1978 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1978 Brisbane Rugby League March 27 – September 17, 1978 8 Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins 88 2941 Redcliffe 16 Ian Pearce (266) Redcliffe 16 Ian Pearce (Rothmans Medal) 1977 1979 The 1978 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 71st 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 Eastern Suburbs and Fortitude Valley clubs. Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Western Suburbs and Fortitude Valley. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Johnny Rhodes Ross Strudwick Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Bob Bax Bruce Warwick Brothers 16 Past Brothers Corbett Park Reg Cannon Paul Beauchamp Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Redcliffe Showgrounds Ian Pearce Ian Pearce Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Greg Veivers Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park Don Oxenham Mark Hogan Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Dennis Ward Robert Orchard Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe211605502306 +196322Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs (P)211407451249 +202283Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley211308317328 -11264Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs2111010339306 +33225Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs219012322369 -47186Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly218013305378 -73167Brothers 16 Past Brothers217014274474 -200148Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs216015313413 -10012 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Valleys 23 Fortitude Valley17–10 Wests Panthers 23 Western Suburbs27 August 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward 15,000 Easts Tigers 23 Eastern Suburbs21–16 Redcliffe 23 Redcliffe3 September 1978Lang ParkIan Smith Preliminary Final Valleys 23 Fortitude Valley17–13 Redcliffe 23 Redcliffe10 September 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward18,000 Grand Final Easts Tigers 23 Eastern Suburbs14–10 Valleys 23 Fortitude Valley17 September 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward30,000 Grand Final Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: R. Morris, G. Holben. Goals: G. McDonald 3, W. Lindenburg.) Fortitude Valley 10 (Tries: V. Wieland, M. Neill. Goals: M. Neill, A. Mills.)1978 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Valleys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6ymXaim8k&t=2s1978 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1978gf.php References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season