1979 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1979 Brisbane Rugby League March 24 – September 16, 1979 8 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs 88 3120 Norths Devils 16 Neville Draper (Rothmans Medal) 1978 1980 The 1979 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 72nd 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 Fortitude Valley and Southern Suburbs clubs. Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Fortitude Valley, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs and Western Suburbs. 1979 Great Britain Lions tour's Australian leg saw several matches against teams across Queensland, several involving BRL players, such as the 3 Test matches against Australia and single matches against Queensland and Brisbane. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris 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 Reg Cannon David Sinclair Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Ron Raper Ian Pearce Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Greg Veivers → Bruce Astill Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park Don Oxenham Norm Carr Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Henry Holloway Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley (P)211713549263 +286352Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs211407435315 +120283Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs211308374312 +62264Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs211218381310 +71255Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs219012337418 -81186Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe217014286426 -140147Brothers 16 Past Brothers215115350488 -138118Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly215115284464 -18011 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Souths Magpies 23 Southern Suburbs22-13 Wests Panthers 23 Western Suburbs26 August 1979Lang ParkEddie Ward Valleys 23 Fortitude Valley27-2 Easts Tigers 23 Eastern Suburbs2 September 1979Lang ParkH. Dearness23,000 Preliminary Final Souths Magpies 23 Southern Suburbs18-16 Easts Tigers 23 Eastern Suburbs9 September 1979Lang ParkEddie Ward23,000 Grand Final Valleys 23 Fortitude Valley26-0 Souths Magpies 23 Southern Suburbs16 September 1979Lang ParkEddie Ward35,000 Grand Final Fortitude Valley 26 (Tries: C. Close, V. Wieland, P. McWhirter, J. McLeod. Goals: M. Neill 6. Field Goals: W. Lewis, R. Strudwick.) Southern Suburbs 01979 BRL Grand Final - Valleys v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izOjzajplg1979 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1979gf.php References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season