1979 Brisbane Rugby League season
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Country | Australia |
Premiers | Fortitude Valley |
The 1979 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 72nd 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 Fortitude Valley and Southern Suburbs clubs.
Season summary[]
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Fortitude Valley, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs and Western Suburbs.
Teams[]
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
Fortitude Valley | Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick |
Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | ||
Past Brothers | Corbett Park | ||
Redcliffe | Dolphin Oval | ||
Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | Wayne Bennett | |
Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | ||
Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval |
Finals[]
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
Southern Suburbs | 22-13 | Western Suburbs | 26 August 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Fortitude Valley | 27-2 | Eastern Suburbs | 2 September 1979 | Lang Park | H. Dearness | 23,000 | ||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
Southern Suburbs | 18-16 | Eastern Suburbs | 9 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 23,000 | ||
Grand Final | ||||||||
Fortitude Valley | 26-0 | Southern Suburbs | 16 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 35,000 |
Grand Final[]
Fortitude Valley 26 (Tries: C. Close, V. Wieland, P. McWhirter, J. McLeod. Goals: M. Neill 6. Field Goals: W. Lewis, R. Strudwick.)
References[]
- ^ 1979 BRL Grand Final - Valleys v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izOjzajplg
- ^ 1979 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1979gf.php
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