Brisbane Rugby League premiership

Not to be confused with Brisbane Rugby League (2001).

Brisbane Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Inaugural season	1922 (1909 as QRL)
Ceased	1997
Replaced by	Australian Rugby League Queensland Cup
Country	Australia
Last premiers	Redcliffe Dolphins (1997)
Most titles	Fortitude Valley Diehards (16 titles)
Related competition	Brisbane Rugby League (2001)

The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was a rugby league football competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first held in 1922 and for every year until 1997. The competition was reinstated in 2001, known as the FOGS premiership under the Queensland Cup. The competition consists of Brisbane's top six rugby league clubs. Each participating team is a feeder club for the Queensland Cup.

Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in Brisbane, attracting large crowds and broad media coverage. The Brisbane Rugby League however, had been in slow decline for some 15 years as large numbers of its players left to compete in the more lucrative Sydney Rugby League, and began to lose popular interest with the creation of the Brisbane Broncos in 1988. Also in 1988, the Sydney Rugby League de facto superseded the Brisbane Rugby League by going national and including the Brisbane and Gold Coast clubs. However, the BRL maintained legal top-flight status until the advent of the national Australian Rugby League premiership in 1995, which superseded both Brisbane Rugby League premiership and the Sydney Rugby League premiership. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership then became a second-tier competition until it ceased and was fully replaced at this level by the Queensland Cup before the 1998 season. The FOGS Cup, a third-tier competition under the NRL and Queensland Cup, changed its name to the Brisbane Rugby League in 2016.

History

Predecessor: QRFL

The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRFL) was formed in 1908 by seven former rugby union players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU). The new organisation was attacked by both the local press and the QRU for introducing professionalism, which they claimed would destroy the sport. The "founding fathers" of the QRFL included John Fihelly, an Australian Labor Party Member of Parliament who became Minister for Railways and Deputy Premier.

The first official club competition kicked off in Brisbane on 8 May 1909. Norths played against Souths before a handful of spectators at Brisbane Cricket Ground. ^[1] Matches were played under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Rugby Football League (later renamed Queensland Rugby League). The foundation clubs were:

• North Brisbane
• Fortitude Valley
• South Brisbane
• Toombul

Queensland Rugby Football League Grand Finals

Season	Grand Final Information
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up
1909	Fortitude Valley	22–4	South Brisbane
1910	Ipswich	17–2	Toombul
1911	Fortitude Valley-Toombul	13–2	Ipswich B
1912	Brisbane Natives	10–0	South Brisbane
1913	West End	5–3	Brisbane Natives
1914	Fortitude Valley	18–8	West End
1915	Fortitude Valley	10–9	West Brisbane
1916	West Brisbane	4–2	Fortitude Valley
1917	Fortitude Valley	13–5	Brothers Old Boys/Merthyrs
1918	Fortitude Valley	16–12	Brothers Old Boys/Merthyrs
1919	Fortitude Valley	28–2	Coorparoo
1920	West Brisbane	16–8	Brothers Old Boys
1921	Carltons	12–10	Coorparoo

Note: Queensland Rugby League era statistics are not counted as Brisbane Rugby League statistics.

Schism: establishment of the Brisbane Rugby League

In 1922 the Brisbane Rugby Football League (Brisbane Rugby Football League, later Brisbane Rugby League) was formed out of dissatisfaction with the way the Queensland Rugby League ran the game. Those involved took particular exception to the salary being earned by Harry Sunderland as secretary of the Queensland Rugby League. The Brisbane Rugby League took control of the local competition. Competing in the Brisbane Rugby League competition that year were Brothers, Carltons, Coorparoo, University, Valley and Wests, with Past Grammars rejoining in 1924. Although the Queensland Rugby League attempted to regain control of the Brisbane Rugby League competition in 1923 and 1924, the Brisbane Rugby League remained steadfast and the dispute simmered into the next decade. so dire did the situation become, that by the late 1920s, the Queensland Rugby League commenced its own competition involving Ipswich clubs and two supporting Brisbane clubs.

Until 1932 Brisbane Exhibition Ground was the home of rugby league in the city. The complicated arrangement between the Brisbane Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League and Royal National Association (who administered the Exhibition Ground) led to Brisbane Cricket Ground being used for rugby league matches.

In 1933 district football was introduced to provide community support and player equalisation. This meant that players had to live within a certain distance of their club. Accordingly, Brisbane was divided into Eastern Suburbs (incorporating Coorparoo and Wynnum), Southern Suburbs (incorporating Carltons), Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs (incorporating Past Grammars), Fortitude Valley and Past Brothers (whose players had to prove that they had attended a Christian Brothers school). In 1934, the University Amateur Rugby League Club folded and disappeared from the competition.

In 1953 the friction between the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League ended, with the Brisbane Rugby League being replaced by the Brisbane division of the Queensland Rugby League. ^[2] Former Brisbane Rugby League chairman and Queensland Rugby League secretary Ron McAullife eventually secured the use of Lang Park as a permanent home for rugby league in Queensland. Teams that joined the Brisbane Rugby League competition around this time were South Coast (1952–1953), Wynnum-Manly (1951) and Redcliffe (1960).

A then-record crowd at Lang Park of 19,824 saw Northern Suburbs defeat Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League grand final in September 1961. ^[3]

Golden Years

In 1967 the Queensland Rugby League removed the residential qualifications for players in Brisbane Rugby League clubs, meaning that players did not have to reside in their certain suburbs to play for their teams. This reduced community support for teams, and club decisions began to be made on a more commercial basis.

This coincided with the commencement of television broadcasts of Brisbane Rugby League games in the same year. The money made from jersey sponsorships and advertising hoardings at grounds was not able to compete with poker machine money available to Sydney Rugby League clubs in the Sydney Rugby League, and an increasing number of players left the Brisbane Rugby League. This also affected the popularity of the Bulimba Cup which had been held between the cities of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba since the 1930s.

In 1978 the premiership trophy, the Kirks Cup was replaced by the Winfield Cup.

The Queensland Rugby League commissioned Eric White Associates to investigate the administrative structure of the game in Queensland in 1977. One of the recommendations was the creation of a statewide competition. The Winfield State League was created in 1982. The State League competition ran in parallel to the Brisbane Rugby League competition from 1982 to 1995. Also, like with Sydney's competition, Brisbane's competition was also called the Winfield Cup during the 1980s, due to sponsorship from Winfield cigarettes. The Queensland Cup would eventually replace both the State league and the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1996 and 1998.

In the 1980s, two further teams were added to the Brisbane Rugby League competition: Ipswich (1986) and Logan (1987).

Despite some New South Wales Rugby League (Sydney Rugby League) premiership games being re-broadcast during late night timeslots from the late 1970s, the Brisbane Rugby League remained the more popular competition in Queensland until 1988 with the weekly live broadcast of the Match of the Round being played at Lang Park.

Decline

In 1986 the New South Wales Rugby League decided to allow a team from Brisbane to enter the Sydney Rugby League premiership. While the New South Wales Rugby League was originally negotiating a Brisbane team sponsored by the Queensland Rugby League, a private bid in the form of the Brisbane Broncos was instead accepted by the New South Wales Rugby League. The Brisbane Broncos debuted in the Sydney Rugby League premiership in 1988.

As the Broncos began to represent Brisbane at rugby league in the public eye the Brisbane Rugby League competition entered the terminal phase of its decline. The dominance of the Brisbane Broncos in the media resulted in the Brisbane Rugby League losing live coverage of games and receiving only minor interest from the sports media. The drop in interest saw the Brisbane Rugby League, its clubs and its junior development base incurring significant and crippling financial losses. Several longstanding clubs were not able to survive the impact over the coming years.

From 1988, Brisbane Rugby League players weren't chosen to represent Queensland again. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was fully superseded by the ARL Premiership which took nationwide first-class status in 1995. The BRL became a state competition from 1995-97 until the Queensland Cup, which became a league-style competition in 1998, superseded the BRL as the top state league. Redcliffe won the last Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final in 1997 defeating Easts 35–6, and the league was declared defunct.

Return of the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership

On 26 September 2014, the South East Queensland Division announced that they will be scrapping the existing FOGS Cup structure and reforming the Brisbane Rugby League as the state's secondary competition. ^[4] Legally, although they share the same name, this competition is completely separate from the original BRL.

Brisbane Rugby League Club Teams

Colours	Club Name	Club Nickname	First Season(s)	Last Season(s)	BRL Premiership Seasons
					Premiership/s	Runners-Up/s
	Brisbane	Broncos*	1994	1995	0	0
	Brisbane Brothers	Leprechauns	1930	1997	9	10
	Eastern Suburbs	Tigers	1917	1997	8	16
	Fortitude Valley	Diehards	1909	1995	17	14
	Ipswich	Jets	1986	1997	0	2
	Logan (City)	Scorpions	1988	1997	0	0
	Northern Suburbs	Devils	1920	1997	13	9
	Christian Brothers	Old Boys	1917, 1920	1918, 1929	1	1
	Redcliffe	Dolphins	1947	1997	4	6
	Southern Suburbs	Magpies	1919	1997	8	9
	South Queensland	Crushers*	1994	1995	0	0
	University	Students	1920	1933	2	0
	Western Suburbs	Panthers	1915	1997	10	8
	Wynnum-Manly	Seagulls	1951	1997	4	1

• = Reserve Grade side to the Senior Grade side.

