1977 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 70th 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 Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Eastern Suburbs

Season summary

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.

Teams
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann Oval
Northern SuburbsBishop Park
Past BrothersCorbett Park
RedcliffeDolphin Oval
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkWayne Bennett
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkRon Raper
Wynnum-ManlyKougari Oval

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi Finals
Eastern Suburbs 21-11 Northern Suburbs 28 August 1976 Lang Park Ian Smith
Redcliffe 5-4 Western Suburbs 4 September 1976 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Eastern Suburbs 9-5 Western Suburbs 11 September 1976 Lang Park R. Thomas
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 17-13 Redcliffe 18 September 1976 Lang Park Eddie Ward 37,000

Grand Final


Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: J. Callus, S. Farquhar, W. Lindenburg. Goals: G. Holben 4)

Redcliffe 13 (Tries: F. Grayson. Goals: F. Pierce 5)[1][2]

References
  1. 1977 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2jUXSrf3U&t=99s
  2. 1977 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1977gf.php
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