Lake Oval · Sat 26 May 1979 · 21,282 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 44 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 5.3 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 131 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 44 and 131.
Collingwood won by 87 points.
6.8 (44) — 20.11 (131)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Browning | 22 | 5 | 27 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graham Teasdale | 15 | 11 | 26 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Quade | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | — |
| 0 |
| John Rantall | 16 | 5 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Murphy | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Bernie Evans | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David McLeish | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Colin Hounsell | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Lambert | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Wright | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Len Thompson | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Max James | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Stephen Wright | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jon Hummel | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Daryl Cumming | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tony Morwood | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Graham Dempster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Shaw | 20 | 18 | 38 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ray Shaw | 18 | 10 | 28 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bill Valli | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Bill Picken | 14 | 9 | 23 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 16 | 6 | 22 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Rene Kink | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Andrew Ireland | 12 | 7 | 19 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Peter Moore | 15 | 4 | 19 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Michael Woolnough | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Russell Ohlsen | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Stan Magro | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Worthington | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Denis Banks | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ray Byrne | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Ricky Barham | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wight | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoffrey Austen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |