1986 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1986 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 30 – September 21, 1986
Teams9
Premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly
Matches played76
Points scored2600
Player of the year Redcliffe colours.svg Bryan Niebling &
Western Suburbs colours.svg Scott Tronc (Rothmans Medal)
  1985
1987  

The 1986 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th season of Brisbane's professional rugby league football competition. Nine teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Wynnum-Manly and Past Brothers clubs. The season was notable as premiers Wynnum-Manly became the first club to complete a "grand slam" of all four major titles in a single BRL season, winning the pre-season competition, the Winfield State League, the Woolies Trophy (contested between the two sides leading the Winfield premiership at the end of the first round-robin), and the Winfield Cup premiership itself.

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Season summary

The format of the Winfield Cup was changed for the 1986 season, with the pre-season games no longer awarding competition points. The first round of the regular season was played on March 30, after the pre-season but before the Winfield State League. Each club then played either 3 or 4 games against another Brisbane side during the State League, followed by the remaining 13 games of the regular season. This resulted in each team playing 16 first-grade games over 18 rounds. The inclusion of the Ipswich Jets, the first team to join the BRL since Wynnum-Manly rejoined in 1951, resulted in the reintroduction of the bye. Teams that played three first-grade games during the State League received one bye in the regular season, while those that played four times received two (excluding byes for the Woolies Trophy contested between Valleys and Wynnum-Manly). The season resulted in a top four of Wynnum-Manly, Redcliffe, Past Brothers and Fortitude Valley.

Teams

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Wayne LindenbergLarry Brigginshaw
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Peter McWhirterMichael Booth
Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich North Ipswich Reserve Tommy Raudonikis Glen Haggarth
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Greg Oliphant Craig Grauf
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett Park Ross Strudwick Trevor Bailey
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Darryl Van de Velde Mark Murray
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Graeme Atherton Norm Carr
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park Trevor Day Tony Currie
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Wally Lewis Wally Lewis

Pre-Season

The 1986 Woolies pre-season competition took place over 5 rounds, from February 14 to March 16. Four pre-season competition points were available in each match, with one point going to the side that scored the most points in each half and two points to the winning side. Unlike previous years, no points for the regular season were awarded for wins in the pre-season competition. The pre-season final was held on March 23, between Wynnum-Manly and Brothers. The Brethren were without captain Trevor Bailey, who would also miss the Winfield State League and five rounds of the regular season. Centre Robert Grogan captained Brothers in Bailey's absence against a Wally Lewis captain-coached Wynnum-Manly side, scoring the first try of the match to give the Brethen a 4-2 lead at halftime. Wynnum-Manly would ultimately win the final 10-8 after tries from Scott Lewis and Craig Farrugia.

Results

Team12345F1F2
Eastern Suburbs Tigers NOR

-22

VAL

-19

XBRO

-10

RED

-16

Fortitude Valley Diehards XEST

+19

IPW

+30

WYN

-4

SOU

+1

BRO

-2

Ipswich Jets XBRO

-18

VAL

-30

SOU

-22

WYN

-16

Northern Suburbs Devils EST

+22

XRED

-10

WST

+6

BRO

-22

Past Brothers XIPW

+18

SOU

+11

EST

+10

NOR

+22

VAL

+2

WYN

-2

Redcliffe Dolphins WST

-10

WYN

+13

NOR

+10

XEST

+16

WYN

-7

Southern Suburbs Magpies XWST

+19

BRO

-11

IPW

+22

VAL

-1

Western Suburbs Panthers RED

+10

SOU

-19

WYN

-20

NOR

-6

X
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls XRED

-13

WST

+20

VAL

+4

IPW

+16

RED

+7

BRO

+2

Team12345F1F2

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 4400110140+6116.5
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly (P)430117247+2514.5
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 430119246+4613.5
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 430115930+2912.5
5 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 420217344+2912
6 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 420216266-49
7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 410313871-337
8 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 400412895-673
9 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 4004142128-862

Regular Season Results

Team1ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST66789101112WT131415161718F1F2GF
Eastern Suburbs Tigers IPW

