1977 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1977 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 25 – September 18, 1977
Teams8
Premiers Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs
Minor premiers Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins
Matches played89
Points scored2898
Player of the year Balmain colours.svg 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.

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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

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Johnny Rhodes Ross Strudwick
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Bob Bax Bruce Warwick
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett ParkJohn Lohman David Wright
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Redcliffe Showgrounds Ian Pearce Ian Pearce
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Wayne Bennett
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper Bob Green
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Dennis Ward Dennis Ward

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 211407339237+10228
2 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 211209383331+5224
3 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs (P)2111010378323+5522
4 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 2111010414401+1122
5 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 2111010301341-4022
6 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 219012380363+1718
7 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 219012259376-11718
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 217014328410-8214

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Playoff
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 21-10 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 23 August 1977 Lang Park Stan Scamp
Semi-finals
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 21-11 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 28 August 1977 Lang Park Ian Smith
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 5-4 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 4 September 1977 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 9-5 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 11 September 1977 Lang Park R. Thomas
Grand Final
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 17-13 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 18 September 1977 Lang Park Eddie Ward37,000

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]

References