1977 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 70th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

1977 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 25 – September 18, 1977
Teams8
Premiers Eastern Suburbs
Minor premiers Redcliffe Dolphins
Matches played89
Points scored2898
Player of the year Alan Currie (Rothmans Medal)

Season summary

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

Teams
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalJohnny RhodesRoss Strudwick
Northern SuburbsBishop ParkBob BaxBruce Warwick
Past BrothersCorbett ParkJohn LohmanDavid Wright
RedcliffeRedcliffe ShowgroundsIan PearceIan Pearce
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkWayne BennettWayne Bennett
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkRon RaperBob Green
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalDennis WardDennis Ward

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Redcliffe 21 14 0 7 339 237 +102 28
2 Western Suburbs 21 12 0 9 383 331 +52 24
3 Eastern Suburbs (P) 21 11 0 10 378 323 +55 22
4 Northern Suburbs 21 11 0 10 414 401 +11 22
5 Past Brothers 21 11 0 10 301 341 -40 22
6 Fortitude Valley 21 9 0 12 380 363 +17 18
7 Wynnum-Manly 21 9 0 12 259 376 -117 18
8 Southern Suburbs 21 7 0 14 328 410 -82 14

Finals
Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
Northern Suburbs 21-10 Past Brothers 23 August 1977 Lang Park Stan Scamp
Semi-finals
Eastern Suburbs 21-11 Northern Suburbs 28 August 1977 Lang Park Ian Smith
Redcliffe 5-4 Western Suburbs 4 September 1977 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Eastern Suburbs 9-5 Western Suburbs 11 September 1977 Lang Park R. Thomas
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 17-13 Redcliffe 18 September 1977 Lang Park Eddie Ward 37,000

Grand Final

Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: John Callus, Steve Farquhar, Wayne Lindenburg. Goals: Greg Holben 4)

Redcliffe 13 (Tries: Forrester Grayson. Goals: Ian Pierce 5)[1][2]

References
  1. 1977 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2jUXSrf3U&t=99s
  2. 1977 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1977gf.php
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