1981 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1981 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 28 – September 20, 1981
Teams8
Premiers Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs
Minor premiers Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs
Matches played88
Points scored2858
Top points scorer(s) Balmain colours.svg Shane McNally (200)
Player of the year Western Suburbs colours.svg Chris Phelan (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Western Suburbs colours.svg Bruce Astill (15)
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The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Southern 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 Redcliffe, Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly and Eastern Suburbs.

Teams

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Greg Holben
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 Park Wayne Bennett Jay Hoffman
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Arthur Beetson
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Des Morris

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs (P)211416352147+20529
2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 211407413274+13928
3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 211407410382+2828
4 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 2111010411307-10422
5 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 2110110308305+321
6 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 218013270396-12616
7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 216114275415-14013
8 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 215115309422-11311

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 20-9 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 30 August 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 21-10 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 6 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp
Preliminary Final
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 16-12 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 13 September 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 9-13 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 20 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp30,000

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]

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