Australian Football

TSL - KEY FACTS

Official name
Tasmanian State League

Known as
TSL

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated competitions (Current)
Premiership Season 1879-2024; Reserves (Development League) 2014-2024

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Women's Premiership Season 2007-2020

Premiership Season

Official Name
TANFL Premiership Season

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated clubs (Current)
Kingborough (TAS) 1893-1907, 2014-2024; North Hobart (TAS) 1895-2000, 2009-2013, 2018-2024; Glenorchy (TAS) 1921-2000, 2009-2024; Clarence (TAS) 1947-2000, 2009-2024; North Launceston (TAS) 1987-2000, 2009-2024; Launceston (TAS) 1994-1997, 2009-2024; Lauderdale (TAS) 2009-2024

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
City (Hobart) (TAS) 1879-1896; Cricketers (TAS) 1879-1885; Wellington (TAS) 1879-1905; Holebrook (TAS) 1880-1894; Union (TAS) 1887; Summerton (TAS) 1898; Lefroy (TAS) 1898-1941; Derwent (TAS) 1906-1907; Cananore (TAS) 1908-1941; Sandy Bay (TAS) 1945-1997; Hobart (TAS) 1945-1997, 2009-2013; New Norfolk (TAS) 1947-1999; East Launceston (TAS) 1986; South Launceston (TAS) 1986-1997, 2009-2013; Devonport (TAS) 1987-2000, 2009-2017; Burnie Hawks (TAS) 1987-1994; Burnie Dockers (TAS) 1995-2000, 2009-2017; Southern Districts (TAS) 1998-1999; Western Storm (TAS) 2014-2015; Hobart City (TAS) 2014-2017

Affiliated grounds (Current)
Bellerive Oval; KGV Oval; Kingston Twin Ovals; Lauderdale Oval; North Hobart Oval; Windsor Park; York Park

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Boyer Oval; Devonport Oval; Huonville Reserve; Invermay Park; Kingston Beach Oval; New Town Oval; NTCA Ground; Queenborough Oval; Richmond Oval (TAS); Snug Park; TBC; TCA Ground; West Park Oval; Youngtown Oval

1979 TANFL Premiership Season

1978 1980

Grand Finals | Every final | Every match | Notable players

The TSL (Tasmanian State League) is Tasmania’s premier Australian Football competition. [Re] established in 2009, after a nine-year hiatus, the TSL is the island’s sole state-wide competition, and is owned and administered by AFL Tasmania in consultation with participating clubs. The League has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 (claimed to be the third oldest club football league in Australia), and has operated under various guises, including as the TFA, the STFA, the TFL, and the TANFL, amongst others.

Ladder | Round by Round | Finals

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1979 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Glenorchy	20	18	2	2661	1430	186.08	72
2	Clarence	20	14	6	1807	1679	107.62	56
3	Sandy Bay	20	10	10	1507	1591	94.72	40
4	North Hobart	20	9	11	1699	2139	79.43	36
5	New Norfolk	20	6	14	1669	1908	87.47	24
6	Hobart	20	3	17	1657	2253	73.55	12
	H&A	60	60	60	11000	11000	100.00	240
	Finals	4	4	4	671	671	100.00	16
	Total	64	64	64	11671	11671	100.00	256

1979 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	9.15	69	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,080
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	7.10	52	North Hobart won by 17 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	21.15	141	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,435
New Norfolk	—	—	—	14.11	95	Glenorchy won by 46 points
Clarence	—	—	—	12.14	86	Sat 7-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	1,885
Hobart	—	—	—	7.17	59	Clarence won by 27 points

Round 2[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	14.12	96	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,911
Clarence	—	—	—	13.12	90	North Hobart won by 6 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	6.14	50	Sat 14-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	1,346
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	14.11	95	Sandy Bay won by 45 points
Hobart	—	—	—	12.15	87	Mon 16-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	3,653
Glenorchy	—	—	—	15.24	114	Glenorchy won by 27 points

Round 3[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
New Norfolk	—	—	—	14.16	100	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,475
Hobart	—	—	—	12.17	89	New Norfolk won by 11 points
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	5.6	36	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	1,771
Clarence	—	—	—	10.19	79	Clarence won by 43 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	31.14	200	Sat 21-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	3,412
North Hobart	—	—	—	8.9	57	Glenorchy won by 143 points