+6

SOU

-18

NOR

+20

YWYN

-26

YWST

-2

BRO

-2

RED

+8

VAL

-14

XWST

-7

NOR

-24

SOU

+6

XWYN

-34

IPW

+4

BRO

-40

RED

-28

VAL

-14

X
Fortitude Valley Diehards XYRED

+10

BRO

+14

WST

+14

YNOR

-4

WYN

+8

SOU

+36

EST

+14

IPW

+10

RED

-10

WST

+6

BRO

-5

WYN

-16

NOR

-12

XWYN

-18

SOU

-4

EST

+14

IPW

+24

BRO

-2

Ipswich Jets EST

-6

YWST

+9

NOR

+19

YRED

-12

YSOU

+8

WYN

-16

BRO

-28

VAL

-10

XRED

-28

NOR

-19

XWST

+12

EST

-4

SOU

-2

WYN

-32

BRO

-22

VAL

-24

Northern Suburbs Devils WYN

-20

YEST

-20

IPW

-19

YSOU

+10

VAL

+4

WST

+20

BRO

-34

XRED

-11

SOU

-1

EST

+24

IPW

+19

XVAL

+12

WYN

-7

WST

+4

BRO

-14

XRED

-14

Past Brothers WST

+14

WYN

-12

YVAL

-14

RED

-34

YYEST

+2

NOR

+34

IPW

+28

SOU

-7

WYN

-8

XVAL

+5

XRED

-3

WST

+12

EST

+40

NOR

+14

IPW

+22

SOU

+8

VAL

+2

RED

+12

WYN

-8

Redcliffe Dolphins SOU

+5

WST

+2

VAL

-10

YBRO

+34

IPW

+12

YXEST

-8

WYN

+20

NOR

+11

VAL

+10

IPW

+28

WST

+28

XBRO

+3

SOU

+20

XEST

+28

WYN

-7

NOR

+14

WYN

-20

BRO

-12

Southern Suburbs Magpies RED

-5

EST

+18

YWYN

-2

YNOR

-10

YIPW

-8

VAL

-36

WST

-26

BRO

+7

NOR

+1

WYN

-20

EST

-6

XXRED

-20

IPW

+2

VAL

+4

WST

+14

BRO

-8

Western Suburbs Panthers BRO

-14

RED

-2

IPW

-9

YVAL

-14

YEST

+2

NOR

-20

XSOU

+26

WYN

-22

EST

+7

VAL

-6

RED

-28

XIPW

-12

BRO

-12

NOR

-4

XSOU

-14

WYN

-18

Wynnum-Manly Seagulls NOR

+20

BRO

+12

YSOU

+2

EST

+26

YYVAL

-8

IPW

+16

RED

-20

WST

+22

BRO

+8

SOU

+20

XVAL

+16

EST

+34

NOR

+7

VAL

+18

IPW

+32

RED

+7

WST

+18

RED

+20

XBRO

+8

Team1ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST66789101112WT131415161718F1F2GF

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly (P)1613132385185+20030
2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 1613032365175+19030
3 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1610062332231+10124
4 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1610062309212+9724
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 168082222255-3320
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 1661102236331-9516
7 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 1651112217382-16514
8 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 1640122234391-15712
9 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 1630132214352-13810

Source: [1]

Woolies Trophy

The 1986 Woolies Trophy match was held on July 13, between rounds 12 and 13 of the regular season. The Trophy was contested by Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley, the teams that led the competition after the end of round 9, with the other sides having an extra bye.

Match details

1986 Woolies Trophy
13 July 1986
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg 20 4 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Diehards
Tries:4
S Lewis Ru ball.svg 3'
G Miles Ru ball.svg 11'
B Lindner Ru ball.svg 47'
B Naylor Ru ball.svg 66'
Goals:2
C Scott Rugby penalty.svg 11', 26'
1st: 12 4
2nd: 8 0
Goals:2
M Booth Rugby penalty.svg 8', 20'
Lang Park, Brisbane
Referee: Eddie Ward

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 10-8 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 31 August 1986 Lang Park Eddie Ward8,000
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 26-6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 7 September 1986 Lang Park Ian Irwin
Preliminary Final
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 14-2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 14 September 1986 Lang Park David Manson8,000
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 14-6 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 21 September 1986 Lang Park Eddie Ward25,000

Grand Final

1986 BRL Grand Final
21 September 1986
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg 14 6 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers
Tries:2
W Lewis Ru ball.svg 68'
P Attell Ru ball.svg 75'
Goals:3/5
C Scott Rugby penalty.svg 7', 9', 59'
1st: 4 6
2nd: 10 0
Tries:1
P Gill Ru ball.svg 24'
Goals:1/1
T Bailey Rugby penalty.svg 24'
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Eddie Ward
Player of the Match: Steve Carter

BrothersPositionWynnum Manly
  1. Clinton Mohr
FB
  1. Colin Scott
2. Vince O'Brien WG 2. Scott Lewis
3. Robert Grogan CE 3. Brent Naylor
14. John Tapp CE 4. Gene Miles
4. Jeff Burns WG 5. Scott Nichols
6. Peter Gill FE 6. Wally Lewis (C./C.)
7. Greg Smith HB 7. Peter Dawes
8. Dan Stains LK 8. Bob Lindner
9. Shane McErLean SR 9.Ian French
10. Gary Smith SR 10. Mel Green
11. Ray Baumber PR 11. Darryl Jenner
12. Trevor Bailey (c) HK 12. Craig Farrugia
13. Steve Carter PR 13. Greg Dowling
5. Joe Kilroy Reserve Phil Attell
16. B WilliamsReserveR Rateri
Ross Strudwick Coach Wally Lewis

[2] [3]

Winfield State League

The 1986 Winfield State League was the inaugural 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 Seagulls would pull off a massive victory in the semi-finals against Ipswich, before defeating Redcliffe by a large margin in the Grand Final to win their third consecutive Winfield State League title.

References

  1. Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com.[ self-published source ]
  2. 1986 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkkHCowzck&t=297s
  3. 1986 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1986gf.php