1980 Brisbane Rugby League season
1980 Brisbane Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 22 – September 21, 1980 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Northern Suburbs |
Minor premiers | Fortitude Valley |
Matches played | 88 |
Points scored | 3116 |
Top points scorer(s) | Mal Meninga (245) |
Player of the year | Peter Lehman (Rothmans Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Bruce Astill (19) |
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.
Season summary
[edit]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
[edit]Ladder
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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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
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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