Representative Brisbane Rugby League team

Main article: Brisbane rugby league team

Selected players from the Brisbane Rugby League clubs, represented Brisbane in a representative team called Brisbane Firsts or Brisbane Capitals against various Sydney Rugby League clubs or against Sydney Firsts or Sydney Capitals

First-grade wins, losses, win percentage and draws

Teams in bold still existed during the at the end of the 1st-grade competition in 1994.

All Time Ladder
Pos	Team	1st season	Pld	W	L	D	W%
1	Valley-Toombul	1911	20	14	5	1	70.00%
2	Natives	1912	22	15	7	0	68.18%
3	Fortitude Valley	1909	1,382	831	506	45	60.13%
4	Ipswich B	1911	10	6	3	1	60.00%
5	Toowong	1914	11	6	5	0	54.55%
6	Norths Devils	1920	1,266	681	548	37	53.79%
7	South Brisbane	1909	58	31	27	0	53.45%
8	Seagulls-Diehards	1988	36	19	16	1	52.78%
9	Ipswich A	1910	19	10	8	1	52.63%
10	Past Brothers	1931	1,126	569	519	38	50.53%
11	Redcliffe Dolphins	1960	733	370	345	18	50.48%
12	South Queensland Crushers	1994	22	11	10	1	50.00%
13	Wests Panthers	1915	1,353	668	637	48	49.37%
14	Easts Tigers	1917	1,322	636	640	46	48.11%
15	Souths Magpies	1919	1,286	612	638	36	47.59%
16	Past Brothers (Merthyr)	1917	182	86	84	12	47.25%
17	Ipswich Jets	1986	171	80	82	9	46.78%
=18	Ipswich West End	1916	10	4	5	1	40.00%
=18	Wynnum	1914	10	4	6	0	40.00%
20	Toombul	1909	18	7	10	1	38.89%
21	University	1920	200	76	116	8	38.00%
22	Bulimba	1915	19	7	9	3	36.84%
23	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	1951	852	303	530	19	35.56%
=24	West End	1913	48	16	29	3	33.33%
=24	North Brisbane	1909	33	11	22	0	33.33%
=24	East Brisbane	1910	9	3	6	0	33.33%
=24	Kurilpa	1912	9	3	6	0	33.33%
=24	West End-Grammars	1920	6	2	3	1	33.33%
=29	Westerns	1917	22	7	13	2	31.82%
=29	Brisbane Broncos	1994	22	7	15	0	31.82%
31	Woolloongabba	1912	28	8	14	6	28.57%
32	South Coast	1952	35	8	27	0	22.86%
33	Logan City Scorpions	1988	130	28	94	8	21.54%
34	Railways	1913	39	8	30	1	20.51%
35	Wynnum District	1931	56	8	46	2	14.29%
36	Ipswich Starlights	1916	9	1	7	1	11.11%
37	Wattles	1916	12	1	10	1	08.33%
=38	Bulimba-Railways	1920	4	0	4	0	00.00%
=38	South Brisbane United	1911	7	0	7	0	00.00%

