1979 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1979 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 24 – September 16, 1979
Teams8
Premiers Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley
Minor premiers Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs
Matches played88
Points scored3120
Player of the year Norths Devils colours.svg Neville Draper (Rothmans Medal)
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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.

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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 Fortitude Valley, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs and Western Suburbs.

Teams

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Ross Strudwick
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Mark Murray
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett ParkReg CannonDavid Sinclair
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Ron Raper Ian Pearce
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Greg Veivers → Bruce Astill
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park Don Oxenham Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Henry Holloway

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley (P)211713549263+28635
2 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 211407435315+12028
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 211308374312+6226
4 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 211218381310+7125
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 219012337418-8118
6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 217014286426-14014
7 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 215115350488-13811
8 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 215115284464-18011

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 22-13 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 26 August 1979 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 27-2 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2 September 1979 Lang Park H. Dearness23,000
Preliminary Final
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 18-16 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 9 September 1979 Lang Park Eddie Ward23,000
Grand Final
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 26-0 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 16 September 1979 Lang Park Eddie Ward35,000

Grand Final


Fortitude Valley 26 (Tries: C. Close, V. Wieland, P. McWhirter, J. McLeod. Goals: M. Neill 6. Field Goals: W. Lewis, R. Strudwick.)

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