1980 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

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

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
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss StrudwickRoss Strudwick
Northern SuburbsBishop Park
Past BrothersCorbett ParkWayne Bennett
RedcliffeDolphin Oval
Southern SuburbsDavies Park
Western SuburbsPurtell Park
Wynnum-ManlyKougari 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]

References
  1. 1980 BRL Grand Final - Norths v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z76NEnAaw
  2. 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1980gf.php
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