1979 Brisbane Rugby League season
Appearance
1979 Brisbane Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 24 – September 16, 1979 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | |
Minor premiers | |
Matches played | 88 |
Points scored | 3120 |
Player of the year | |
The 1979 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 72nd season of Brisbane's 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
[edit]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
[edit]Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris | |
Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick | |
Bishop Park | Graham Lowe | Mark Murray | |
Corbett Park | Reg Cannon | David Sinclair | |
Dolphin Oval | Ron Raper | Ian Pearce | |
Davies Park | Wayne Bennett | ||
Purtell Park | Don Oxenham | Norm Carr | |
Kougari Oval | Henry Holloway |
Ladder
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 549 | 263 | +286 | 35 | |
2 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 435 | 315 | +120 | 28 | |
3 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 374 | 312 | +62 | 26 | |
4 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 381 | 310 | +71 | 25 | |
5 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 337 | 418 | -81 | 18 | |
6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 286 | 426 | -140 | 14 | |
7 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 350 | 488 | -138 | 11 | |
8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 284 | 464 | -180 | 11 |
Finals
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
22-13 | 26 August 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||||
27-2 | 2 September 1979 | Lang Park | H. Dearness | 23,000 | ||||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
18-16 | 9 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 23,000 | ||||
Grand Final | ||||||||
26-0 | 16 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 35,000 |
Grand Final
[edit]Fortitude Valley 26 (Tries: C. Close, V. Wieland, P. McWhirter, J. McLeod. Goals: M. Neill 6. Field Goals: W. Lewis, R. Strudwick.)
References
[edit]- ^ 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