1981 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

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

The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Southern 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 Redcliffe, Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly and Eastern Suburbs.

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
Wynnum-Manly	20-9	Eastern Suburbs	30 August 1981	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Redcliffe	21-10	Southern Suburbs	6 September 1981	Lang Park	Stan Scamp
Preliminary Final
Southern Suburbs	16-12	Wynnum-Manly	13 September 1981	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Redcliffe	9-13	Southern Suburbs	20 September 1981	Lang Park	Stan Scamp	30,000

Grand Final[]

Southern Suburbs 13 (Tries: B. Sully, M. Reardon. Goals: M. Meninga 3. Field Goal: K. Spencer.)

Redcliffe 9 (Tries: I. Pearce. Goals: I. Pearce 3.)^[1][2]

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