Round 1, 1978 · Windy Hill · Saturday 1 April 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 33 | 47 | 85 | 123 |
| South Melbourne | 17 | 45 | 63 | 102 |
Crowd 23,562. Coaches: Barry Davis and Des Tuddenham. Umpires: Bill Deller, John Morgan.
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Stephen Robins | 24 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Brian Walsh | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie Jones | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Denis Scanlon | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roger Merrett (debut) | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Barry Round | 25 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Colin Hounsell | 6 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Francis Jackson | 31 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Graham Teasdale | 20 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Dean | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| John Rantall | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| David Young | 14 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mark Browning | 43 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry ONeill | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max James (debut) | 27 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David McLeish | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Scarlett | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Evans (debut) | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Woodman | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Morrison | 35 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neville Fields | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Shane Zantuck | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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233 meetings: Essendon 135, South Melbourne 97, 1 drawn.
Sydney by 36 · crowd 24,767
Sydney by 14 · crowd 20,805
Essendon by 8 · crowd 43,799
Sydney by 39 · crowd 33,830
Sydney by 30 · crowd 34,954
Sydney by 2 · crowd 38,329