFL season

The 1978 South Australian National Football League season was the 99th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

## Ladder

1978 SANFL Ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sturt | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2733 | 1734 | 61.18 | 42 |
| 2 | Norwood (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2078 | 1636 | 55.95 | 30 |
| 3 | Glenelg | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2272 | 1959 | 53.70 | 28 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2287 | 2055 | 52.67 | 28 |
| 5 | West Torrens | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2081 | 2123 | 49.50 | 20 |
| 6 | Woodville | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1981 | 2358 | 45.66 | 18 |
| 7 | South Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1832 | 2057 | 47.11 | 17 |
| 8 | Central District | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1947 | 2386 | 44.93 | 16 |
| 9 | West Adelaide | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1839 | 2070 | 47.05 | 11 |
| 10 | North Adelaide | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2005 | 2677 | 42.82 | 10 |
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | | |

## Finals Series

### Grand Final

| | 1978 SANFL Grand Final | 1978 SANFL Grand Final | 1978 SANFL Grand Final | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday 30 September (2:10 pm) | Sturt | def. by | Norwood | Football Park (crowd: 50,867) | Report |
| | 5.9 (39) 8.15 (63) 12.21 (93) 14.26 (110) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.5 (11) 5.10 (40) 9.10 (64) 16.15 (111) | | |
| Heinrich 3 Barton, Burgan, Davies, Graham, Winter 2 Bagshaw 1 | Heinrich 3 Barton, Burgan, Davies, Graham, Winter 2 Bagshaw 1 | Goals | 5 Adamson 3 Gallagher 2 Turbill, Woodcock 1 Adler, Craig, Taylor, Wynne | 5 Adamson 3 Gallagher 2 Turbill, Woodcock 1 Adler, Craig, Taylor, Wynne |
| Burgan, Winter, Davies, Heinrich, Barton | Burgan, Winter, Davies, Heinrich, Barton | Best | Adamson, Taylor, Craig, Button, Rosser, Nunan | Adamson, Taylor, Craig, Button, Rosser, Nunan |
