1979 Brisbane Rugby League season
Rugby league season
1979 Brisbane Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 24 – September 16, 1979 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 88 |
Points scored | 3120 |
Player of the year | ![]() |
← 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.
Teams
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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![]() | Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
![]() | Neumann Oval | Ross Strudwick | Ross Strudwick |
![]() | Bishop Park | Graham Lowe | Mark Murray |
![]() | Corbett Park | Reg Cannon | David Sinclair |
![]() | Dolphin Oval | Ron Raper | Ian Pearce |
![]() | Davies Park | Wayne Bennett | |
![]() | Purtell Park | Don Oxenham | Norm Carr |
![]() | Kougari Oval | Henry Holloway |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 549 | 263 | +286 | 35 |
2 | ![]() | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 435 | 315 | +120 | 28 |
3 | ![]() | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 374 | 312 | +62 | 26 |
4 | ![]() | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 381 | 310 | +71 | 25 |
5 | ![]() | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 337 | 418 | -81 | 18 |
6 | ![]() | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 286 | 426 | -140 | 14 |
7 | ![]() | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 350 | 488 | -138 | 11 |
8 | ![]() | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 284 | 464 | -180 | 11 |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
![]() | 22-13 | ![]() | 26 August 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
![]() | 27-2 | ![]() | 2 September 1979 | Lang Park | H. Dearness | 23,000 | ||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
![]() | 18-16 | ![]() | 9 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 23,000 | ||
Grand Final | ||||||||
![]() | 26-0 | ![]() | 16 September 1979 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 35,000 |
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 0 [1][2]
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