The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Southern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.
1981 Brisbane Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 28 โ September 20, 1981 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 88 |
Points scored | 2858 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
Season summary
editTeams 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
editClub | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | John Lang | Greg Holben |
Fortitude Valley | Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick |
Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | Graham Lowe | Mark Murray |
Past Brothers | Corbett Park | Wayne Bennett | Jay Hoffman |
Redcliffe | Dolphin Oval | Arthur Beetson | Arthur Beetson |
Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | Bob McCarthy | Bruce Astill |
Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | John Lohman | Norm Carr |
Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval | Des Morris | Des Morris |
Ladder
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Southern Suburbs (P) | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 352 | 147 | +205 | 29 |
2 | Redcliffe | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 413 | 274 | +139 | 28 |
3 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 410 | 382 | +28 | 28 |
4 | Eastern Suburbs | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 411 | 307 | -104 | 22 |
5 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 308 | 305 | +3 | 21 |
6 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 270 | 396 | -126 | 16 |
7 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 275 | 415 | -140 | 13 |
8 | Past Brothers | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 309 | 422 | -113 | 11 |
Finals
editHome | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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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
editSouthern Suburbs 13 (Tries: B. Sully, M. Reardon. Goals: M. Meninga 3. Field Goal: K. Spencer.)
References
edit- ^ 1981 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy6H5ywHQPo
- ^ 1981 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1981gf.php