Grand Final results

Season	Grand Final Information
	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Venue
1922	Western Suburbs*	20–9	Coorparoo Tigers	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1923	Coorparoo Tigers	13–2	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1924	Fortitude Valley Diehards	11–8	Christian Brothers	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1925	Carltons Magpies	24–5	Coorparoo Tigers	Davies Park
1926	Christian Brothers Old Boys	6–5	Coorparoo Tigers	Davies Park
1927	Northern Suburbs	13–11	Western Suburbs	Davies Park
1928	University Students	10–7	Carltons Magpies	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1929	University Students	12–11	Coorparoo Tigers	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1930	Carltons Magpies	19–8	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Davies Park
1931	Fortitude Valley Diehards	27–9	Northern Suburbs	Davies Park
1932	Western Suburbs	8–7	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1933	Fortitude Valley Diehards	9–3	Western Suburbs	Davies Park
1934	Northern Suburbs	7–4	Western Suburbs	Davies Park
1935	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	11–9	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1936	Western Suburbs	13–12	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1937	Fortitude Valley Diehards	9–7	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1938	Northern Suburbs	16–10	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1939	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	11–9	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1940	Northern Suburbs	17–11	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1941	Fortitude Valley Diehards	13–7	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1942	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	20–11	Southern Suburbs	Oxenham Park
1943	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	13–7	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1944	Fortitude Valley Diehards	16–12	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1945	Southern Suburbs	21–11	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1946	Fortitude Valley Diehards	5–2	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1947	Eastern Suburbs	15–2	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1948	Western Suburbs	14–8	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1949	Southern Suburbs	22–8	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1950	Eastern Suburbs	14–10	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1951	Southern Suburbs	20–10	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1952	Western Suburbs	15–14	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1953	Southern Suburbs	21–4	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1954	Western Suburbs	35–18	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1955	Fortitude Valley Diehards*	17–7	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1956	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	17–10	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1957	Fortitude Valley Diehards	18–17	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1958	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	22–7	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1959	Northern Suburbs	24–18	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1960	Northern Suburbs	18–5	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1961	Northern Suburbs	29–5	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1962	Northern Suburbs	22–0	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1963	Northern Suburbs	18–8	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1964	Northern Suburbs	13–4	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1965	Redcliffe Dolphins	15–2	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1966	Northern Suburbs	9–6	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1967	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	6–2	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1968	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	21–4	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1969	Northern Suburbs	14–2	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1970	Fortitude Valley Diehards	13–11	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1971	Fortitude Valley Diehards	18–10	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1972	Eastern Suburbs	16–15	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1973	Fortitude Valley Diehards	15–7	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1974	Fortitude Valley Diehards	9–2	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1975	Western Suburbs	26–24	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1976	Western Suburbs	16–1	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1977	Eastern Suburbs	17–13	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1978	Eastern Suburbs	14–10	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1979	Fortitude Valley Diehards	26–0	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1980	Northern Suburbs	17–15	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1981	Southern Suburbs	13–9	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1982	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	17–3	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1983	Eastern Suburbs	14–6	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1984	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	42–8	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1985	Southern Suburbs	10–8	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Lang Park
1986	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	14–6	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1987	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	26–8	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
Brisbane Broncos enter the Sydney Rugby League,which begins a quick demise for the Brisbane Rugby League. However, it officially remains a top-flight competition along with the Sydney Rugby League as before
1988	Valleys-Tweed Seagulls-Diehards	17–14	Ipswich Jets	Lang Park
1989	Fortitude Valley Diehards	28–4	Ipswich Jets	Lang Park
1990	Fortitude Valley Diehards	17–16	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1991	Eastern Suburbs	25–10	Western Suburbs	Lang Park
1992	Western Suburbs	40–10	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1993	Western Suburbs	18–12	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1994	Redcliffe Dolphins	24–18	Western Suburbs	Lang Park
The Brisbane Rugby League officially becomes a second-tier state competition when the Australian Rugby League Premiership is formed. Brisbane Broncos and South Queensland Crushers reserve grade teams enter the Brisbane Rugby League in 1994.
1995	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	32–24	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
Brisbane Broncos and South Queensland Crushers reserve grade teams leave the Brisbane Rugby League after 1995.
1996	Redcliffe Dolphins	16–12	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1997	Redcliffe Dolphins	35–6	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park

• * = Team undefeated
• Although the Brisbane Rugby League took a significant financial and competitive downturn, it did not become a second-flight competition when the Brisbane Broncos entered the Sydney Rugby League in 1988. Rather, it officially lost top-tier status after the 1994 season, before the advent of the Australian Rugby League, in 1995.

Brisbane Rugby League Premiers (All Grades) (1922–1997)

