1984 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1984 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 2 – September 30, 1984
Teams8
Premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly
Matches played89
Points scored3151
Top points scorer(s) Western Suburbs colours.svg Mal Meninga (154)
Player of the year Balmain colours.svg Cavill Heugh (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Western Suburbs colours.svg Mal Meninga (18)
  1983
1985  

The 1984 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 76th 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 Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs clubs.

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Season summary

Though the format in which games of the 1984 BRL season were played did not change from the previous year, competition points were given to the eight Brisbane teams based on wins in the Woolies Pre-Season Competition and the 3 games each club played against another Brisbane side in the Winfield State League, excluding finals in both of these competitions. These matches effectively formed Rounds 1-7 of the 1984 Winfield Cup, with media at the time referring to the May-September Brisbane competition as Rounds 8-21 once again.

Teams played each other a total of three times over the 21 first-grade rounds, twice during the regular competition and once during either the pre-season or state league. It resulted in a top four of Wynnum-Manly, Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley and Redcliffe.

Teams

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Russell Klein
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Barry Muir Paul Bartier → Dennis Cook
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Pat Shepherdson
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mitch Brennan
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Bruce Astill Mal Meninga
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park Greg Oliphant Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green

Results

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Eastern Suburbs Tigers BRO

-34

RED

-3

NOR

+24

VAL

-12

WST

-2

YSOU

-12

WYN

-22

YYBRO

+23

RED

0

NOR

+18

VAL

+5

WST

+28

SOU

-8

WYN

-32

BRO

0

XRED

+8

NOR

0

VAL

+8

WST

+6

SOU

-30

WYN

-4

Fortitude Valley Diehards SOU

-26

WYN

-7

WST

+4

EST

+12

BRO

+2

YYNOR

+28

RED

+1

YSOU

+4

WYN

-12

WST

+2

EST

-5

BRO

+8

NOR

+16

RED

-18

SOU

+2

XWYN

-22

WST

+12

EST

-8

BRO

-28

NOR

+18

RED

+8

XRED

+2

SOU

-6

Northern Suburbs Devils RED

-6

BRO

-18

EST

-24

WST

-14

YWYN

-14

YVAL

-28

YSOU

-46

RED

-33

BRO

-8

EST

-18

WST

-22

WYN

-6

VAL

-16

SOU

0

RED

+2

XBRO

-10

EST

0

WST

+18

WYN

+6

VAL

-18

SOU

-22

Past Brothers EST

+34

NOR

+18

RED

-3

SOU

-10

VAL

-2

YWST

-2

YYWYN

-36

EST

-23

NOR

+8

RED

+2

SOU

+7

VAL

-8

WYN

-22

WST

+8

EST

0

XNOR

+10

RED

+4

SOU

-6

VAL

+28

WYN

-6

WST

+16

RED

-11

Redcliffe Dolphins NOR

+6

EST

+3

BRO

+3

WYN

-6

YSOU

-3

YYVAL

-1

WST

+4

NOR

+33

EST

0

BRO

-2

WYN

-8

SOU

-8

WST

+32

VAL

+18

NOR

-2

XEST

-8

BRO

-4

WYN

-8

SOU

+6

WST

+26

VAL

-8

BRO

+11

VAL

-2

Southern Suburbs Magpies VAL

+26

WST

+20

WYN

+28

BRO

+10

YRED

+3

EST

+12

YYNOR

+46

VAL

-4

WST

+32

WYN

-12

BRO

-7

RED

+8

EST

+8

NOR

0

VAL

-2

WYN

-22

WST

+2

XBRO

+6

RED

-6

EST

+30

NOR

+22

XWYN

-24

VAL

+6

WYN

-34

Western Suburbs Panthers WYN

-8

SOU

-20

VAL

-4

NOR

+14

EST

+2

YBRO

+2

YYRED

-4

WYN

+16

SOU

-32

VAL

-2

NOR

+22

EST

-28

RED

-32

BRO

-8

WYN

-43

XSOU

-2

VAL

-12

NOR

-18

EST

-6

RED

-26

BRO

-16

Wynnum-Manly Seagulls WST

+8

VAL

+7

SOU

-28

RED

+6

YNOR

+14

YEST

+22

YBRO

+36

WST

-16

VAL

+12

SOU

+12

RED

+8

NOR

+6

BRO

+22

EST

+32

WST

+43

SOU

+22

VAL

+22

XRED

+8

NOR

-6

BRO

+6

EST

+4

XSOU

+24

XSOU

+34

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Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly (P)211803524280+24436
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 211416479279+20027
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 211209313338-2524
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 2110110400315+8521
5 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 2110110372355+1721
6 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 218310368407-3919
7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 215016212417-20510
8 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 213216278555-2778

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Playoff
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 22-11 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 5 September 1984 Lang Park
Semi-finals
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 18-16 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 9 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 46-22 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 16 September 1984 Lang Park Eddie Ward13,500
Preliminary Final
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 8-14 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 22 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 42-8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 30 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson25,000

Grand Final

Wynnum-Manly 42 (Tries: D. Green 2, W. Green, B. French, B. Walsh, W. Lewis, G. Miles, G. Dowling. Goals: W. Green 5.)

Southern Suburbs 8 (Tries: H. Abbott. Goals: M. Meninga 2.) [1] [2]

Winfield State League

The 1984 Winfield State League was the third season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. A total of 14 teams competed in the season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state, hence the State League name. The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Wynnum-Manly and Souths winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls defeated Magpies 21-10 to win the first of four straight Winfield State League titles.

1984 Winfield State League Final
1984
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 23-15 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs

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