1977 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs

The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 70th season of Brisbane's semi-professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

Season summary[]

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.

Teams[]

Club	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Eastern Suburbs	Langlands Park	Des Morris	Des Morris
Fortitude Valley	Neumann Oval
Northern Suburbs	Bishop Park
Past Brothers	Corbett Park
Redcliffe	Dolphin Oval
Southern Suburbs	Davies Park	Wayne Bennett
Western Suburbs	Purtell Park	Ron Raper
Wynnum-Manly	Kougari Oval

Finals[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
Eastern Suburbs	21-11	Northern Suburbs	28 August 1976	Lang Park	Ian Smith
Redcliffe	5-4	Western Suburbs	4 September 1976	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Eastern Suburbs	9-5	Western Suburbs	11 September 1976	Lang Park	R. Thomas
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs	17-13	Redcliffe	18 September 1976	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	37,000

Grand Final[]

Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: J. Callus, S. Farquhar, W. Lindenburg. Goals: G. Holben 4)

Redcliffe 13 (Tries: F. Grayson. Goals: F. Pierce 5)^[1][2]

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