1981 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1981 Brisbane Rugby League March 28 – September 20, 1981 8 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs 88 2858 Easts Tigers 16 Shane McNally (200) Souths Magpies 16 Bruce Astill (15) Souths Magpies 16 Chris Phelan (Rothmans Medal) 1980 1982 The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Redcliffe clubs. Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Redcliffe, Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly and Eastern Suburbs. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Greg Holben 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 Jay Hoffman Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Arthur Beetson Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Des Morris Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs (P)211416352147 +205292Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe211407413274 +139283Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly211407410382 +28284Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs2111010411307 -104225Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley2110110308305 +3216Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs218013270396 -126167Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs216114275415 -140138Brothers 16 Past Brothers215115309422 -11311 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly20-9 Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs30 August 1981Lang ParkEddie Ward Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe21-10 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs6 September 1981Lang ParkStan Scamp Preliminary Final Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs16-12 Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly13 September 1981Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe9-13 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs20 September 1981Lang ParkStan Scamp30,000 Grand Final Southern Suburbs 13 (Tries: B. Sully, M. Reardon. Goals: M. Meninga 3. Field Goal: K. Spencer.) Redcliffe 9 (Tries: I. Pearce. Goals: I. Pearce 3.)1981 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy6H5ywHQPo1981 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1981gf.php References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season