Claim: Twelve teams competed in the 1978 NSWRFL season with the Australian rugby club Western Suburbs Magpies leading the pack with a record of 16-5.
Evidence: 12 Western Suburbs 1 16 5 The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.