List of Brisbane Rugby League records

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This page details first-grade rugby league records from the Brisbane Rugby League and its predecessor the Queensland Rugby League, from 1909 until the competition was officially downgraded in 1995. First-grade games played between premiership teams are included, but not mid-week competitions or pre-season warm-up games.

Contents

Team records

Premierships [1] [2]

TitlesClubSeasons
24 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1909, 1911 (as Valley-Toombul), 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1988 (as Seagulls-Diehards), 1989, 1990
13 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1927, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1980
12 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1916, 1920, 1922, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1975, 1976, 1992, 1993
9 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1935, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1968, 1987
9 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 1921, 1925, 1930, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1981, 1985
8 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1923, 1947, 1950, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1991
3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 1982, 1984, 1986
2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1965, 1994
2 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University 1928, 1929
1 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers (Merthyr) 1926
1West End1913
1 South Sydney colours.svg Natives1912
1Ipswich1910

Most consecutive

Minor Premierships [1] [2]

TallyClubSeasons
26 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1911 (as Valley-Toombul), 1914, 1917, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1955, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1990
13 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1916, 1920, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1972, 1975, 1993
11 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1935, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1974
10 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 1921, 1928, 1930, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1981, 1985, 1988
7 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1925, 1927, 1946, 1947, 1976, 1991, 1992
5 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1956, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1987
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1977, 1978, 1983, 1994
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 1984, 1986
2 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers (Merthyr) 1918, 1926
1 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University 1929
1Woolloongabba1915
1West End1913
1 South Sydney colours.svg Natives1912
1Ipswich1910
1South Brisbane1909

Most consecutive

Runners-up [1] [2]

TallyClubSeasons
16 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1919, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1992, 1993
15 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1916, 1923, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1943, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1978
10 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1940, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1986
9 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1950, 1956, 1991, 1994
9 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1967, 1970, 1990
8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 1928, 1942, 1947, 1963, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984
6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1987
4 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers (Merthyr) 1917, 1918, 1920, 1924
2 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1988, 1989
2South Brisbane1909, 1912
1 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 1985
1West End1914
1 South Sydney colours.svg Natives1913
1Ipswich B1911
1Toombul1910

Most consecutive

Wooden spoons [1] [2]

TallyClubSeasons
14 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 1926, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1977
13 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1990, 1991
13 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1918, 1923, 1929, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
11 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1917, 1928, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1987
7 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1949, 1950, 1954, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1994
5 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930
3 Hunter colours.svg Logan City Scorpions 1988, 1989, 1993
3 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1931, 1963, 1981
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1948, 1951, 1975
2Railways1913, 1920
2West End1915, 1919
1 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1992
1South Coast1952
1Wynnum1932
1 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers (Merthyr) 1922
1Ipswich Starlights1916
1North Brisbane1914
1Woolloongabba1912
1South Brisbane United1911
1South Brisbane1910
1Toombul1909

Most consecutive

Team wins, losses, win percentage and draws [1] [2]

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

All Time Ladder
PosTeam1st seasonLast seasonPldWLDW%
1 Valleys colours.svg Valley-Toombul 1911191220145170.00%
2 South Sydney colours.svg Natives1912191322157068.18%
3 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 190919941,3828315064560.13%
4Ipswich B191119111063160.00%
5Toowong191419141165054.55%
6 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 192019941,2666815483753.79%
7South Brisbane19091914583127053.45%
8 Valleys colours.svg Seagulls-Diehards 19871988361916152.78%
9Ipswich A1910191119108152.63%
10 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 193119941,1265695193850.53%
11 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 196019947333703451850.48%
12 South Queensland colours.svg South Queensland Crushers 19941994221110150.00%
13 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 191519941,3536686374849.37%
14 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 191719941,3226366404648.11%
15 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 191919941,2866126383647.59%
16 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers (Merthyr) 1917192918286841247.25%
17 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 198619941718082946.78%
=18Ipswich West End191619161045140.00%
=18Wynnum191419141046040.00%
20Toombul1909191018710138.89%
21 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University 1920193320076116838.00%
22Bulimba191519201979336.84%
23 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 195119948523035301935.56%
=24West End19131920481629333.33%
=24North Brisbane19091914331122033.33%
=24East Brisbane19101910936033.33%
=24Kurilpa19121912936033.33%
=24West End-Grammars19201920623133.33%
=29Westerns1917191822713231.82%
=29 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 1994199422715031.82%
31Woolloongabba1912191628814628.57%
32South Coast1952195235827022.86%
33 Hunter colours.svg Logan City Scorpions 198819941302894821.54%
34Railways1913192039830120.51%
35Wynnum District1931193228423114.29%
36Ipswich Starlights19161916917111.11%
37Wattles1916191712110108.33%
=38Bulimba-Railways19201920404000.00%
=38South Brisbane United19111911707000.00%

Result records

Largest winning margin in a Grand Final

ARL-era records

Premierships [2]

SeasonPremiersScoreRunners-upMinor PremiersWooden Spoon
1995 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 32 – 24 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley
1996 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 16 – 12 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies N/AN/A
1997 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 35 – 6 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers N/AN/A

Team wins, losses, win percentage and draws [2]

All Time Ladder
PosTeam1st seasonLast seasonPldWLDW%
1 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Seagulls 1995199729199165.52%
2 Brothers Colours.svg Pine Rivers Brothers 1995199726179365.38%
3 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1995199728188264.29%
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1995199724159162.50%
5 South Queensland colours.svg South Queensland Crushers 1995199522139059.09%
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 19951997291712058.62%
7 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 1995199522128254.55%
=8 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1995199623813234.78%
=8 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1995199723815034.78%
10 Hunter colours.svg Logan City Scorpions 1995199623715130.43%
11 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1995199728820028.57%
12 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1995199522319013.64%


Pre-season records (incomplete)

Pre-season Winners [4]

TitlesClubSeasons
4 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 1985, 1986
1 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 1987
1 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 1984
1 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1983
1 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1978,
1 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1977,

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Haddan, Steve (2016). Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987. Hawthorne: Steve Haddan. ISBN   9780995351202.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Waite, Roger. "A History of Brisbane Rugby League (1909-2017)". Roger's Website. Roger Waite. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. Heads, Ian (4 October 1984). "The Emperor of Lang Park". Rugby League Week. Bauer Media Group.
  4. Waite, Roger. "The Glory Days of the Brisbane Rugby League (Seasons 1977 to 1987)" (PDF). Roger's Website. Roger Waite. Retrieved 7 October 2023.