1966 Brisbane Rugby League season

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The 1966 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 58th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in minor premiers Northern Suburbs defeating Past Brothers 9-6 in the grand final, winning their seventh premiership in eight years.

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Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 211515408214+19431
2 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 211416379303+7629
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 211227298227+7126
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 211119331261+7023
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 2110011331325+620
6 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2110011348245+10320
7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 217113232325-9315
8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 212019185612-4274

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi Finals
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 14-10 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 27 August 1966 Lang Park Don Lancashire12,000
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 18-13 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 28 August 1966 Lang Park Henry Albert
Preliminary Final
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 7-6 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 3 September 1966 Lang Park Ron Harbottle10,893
Grand Final
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 9-6 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 10 September 1966 Lang Park Henry Albert21,499

Grand Final

Northern Suburbs 9 (Tries: Cattanach, Goals: Lobegeiger 2, Field goals: Brown)

Past Brothers 6 (Goals: Cavanagh 2, Dowling) [1] [2]

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References

  1. Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com.[ self-published source ]
  2. Brothers Vs Norths BRL Grand Final 1966 , retrieved 11 June 2022