Season	Premiers (Senior Grade)	Premiers (Reserve Grade)	Premiers (Third Grade)	Venue
1922	Western Suburbs*	Coorparoo Tigers	Carltons Magpies	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1923	Coorparoo Tigers	Northern Suburbs	Coorparoo Tigers	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1924	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Carltons Magpies*	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1925	Carltons Magpies	Coorparoo Tigers	Northern Suburbs	Davies Park
1926	Christian Brothers	Western Suburbs*	Fortitude Valley Diehards*	Davies Park
1927	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Coorparoo Tigers	Davies Park
1928	University Students	Christian Brothers	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1929	University Students	Coorparoo Tigers*	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1930	Carltons Magpies	Coorparoo Tigers	Western Suburbs*	Davies Park
1931	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Carltons Magpies*	Western Suburbs*	Davies Park
1932	Western Suburbs	Carltons Magpies	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1933	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Western Suburbs*	Western Suburbs	Davies Park
1934	Northern Suburbs	Western Suburbs*	Western Suburbs	Davies Park
1935	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1936	Western Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1937	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Northern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1938	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1939	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Southern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1940	Northern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1941	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1942	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Railway	Southern Suburbs	Oxenham Park
1943	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Exhibition Grounds
1944	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1945	Southern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1946	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Southern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1947	Eastern Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1948	Western Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1949	Southern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1950	Eastern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1951	Southern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1952	Western Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1953	Southern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1954	Western Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Northern Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1955	Fortitude Valley Diehards*	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Western Suburbs	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1956	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Northern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1957	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Western Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Cricket Ground
1958	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1959	Northern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Western Suburbs	Lang Park
1960	Northern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1961	Northern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1962	Northern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1963	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1964	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Lang Park
1965	Redcliffe Dolphins	Western Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1966	Northern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1967	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1968	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Lang Park
1969	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1970	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Eastern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1971	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Northern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs*	Lang Park
1972	Eastern Suburbs	Northern Suburbs	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Lang Park
1973	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Northern Suburbs*	Lang Park
1974	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Eastern Suburbs	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Lang Park
1975	Western Suburbs	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Lang Park
1976	Western Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Lang Park
1977	Eastern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Western Suburbs	Lang Park
1978	Eastern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1979	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Lang Park
1980	Northern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1981	Southern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1982	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Redcliffe Dolphins	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1983	Eastern Suburbs	Southern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1984	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Southern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1985	Southern Suburbs	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Southern Suburbs	Lang Park
1986	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1987	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1988	Fortitude Valley-Tweed Heads Diehards	Redcliffe Dolphins	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1989	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Northern Suburbs	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1990	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Fortitude Valley Diehards	Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns	Lang Park
1991	Eastern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1992	Western Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Not contested In 1992	Lang Park
1993	Western Suburbs	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1994	Redcliffe Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park
1995	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	Redcliffe Dolphins	Not contested In 1995	Lang Park
1996	Redcliffe Dolphins	Eastern Suburbs	Eastern Suburbs	Lang Park
1997	Redcliffe Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins	Lang Park

• * = Team undefeated

Quotes

• "Well that is a tragedy, to be honest with you. There's no club identity at all now. If you don't follow the Broncos well who do you follow? That means you've got to follow a New South Wales side. I think I'm sure that's what McAuliffe didn't want to happen. But when they brought in the Queensland side into the NSWRL that was the end of the Brisbane Rugby League, as far as that was concerned. It should never have happened because as it turned out, if we did lose players from Queensland to go to New South Wales we had the State of Origin. We've been winning the State of Origin, and you can imagine if we were keeping our players, the club competition would be just as good as what it was when I was playing. But that is a tragedy as far as I'm concerned is that the people miss that club identity." -Barry Muir, in 2001, on the decline of the Brisbane Rugby League and the rise of the Sydney Rugby League.
• "Yeah well the crowd was great, they supported you wholeheartedly, they came along but it wasn't only down here on the football field it was on the streets up there. People would come up and talk to you, they'd stop you in the street and get your autograph and have a talk to you and wish you all the best and really support you in what you were doing and lifting the Club. There was four or five players here that were top-line footballers and we used to go up on the terrace and sell raffles in front of McCarthy's Jewellers store on the terrace and we'd do an hour there and then pop down to the Manly Hotel and do an hour there and then we'd pop down to Fishers (pub) and do an hour there. The players were prepared to do it because they were getting the support from this area and they would give it back on the playing field and however they could meet the people on the streets. I don't think anyone turned away from you, it was just one big happy family. We used to have like a barbecue after the game and there'd be 100 or 200 people that would turn up for the barbecue, we had it at various areas." -Lionel Morgan, in 2001, on the support of the Brisbane Rugby League in the Wynnum-Manly district.

See also

• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Winfield State League

References

1. Pramberg, Bernie (2 May 2009). "Leo Donovan special guest at Brisbane Rugby League celebrations". The Courier-Mail . Australia: Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. Gallaway, Jack (2003). Origin: Rugby League's greatest contest 1980–2002. Australia: University of Queensland Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN   978-0-7022-3383-8.
3. "Norths thrash Valleys 29–5". The Sun-Herald . Australia. 24 September 1961. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
4. "Brisbane Rugby League rebirth". Queensland Rugby League . Australia. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

External links

• Official website
• A History of Brisbane Rugby League (1909-2017)