1980 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1980 Brisbane Rugby League March 22 – September 21, 1980 8 Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley 88 3116 Souths Magpies 16 Mal Meninga (245) Souths Magpies 16 Bruce Astill (19) Brothers 16 Peter Lehman (Rothmans Medal) 1979 1981 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 at Lang Park between Northern Suburbs (Norths) and Southern Suburbs (Souths). 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 Brisbane. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Abbott John Abbott Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Ross Strudwick Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Mark Murray Brothers 16 Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Greg Holben Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Frank Stanton Ian Pearce Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park Harry Cameron Norm Carr Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Henry Holloway Des Morris Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley211605452261 +191322Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs211515434257 +177313Brothers 16 Past Brothers211407342326 +16284Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs (P)211308380314 +66265Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe211119429368 +61236Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs216015404432 -28127Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly214116328523 -19598Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs213117209497 -2887 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs24-17 Brothers 16 Past Brothers31 August 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs22-14 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley7 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs15-14 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley14 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs 17-15 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs21 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward32,000 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.)1980 BRL Grand Final - Norths v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z76NEnAaw1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1980gf.php References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season