1979 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Fortitude Valley

The 1979 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 72nd 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 Fortitude Valley 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 Fortitude Valley, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs and Western Suburbs.

Teams

Club	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Eastern Suburbs	Langlands Park	Des Morris	Des Morris
Fortitude Valley	Neumann Oval	Ross Strudwick	Ross Strudwick
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
Southern Suburbs	22-13	Western Suburbs	26 August 1979	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Fortitude Valley	27-2	Eastern Suburbs	2 September 1979	Lang Park	H. Dearness	23,000
Preliminary Final
Southern Suburbs	18-16	Eastern Suburbs	9 September 1979	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	23,000
Grand Final
Fortitude Valley	26-0	Southern Suburbs	16 September 1979	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	35,000

Grand Final

Fortitude Valley 26 (Tries: C. Close, V. Wieland, P. McWhirter, J. McLeod. Goals: M. Neill 6. Field Goals: W. Lewis, R. Strudwick.)

Southern Suburbs 0 ^[1]^[2]

References

^ 1979 BRL Grand Final - Valleys v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izOjzajplg
^ 1979 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1979gf.php

[1] 1979 BRL Grand Final - Valleys v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izOjzajplg

[2] 1979 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1979gf.php

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