1981 Brisbane Rugby League season
Appearance
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Country | Australia |
Premiers | Southern Suburbs |
The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Southern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.
Season summary
Teams 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
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
Fortitude Valley | Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick |
Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | ||
Past Brothers | Corbett Park | Wayne Bennett | |
Redcliffe | Dolphin Oval | ||
Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | ||
Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | ||
Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval |
Finals
Home | 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
Southern Suburbs 13 (Tries: B. Sully, M. Reardon. Goals: M. Meninga 3. Field Goal: K. Spencer.)
Redcliffe 9 (Tries: I. Pearce. Goals: I. Pearce 3.)[1][2]
References
- ^ 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