1979 SANFL season
# 1979 SANFL season

The 1979 South Australian National Football League season was the 100th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The final five was Central Districts, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, Norwood and Woodville. Woodville was competing in the finals for the first time, but lost the Elimination Final to Norwood. Central Districts won their first minor premiership, but lost both its finals, first to Port then to South.

## Ladder

1979 SANFL Ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Central District | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2304 | 2116 | 52.13 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide (P) | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2112 | 1892 | 52.75 | 28 |
| 3 | South Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2052 | 1956 | 51.20 | 28 |
| 4 | Norwood | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2339 | 1966 | 54.33 | 22 |
| 5 | Woodville | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2131 | 2043 | 51.05 | 20 |
| 6 | North Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2134 | 2360 | 47.49 | 20 |
| 7 | Glenelg | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2111 | 2184 | 49.15 | 19 |
| 8 | West Torrens | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1959 | 2267 | 46.36 | 19 |
| 9 | Sturt | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2131 | 2331 | 47.76 | 18 |
| 10 | West Adelaide | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2244 | 2402 | 48.30 | 15 |
| 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

| | 1979 SANFL Grand Final | 1979 SANFL Grand Final | 1979 SANFL Grand Final | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunday, 30 September (2:10pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | South Adelaide | Football Park (crowd: 50,428) |
| | 5.0 (30) 5.3 (33) 9.7 (61) 9.9 (63) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.0 (0) 3.7 (25) 3.8 (26) 3.14 (32) | |
| This is South Adelaide's last grand final appearance to date. ||||||
