1978 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs

The 1978 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 71st 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 Fortitude Valley clubs.

Season summary

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

Teams

Club	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Eastern Suburbs	Langlands Park	Des Morris	Des Morris
Fortitude Valley	Neumann Oval
Northern Suburbs	Bishop Park
Past Brothers	Corbett Park
Redcliffe	Dolphin Oval
Southern Suburbs	Davies Park	Wayne Bennett
Western Suburbs	Purtell Park
Wynnum-Manly	Kougari Oval

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi Finals
Fortitude Valley	17–10	Western Suburbs	27 August 1978	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	15,000
Eastern Suburbs	21–16	Redcliffe	3 September 1978	Lang Park	Ian Smith
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley	17–13	Redcliffe	10 September 1978	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	18,000
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs	14–10	Fortitude Valley	17 September 1978	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	30,000

Grand Final

Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: R. Morris, G. Holben. Goals: G. McDonald 3, W. Lindenburg.)

Fortitude Valley 10 (Tries: V. Wieland, M. Neill. Goals: M. Neill, A. Mills.)^[1]^[2]

References

^ 1978 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Valleys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6ymXaim8k&t=2s
^ 1978 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1978gf.php

[1] 1978 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Valleys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6ymXaim8k&t=2s

[2] 1978 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1978gf.php

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