1985 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

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

The 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th 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 Wynnum-Manly clubs.

Season summary[]

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Past Brothers, Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley.

Teams[]

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

Finals[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
Wynnum-Manly	25-22	Fortitude Valley	1 September 1985	Lang Park	David Manson
Southern Suburbs	14-8	Past Brothers	8 September 1985	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly	35-16	Past Brothers	15 September 1985	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs	10-8	Wynnum-Manly	22 September 1985	Lang Park	David Manson	31,000

Grand Final[]

Southern Suburbs 10 (Tries: N. Carr. Goals: G. French 3.)

Wynnum-Manly 8 (Tries: C. Adams. Goals: W. Green 2.)^[1][2]

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