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1977 NFL Championship Series (Australia)

The 1977 NFL Championship Series was the 2nd edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the WANFL, the VFA and State Representative Teams.

NFL Ardath Cup
20 March – 26 July 1977
22
5 (in 3 host cities)
Norwood (3rd title)
East Perth
21
64,818 (3,087 per match)
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 NFL Championship Series was the 2nd edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the WANFL, the VFA and State Representative Teams.

Following the success of the 1976 competition, the 1977 edition was originally planned to be a full-scale national competition that would feature all the VFL, SANFL and WANFL teams plus representative teams from Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT. But in late 1976, the VFL announced they were withdrawing from the national competition to form their own rival night series, the VFL Night Series.

Following this decision, the NFL decided to replaces the VFL teams with the top four VFA teams from the previous season, a surprising move considering the VFA was expelled from the ANFC in 1970.

TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)1
SturtDouble BluesSANFLWinners of the 1976 South Australian National Football League6th (Previous: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976)
Port AdelaideMagpiesSANFLRunners-Up in the 1976 South Australian National Football League6th (Previous: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1976)
GlenelgTigersSANFLThird Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1973, 1976)
NorwoodRedlegsSANFLFourth Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League5th (Previous: 1888, 1907, 1975, 1976)
PerthDemonsWANFLWinners of the 1976 Western Australian National Football League1st
East PerthRoyalsWANFLRunners-Up in the 1976 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1972)
South FremantleBulldogsWANFLThird Place in the 1976 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1976)
Port MelbourneBoroughsVFAWinners of the 1976 Victorian Football Association Premiership1st
QueenslandMaroonsQAFLState Representative Team1st
TasmaniaDevilsTANFLState Representative Team2nd (Previous: 1974)
West AdelaideBloodsSANFLFifth Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League4th (Previous: 1908, 1909, 1911)
Central DistrictBulldogsSANFLSixth Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League1st
South AdelaidePanthersSANFLSeventh Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1893, 1896)
North AdelaideRoostersSANFLEighth Place in the 1976 South Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1971, 1972)
West PerthFalconsWANFLFourth Place in the 1976 Western Australian National Football League3rd (Previous: 1975, 1976)
East FremantleSharksWANFLFifth Place in the 1976 Western Australian National Football League2nd (Previous: 1974)
ClaremontTigersWANFLSixth Place in the 1976 Western Australian National Football League1st
DandenongRedlegsVFARunners-Up in the 1976 Victorian Football Association Premiership1st
PrestonBullantsVFAThird Place in the 1976 Victorian Football Association Premiership1st
CaulfieldBearsVFAFourth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football Association Premiership1st
Australian Capital TerritoryRamsACTAFLState Representative Team1st
New South WalesBluesNSWAFLState Representative Team1st

1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia.

AdelaidePerthMelbourne
Norwood OvalLeederville OvalLathlain ParkClaremont OvalLake Oval
Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 20,000
13.7 (85)8.5 (53)Attendance: 5,195
14.8 (92)11.17 (83)Attendance: 2,500
16.20 (116)9.11 (65)Attendance: 2,000 (estimate)
15.10 (100)11.7 (73)Attendance: 500 (estimate)
9.9 (63)14.9 (93)Attendance: 1,500
11.10 (76)14.11 (95)Attendance: 250
13.14 (92)13.11 (89)Attendance: 1,000 (estimate)
18.23 (131)7.3 (45)Attendance: 3,073
18.17 (125)8.11 (59)Attendance: 2,000
17.9 (111)12.8 (80)Attendance: 500
18.17 (125)7.14 (56)Attendance: 600 (estimate)
21.14 (140)13.9 (87)Attendance: 5,000
25.18 (168)4.3 (27)Attendance: 3,000 (estimate)
7.12 (54)6.7 (43)Attendance: 1,500 (estimate)
19.11(125)9.14 (68)Attendance: 3,000
23.14 (152)12.10 (82)Attendance: 2,500
14.14 (98)11.7 (73)Attendance: 3,500
13.6 (84)13.8 (86)Attendance: 3,000 (estimate)
17.11 (113)8.9 (57)Attendance: 8,000
12.13 (85)3.11 (29)Attendance: 4,000 (estimate)
3.0 (18)6.2 (38)8.3 (51)10.9 (69)2.1 (13)4.4 (28)8.7 (55)9.7 (61)Attendance: 12,000 Umpires: Peter Mead
Goals
Button, Michalanney 2 Gallagher, Gregg, Woodcock, Rosser, Adler, Von Bertouch 1Spencer 3 Arnold 2 Otway, Verstegen, Stewart, Hamilton 1
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