1980 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

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

The 1980 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 73rd 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 Northern Suburbs 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 Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley, Northern Suburbs and Past Brothers.

Teams[]

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

Finals[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
Northern Suburbs	24-17	Past Brothers	31 August 1980	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Southern Suburbs	22-14	Fortitude Valley	7 September 1980	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Northern Suburbs	15-14	Fortitude Valley	14 September 1980	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Northern Suburbs	17-15	Southern Suburbs	21 September 1980	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	32,000

Grand Final[]

The Grand Final, attended by over 32,000 people, was most notable for a fight which occurred in the first half of the match. Spectators cheered while a commentator was quoted as saying "that's as bad as I've seen in a Grand Final." When play resumed, a close game finished with Norths winning 17-15.

Northern Suburbs 17 (Tries: R. Henrick, B. Dunn, P. Dutton. Goals: G. Warnock 4.)

Southern Suburbs 15 (Tries: M. Meninga, G. Moroko, B. Johnstone. Goals: M. Meninga 3.)^[1][2]

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