1976 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1976 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 69th season of Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs clubs.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Western Suburbs

Season summary

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top five of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Past Brothers, Redcliffe and Wynnum-Manly. However, Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs finished the season equal on points, with Magpies defeating Seagulls in a mid-week play-off.

The 1976 season's Rothmans Medallist was Northern Suburbs forward Darryl Brohman.[1] Brohman would later sign for Sydney club Penrith and feature for Canterbury in its 1984 NSWRL grand final win.

Teams
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann Oval
Northern SuburbsBishop Park
Past BrothersCorbett Park
RedcliffeRedcliffe ShowgroundsBarry MuirIan Pearce
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkGreg Veivers
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkRon Raper
Wynnum-ManlyKougari Oval

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs 211506482313+16930
2 Western Suburbs 211506420280+14030
3 Past Brothers 211308395260+13526
4 Redcliffe 2111010367378-1122
5 Wynnum-Manly 218013303335-3216
6 Southern Suburbs 218013329428-9916
7 Fortitude Valley 218013276387-11116
8 Northern Suburbs 216015291482-19112

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoffs
Southern Suburbs 19-12 Fortitude Valley 24 August 1976 Lang Park
Wynnum-Manly 12-17 Southern Suburbs 26 August 1976 Lang Park
Qualifying Finals
Redcliffe 6-14 Southern Suburbs 28 August 1976 Lang Park Ian Smith 8,000
Western Suburbs 10–19 Past Brothers 29 August 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg
Semi-finals
Western Suburbs 11-5 Southern Suburbs 4 September 1976 Lang Park Ian Smith
Eastern Suburbs 13-3 Past Brothers 5 September 1976 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Past Brothers 10-18 Western Suburbs 12 September 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 1-16 Western Suburbs 19 September 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg 37,000

Grand Final
Western Suburbs Position Eastern Suburbs
  1. Greg McCarthy
 FB
  1. Roger Kuhn
2. Mick ReardonWG2. John Callus
3. Harry CameronCE3. Bevan de Bruyn
4. Steve CrearCE4. Steve Farquhar
5. Wayne StewartWG5. Nick Nicolau
6. Geoff RichardsonFE6. Greg Holben
7. Greg OliphantHB7. Wayne Lindenberg
13. Max WilliamsonPR13. Geoff Naylor
12. Gary PrickettHK12. John Lang
11. Bob GreenPR11. Rod Morris
10. John YoungSR10. Des Morris
9. Rod BradshawSR9. John Payne
8. John RibotLK8. John Abbott
16. Norm CarrReservesErrol Slingsby
19. Henry WilliamsonReservesAlan Currie
Ron RaperCoachDes Morris

Western Suburbs made it two premierships in succession, after defeating favourites Eastern Suburbs in an anticlimactic decider.

Easts' solitary point was a field goal by second-rower John Payne, who temporarily gave Tigers the lead in the first-half.

Man of the match Gary Prickett scored the opening try for Wests, with lock John Ribot scoring the second just before half-time. Wests lead 12–1 at half-time and effectively repelled all Easts' efforts in the second-half.

The match was virtually without incident. The most blatant was a high tackle by John Payne on Wests' prop, Max Williamson. Williamson had to be helped from the field, with Payne receiving a long lecture from referee Bernie Pramberg.

Western Suburbs 16 (Tries: Gary Prickett, John Ribot. Goals: 5)

Eastern Suburbs 1 (Field goal: John Payne)[2][3]

References
  1. "Club History and Awards". Norths Devils Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  2. 1975 BRL Grand Final - Wests v Easts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7mrH-wsrg
  3. 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1976gf.php
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