1980 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1980 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 73rd season of Brisbane's 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.

1980 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 22 – September 21, 1980
Teams8
Premiers Northern Suburbs
Minor premiers Fortitude Valley
Matches played88
Points scored3116
Top points scorer(s) Mal Meninga (245)
Player of the year Peter Lehman (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Bruce Astill (19)

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
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkJohn AbbottJohn Abbott
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss StrudwickRoss Strudwick
Northern SuburbsBishop ParkGraham LoweMark Murray
Past BrothersCorbett ParkWayne BennettGreg Holben
RedcliffeDolphin OvalFrank StantonIan Pearce
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkBob McCarthyBruce Astill
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkHarry CameronNorm Carr
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalHenry HollowayDes Morris

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Fortitude Valley 21 16 0 5 452 261 +191 32
2 Southern Suburbs 21 15 1 5 434 257 +177 31
3 Past Brothers 21 14 0 7 342 326 +16 28
4 Northern Suburbs (P) 21 13 0 8 380 314 +66 26
5 Redcliffe 21 11 1 9 429 368 +61 23
6 Eastern Suburbs 21 6 0 15 404 432 -28 12
7 Wynnum-Manly 21 4 1 16 328 523 -195 9
8 Western Suburbs 21 3 1 17 209 497 -288 7

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
Northern Suburbs 24-17 Past Brothers 31 August 1980 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Southern Suburbs 22-14 Fortitude Valley 7 September 1980 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Northern Suburbs 15-14 Fortitude Valley 14 September 1980 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Northern Suburbs 17-15 Southern Suburbs 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
  1. 1980 BRL Grand Final - Norths v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z76NEnAaw
  2. 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1980gf.php
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