1981 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

1981 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 28 – September 20, 1981
Teams8
Premiers Southern Suburbs
Minor premiers Southern Suburbs
Matches played88
Points scored2858
Top points scorer(s) Shane McNally (200)
Player of the year Chris Phelan (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Bruce Astill (15)
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Season summary

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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

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Club Home ground Coach Captain
  Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Greg Holben
  Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Ross Strudwick
  Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Mark Murray
  Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Jay Hoffman
  Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Arthur Beetson
  Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill
  Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr
  Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Des Morris

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Southern Suburbs (P) 21 14 1 6 352 147 +205 29
2   Redcliffe 21 14 0 7 413 274 +139 28
3   Wynnum-Manly 21 14 0 7 410 382 +28 28
4   Eastern Suburbs 21 11 0 10 411 307 -104 22
5   Fortitude Valley 21 10 1 10 308 305 +3 21
6   Northern Suburbs 21 8 0 13 270 396 -126 16
7   Western Suburbs 21 6 1 14 275 415 -140 13
8   Past Brothers 21 5 1 15 309 422 -113 11

Finals

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
  Wynnum-Manly 20-9   Eastern Suburbs 30 August 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
  Redcliffe 21-10   Southern Suburbs 6 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp
Preliminary Final
  Southern Suburbs 16-12   Wynnum-Manly 13 September 1981 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
  Redcliffe 9-13   Southern Suburbs 20 September 1981 Lang Park Stan Scamp 30,000

Grand Final

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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]

References

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