1977 Brisbane Rugby League season
Rugby league season
1977 Brisbane Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 25 – September 18, 1977 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Eastern Suburbs |
Minor premiers | Redcliffe Dolphins |
Matches played | 89 |
Points scored | 2898 |
Player of the year | Alan Currie (Rothmans Medal) |
← 1976 1978 → |
The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 70th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern 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 Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.
Teams
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
Fortitude Valley | Neumann Oval | Johnny Rhodes | Ross Strudwick |
Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | Bob Bax | Bruce Warwick |
Past Brothers | Corbett Park | John Lohman | David Wright |
Redcliffe | Redcliffe Showgrounds | Ian Pearce | Ian Pearce |
Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | Wayne Bennett | Wayne Bennett |
Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | Ron Raper | Bob Green |
Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval | Dennis Ward | Dennis Ward |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Redcliffe | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 339 | 237 | +102 | 28 |
2 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 383 | 331 | +52 | 24 |
3 | Eastern Suburbs (P) | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 378 | 323 | +55 | 22 |
4 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 414 | 401 | +11 | 22 |
5 | Past Brothers | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 301 | 341 | -40 | 22 |
6 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 380 | 363 | +17 | 18 |
7 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 259 | 376 | -117 | 18 |
8 | Southern Suburbs | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 328 | 410 | -82 | 14 |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Playoff | ||||||||
Northern Suburbs | 21-10 | Past Brothers | 23 August 1977 | Lang Park | Stan Scamp | |||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 21-11 | Northern Suburbs | 28 August 1977 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
Redcliffe | 5-4 | Western Suburbs | 4 September 1977 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 9-5 | Western Suburbs | 11 September 1977 | Lang Park | R. Thomas | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 17-13 | Redcliffe | 18 September 1977 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 37,000 |
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: John Callus, Steve Farquhar, Wayne Lindenburg. Goals: Greg Holben 4)
Redcliffe 13 (Tries: Forrester Grayson. Goals: Ian Pierce 5)[1][2]
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