1980 Brisbane Rugby League season
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
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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.
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
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
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Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick |
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Bishop Park | ||
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Corbett Park | Wayne Bennett | |
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Dolphin Oval | ||
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Davies Park | ||
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Purtell Park | ||
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Kougari Oval |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
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24-17 | ![]() |
31 August 1980 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
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22-14 | ![]() |
7 September 1980 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
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15-14 | ![]() |
14 September 1980 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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17-15 | ![]() |
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
- ^ 1980 BRL Grand Final - Norths v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z76NEnAaw
- ^ 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1980gf.php