1985 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1985 Brisbane Rugby League March 1 – September 30, 1985 8 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs 88 3113 Wynnum 16 Warren Green (176) Redcliffe 16 Ray Ovens (12) Wynnum 16 Ian French (Rothmans Medal) 1984 1986 The 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th 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 Southern Suburbs and Wynnum-Manly clubs. Season summary The format of the 1985 season remained unchanged from the previous year; teams played a total of 21 first-grade games over the pre-season, three games against other Brisbane sides during the Winfield State League, and the 14-round regular season. Teams played each other three times, twice during the regular season and once during either the pre-season or state league. It resulted in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Past Brothers, Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Wayne Lindenberg Cavill Heugh Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Peter McWhirter Ross Henrick Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs Bishop Park John Barber John Dowling Brothers 16 Past Brothers Corbett Park Ross Strudwick Pat Shepherdson Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Ian Pearce Mitch Brennan Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Norm Carr Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park Trevor Day Kevin Langer Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green Results TeamP1P2P3P4ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST689101112131415161718192021F1F2GFEastern Suburbs TigersWYN -32NOR -3SOU +12WST -4YYVAL +4BRO -27YRED +16WYN -8NOR +2SOU +16WST +20BRO -2VAL +2RED +7WYN -11NOR +24WST -2SOU -40BRO -4VAL -12RED +2Fortitude Valley DiehardsRED +4WST +36NOR +8BRO -13YWYN -4EST -4YSOU -1YRED +16WST 0NOR +32BRO +2SOU -2EST -2WYN +14RED +6WST 0BRO -18NOR +18SOU -16EST +12WYN -22WYN -3Northern Suburbs DevilsSOU -7EST +3VAL -8WYN +1WST +8RED -4YYBRO -8YSOU -18EST -2VAL -32WYN -6WST +16RED +6BRO -14SOU +2EST -24WYN -16VAL -18WST +7RED -7BRO -2Past BrothersWST +4RED +18WYN -8VAL +13SOU -10YYEST +27NOR +8YWST +8RED -4WYN +36VAL -2EST +2SOU -12NOR +14WST +27RED +4VAL +18WYN +6EST +4SOU -8NOR +2SOU -6WYN -9Redcliffe DolphinsVAL -4BRO -18WST +34SOU -12YNOR +4YWYN -30YEST -16VAL -16BRO +4WST +24SOU +22WYN -7NOR -6EST -7VAL -6BRO -4SOU -10WST +34WYN +2NOR +7EST -2Southern Suburbs MagpiesNOR +7WYN -10EST -12RED +12BRO +10YWST +24YVAL +1YNOR +18WYN -14EST -16RED -22VAL +2BRO +12WST +26NOR -2WYN +38RED +10EST +40VAL +16BRO +8WST +21BRO +6XWYN +2Western Suburbs PanthersBRO -4VAL -36RED -34EST +4NOR -8YSOU -24YYWYN -28BRO -8VAL 0RED -24EST -20NOR -16WYN -2SOU -26BRO -27VAL 0EST +2RED -34NOR -7WYN -38SOU -21Wynnum-Manly SeagullsEST +32SOU +10BRO +8NOR -1YVAL +4YRED +30YWST +28EST +8SOU +14BRO -36NOR +6RED +7WST +2VAL -14EST +11SOU -38NOR +16BRO -6RED -2WST +38VAL +22VAL +3BRO +9SOU -2TeamP1P2P3P4ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST689101112131415161718192021F1F2GF X - Bye Y - Team played a non-first grade State League match Opponent for round listed above margin Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs (P)211506415246 +169302Brothers 16 Past Brothers211506438291 +147303Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly211506468349 +119304Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley211029390324 +66225Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs2110011391421 -30206Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe218013320327 -7167Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs217014296421 -125148Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs212217257598 -3116 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly25-22 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley 1 September 1985Lang ParkDavid Manson Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs14-8 Brothers 16 Past Brothers8 September 1985Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly35-16 Brothers 16 Past Brothers15 September 1985Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs10-8 Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly22 September 1985Lang ParkDavid Manson31,000 Grand Final Southern Suburbs 10 (Tries: N. Carr. Goals: G. French 3.) Wynnum-Manly 8 (Tries: C. Adams. Goals: W. Green 2.)1985 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Wynnum-Manly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJjr0nf2fc&t=198s1985 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1985gf.php Souths, coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Norm Carr edged out Wally Lewis' Wynnum Manly by one successful goal kick. Winfield State League 1985 Winfield State League The 1985 Winfield State League was the inaugural season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. A total of 14 teams competed in the season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state, hence the State League name. The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Wynnum-Manly and the Brisbane Brothers winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls completed a 16-0 shutout of the Brothers to win their second consecutive Winfield State League title.1985 Winfield State League Final 16-0 Past Brothers 16 Brisbane Brothers Wynnum 16 Wynnum Manly Lang Park 1985 References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season