Australia and New Zealand in 1978
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Hawthorn
def. North Melbourne, 121-103
Manly Warringah
def. Cronulla-Sutherland, 16-0
New Zealand
def. Australia, 1-2
The year, month by month
January
- CricketWorld Series CricketWest Indies
- Season
- 1977-78
- Date
- 3 Jan
- Note
- Supertests: West Indies vs Australia
- TennisAustralian Open men'sGuillermo Vilas
February
- CricketWorld Series CricketWest Indies
- Season
- 1977-78
- Date
- 5 Feb
- Note
- International Cup (final)
- CricketWorld Series CricketWorld XI
- Season
- 1977-78
- Date
- 13 Feb
- Note
- Supertests: World XI vs Australia
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldWestern Australia
- Season
- 1977-78
Apr to Aug: nothing in this view
September
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 1-2
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 9 Sep
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- NRLNSWRLManly Warringah def. Cronulla-Sutherland, 16-0
- Runner-up
- Cronulla-Sutherland
- Venue
- S.C.G.
- Date
- 19 Sep
- AFLVFLHawthorn def. North Melbourne, 121-103
- Runner-up
- North Melbourne
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 30 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCWellington def. Counties
- Runner-up
- Counties
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
November: nothing in this view
December
- TennisAustralian Open women'sChris O'Neil
- Date
- 31 Dec
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union3-0-2
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football0-0-2
- Women's football1-0-0
Beat Thailand
- Men's basketball6-0-7
Beat Czechoslovakia
- Men's cricket
Test 3-1-6 · ODI 1-0-1
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union6-0-1
Beat Wales
- Men's football1-0-0
Beat Singapore
- Men's basketball1-0-2
Beat Australia
- Men's cricket
Test 1-1-4 · ODI 0-0-2
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Hawthorn AFL
Top club on the Line, 1657
City of the year
- Melbourne1
- Perth1
- Sydney1
Titles by metro
- Melbourne: VFL
- Perth: Sheffield Shield
- Sydney: NSWRL
- Wellington: NPC
Since 1897, to 1978: Sydney 106, Melbourne 96
Trans-Tasman
Australia 3, New Zealand 3
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 1
- Rugby union, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 2
This year in history
- World Series Cricket, an unofficial series, played Supertests in 1977-78.