1981 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th season of Brisbane's semi-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.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Southern Suburbs

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
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss StrudwickRoss Strudwick
Northern SuburbsBishop Park
Past BrothersCorbett ParkWayne Bennett
RedcliffeDolphin Oval
Southern SuburbsDavies Park
Western SuburbsPurtell Park
Wynnum-ManlyKougari Oval

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi Finals
Wynnum-Manly 20-9 Eastern Suburbs 30 August 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Redcliffe 21-10 Southern Suburbs 6 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp
Preliminary Final
Southern Suburbs 16-12 Wynnum-Manly 13 September 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Redcliffe 9-13 Southern Suburbs 20 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp 30,000

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.)[1][2]

References
  1. 1981 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy6H5ywHQPo
  2. 1981 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1981gf.php
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