Round 4[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	6.7	43	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	3,144
Glenorchy	—	—	—	17.19	121	Glenorchy won by 78 points
Hobart	—	—	—	14.16	100	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	1,356
North Hobart	—	—	—	20.18	138	North Hobart won by 38 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	12.12	84	Sat 28-Apr-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	2,077
Clarence	—	—	—	15.8	98	Clarence won by 14 points

Round 5[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	17.11	113	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,221
New Norfolk	—	—	—	10.14	74	North Hobart won by 39 points
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	12.14	86	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	1,307
Hobart	—	—	—	10.9	69	Sandy Bay won by 17 points
Clarence	—	—	—	14.11	95	Sat 5-May-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	3,095
Glenorchy	—	—	—	10.22	82	Clarence won by 13 points

Round 6[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	6.12	48	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,323
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	10.19	79	Sandy Bay won by 31 points
Hobart	—	—	—	16.9	105	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	1,681
Clarence	—	—	—	13.17	95	Hobart won by 10 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	13.17	95	Sat 12-May-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	1,718
Glenorchy	—	—	—	18.9	117	Glenorchy won by 22 points

Round 7[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	15.12	102	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,936
New Norfolk	—	—	—	8.16	64	Sandy Bay won by 38 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	27.19	181	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,270
Hobart	—	—	—	7.9	51	Glenorchy won by 130 points
Clarence	—	—	—	18.22	130	Sat 19-May-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	2,514
North Hobart	—	—	—	9.8	62	Clarence won by 68 points

Round 8[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	8.15	63	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,554
Glenorchy	—	—	—	17.17	119	Glenorchy won by 56 points
Hobart	—	—	—	13.17	95	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	942
New Norfolk	—	—	—	8.14	62	Hobart won by 33 points
Clarence	—	—	—	12.14	86	Sat 26-May-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	2,539
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	7.10	52	Clarence won by 34 points

Round 9[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	17.15	117	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,051
Hobart	—	—	—	14.10	94	North Hobart won by 23 points
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	5.7	37	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	1,505
Glenorchy	—	—	—	16.21	117	Glenorchy won by 80 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	13.9	87	Sat 2-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	1,430
Clarence	—	—	—	14.30	114	Clarence won by 27 points

Round 10[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenorchy	—	—	—	23.17	155	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	4,142
Clarence	—	—	—	7.9	51	Glenorchy won by 104 points
Hobart	—	—	—	15.15	105	Sat 9-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	864
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	15.20	110	Sandy Bay won by 5 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	14.22	106	Sun 10-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	1,140
North Hobart	—	—	—	6.14	50	New Norfolk won by 56 points

Round 11[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	16.11	107	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	1,415
North Hobart	—	—	—	10.21	81	Sandy Bay won by 26 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	13.15	93	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,215
New Norfolk	—	—	—	10.12	72	Glenorchy won by 21 points
Clarence	—	—	—	13.19	97	Sat 23-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	1,539
Hobart	—	—	—	8.13	61	Clarence won by 36 points

Round 12[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	12.17	89	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,455
Clarence	—	—	—	8.16	64	North Hobart won by 25 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	29.15	189	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	1,067
Hobart	—	—	—	9.13	67	Glenorchy won by 122 points		[Report]
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	12.12	84	Sat 30-Jun-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	819
New Norfolk	—	—	—	8.13	61	Sandy Bay won by 23 points

Round 13[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Clarence	—	—	—	8.15	63	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,287
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	8.14	62	Clarence won by 1 point
New Norfolk	—	—	—	20.16	136	Sat 7-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	909
Hobart	—	—	—	10.14	74	New Norfolk won by 62 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	12.19	91	Sun 8-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,619
North Hobart	—	—	—	6.15	51	Glenorchy won by 40 points

Round 14[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	15.12	102	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,461
Hobart	—	—	—	14.12	96	North Hobart won by 6 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	14.19	103	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,293
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	7.10	52	Glenorchy won by 51 points
Clarence	—	—	—	16.14	110	Sat 14-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	1,681
New Norfolk	—	—	—	13.9	87	Clarence won by 23 points

Round 15[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenorchy	—	—	—	17.18	120	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:01 pm	KGV Oval	3,055
Clarence	—	—	—	13.11	89	Glenorchy won by 31 points
North Hobart	—	—	—	14.11	95	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,335
New Norfolk	—	—	—	15.17	107	New Norfolk won by 12 points
Hobart	—	—	—	9.21	75	Sat 21-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	885
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	14.19	103	Sandy Bay won by 28 points

Round 16[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Clarence	—	—	—	11.17	83	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,420
Hobart	—	—	—	9.15	69	Clarence won by 14 points
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	20.11	131	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	1,484
North Hobart	—	—	—	9.14	68	Sandy Bay won by 63 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	10.11	71	Sat 28-Jul-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	1,738
Glenorchy	—	—	—	16.19	115	Glenorchy won by 44 points

Round 17[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	15.10	100	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	2,670
Clarence	—	—	—	16.18	114	Clarence won by 14 points
Hobart	—	—	—	13.15	93	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	1,356
Glenorchy	—	—	—	27.18	180	Glenorchy won by 87 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	9.18	72	Sat 4-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	1,003
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	6.9	45	New Norfolk won by 27 points

Round 18[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Hobart	—	—	—	11.9	75	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,154
Glenorchy	—	—	—	29.15	189	Glenorchy won by 114 points
Hobart	—	—	—	10.17	77	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	531
New Norfolk	—	—	—	10.20	80	New Norfolk won by 3 points
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	12.11	83	Sat 11-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Queenborough Oval	759
Clarence	—	—	—	8.7	55	Sandy Bay won by 28 points

Round 19[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Clarence	—	—	—	13.11	89	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,850
New Norfolk	—	—	—	11.13	79	Clarence won by 10 points
Hobart	—	—	—	15.19	109	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	TCA Ground	1,000
North Hobart	—	—	—	15.23	113	North Hobart won by 4 points
Glenorchy	—	—	—	18.15	123	Sat 18-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	KGV Oval	2,620
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	9.13	67	Glenorchy won by 56 points

Round 20[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Hobart	—	—	—	11.16	82	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	1,297
Sandy Bay	—	—	—	11.15	81	Hobart won by 1 point
Clarence	—	—	—	18.11	119	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Bellerive Oval	2,972
Glenorchy	—	—	—	16.15	111	Clarence won by 8 points
New Norfolk	—	—	—	13.9	87	Sat 25-Aug-1979 2:10 pm	Boyer Oval	977
North Hobart	—	—	—	16.16	112	North Hobart won by 25 points

1979 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Glenorchy	20	18	2	2661	1430	186.08	72
2	Clarence	20	14	6	1807	1679	107.62	56
3	Sandy Bay	20	10	10	1507	1591	94.72	40
4	North Hobart	20	9	11	1699	2139	79.43	36
5	New Norfolk	20	6	14	1669	1908	87.47	24
6	Hobart	20	3	17	1657	2253	73.55	12
	H&A	60	60	60	11000	11000	100.00	240
	Finals	4	4	4	671	671	100.00	16
	Total	64	64	64	11671	11671	100.00	256

Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

First Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Sandy Bay	3.3	9.7	14.12	18.12	120	Sat 1-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	5,629
North Hobart	1.0	4.3	5.8	6.13	49	Sandy Bay won by 71 points

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

Second Semi-final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenorchy	4.4	8.5	12.7	19.8	122	Sat 8-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	10,282
Clarence	3.4	5.7	8.11	11.12	78	Glenorchy won by 44 points

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Clarence	3.3	5.9	7.16	10.19	79	Sat 15-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	8,428
Sandy Bay	0.2	1.3	4.6	9.6	60	Clarence won by 19 points

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Glenorchy	4.7	6.8	10.13	11.14	80	Sat 22-Sep-1979 2:10 pm	North Hobart Oval	24,968
Clarence	3.4	9.6	10.8	12.11	83	Clarence won by 3 points

TSL - KEY FACTS

Premiership Season

1979 TANFL Premiership Season

1979 Ladder

1979 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

Round 2[Round Review]

Round 3[Round Review]

Round 4[Round Review]

Round 5[Round Review]

Round 6[Round Review]

Round 7[Round Review]

Round 8[Round Review]

Round 9[Round Review]

Round 10[Round Review]

Round 11[Round Review]

Round 12[Round Review]

Round 13[Round Review]

Round 14[Round Review]

Round 15[Round Review]

Round 16[Round Review]

Round 17[Round Review]

Round 18[Round Review]

Round 19[Round Review]

Round 20[Round Review]

1979 Ladder

Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

First Semi-final

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

Second Semi-final

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

Footnotes