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Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Land | ![]() |
Premiers | ![]() |
The 1975 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 67th season of Brisbane's semi-professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Western Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.
Season summary
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top five of Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Eastern Suburbs and Wynnum-Manly.
The 1975 season's Rothmans Medallist was Northern Suburbs played Steve Calder.[1]
With seconds remaining in the decider, Redcliffe were trailing 26-24 to minor premiers Western Suburbs. The Dolphins had the ball and launched a bomb hoping for the best. However, before the ball landed, fans had flooded Lang Park ensuring there was no chance for Redcliffe to pressure Wests' receiver into an error.[2] The ball ended up going into touch, ensuring that the fans to not ruin the final play of the game.
Teams
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
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Neumann Oval | ||
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Bishop Park | ||
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Corbett Park | ||
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Dolphin Oval | ||
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Davies Park | ||
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Purtell Park | Ron Raper | K. Brown |
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Kougari Oval |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 473 | 296 | +177 | 32 |
2 | ![]() |
21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 467 | 346 | +121 | 27 |
3 | ![]() |
21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 387 | 337 | +50 | 26 |
4 | ![]() |
21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 390 | 338 | +52 | 24 |
5 | ![]() |
21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 352 | 342 | +10 | 21 |
6 | ![]() |
21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 347 | 385 | -38 | 17 |
7 | ![]() |
21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 331 | 490 | -159 | 12 |
8 | ![]() |
21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 289 | 495 | -206 | 9 |
Finals
Startseite | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
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7-9 | ![]() |
30 August 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 8,000 | ||
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15–2 | ![]() |
31 August 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
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22-15 | ![]() |
6 September 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
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21-11 | ![]() |
7 September 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
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2-25 | ![]() |
13 September 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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26-24 | ![]() |
21 September 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | 41,000 |
Grand Final
Western Suburbs | Position | Redcliffe |
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Greg McCarthy | FB | Tony Obst |
M. Flesser | WG | B. Gardiner |
Harry Cameron | CE | P. Flanders |
G. Heading | CE | Ian Pearce (c) |
Wayne Stewart | WG | V. Tighe |
Geoff Richardson | FE | S. Williams |
Greg Oliphant | HB | B. Winney |
Norm Carr | PR | I. Thinee |
Rod Bradshaw | HK | R. Halley |
Henry Williamson | PR | F. Grayson |
Max Williamson | SR | Bevan Bleakley |
K. Brown (c) | SR | R. Jones |
John Young | LK | S. Bullow |
C. Anderson | Reserves | P. Leis |
R. Green | Reserves | B. McArthur |
C. Costa | Reserves | C. Mason |
Reserves | Geoff Russell | |
Ron Raper | Coach | Barry Muir |
Redcliffe's storming finish was not enough, as Western Suburbs held on to claim its first premiership in 21 years.
Redcliffe were trailing 26-24, but Panthers held on, to win their ninth premiership and first since 1954. Redcliffe won the scrum count 7-4, the Dolphins winning the penalties 11-7 as well.
Western Suburbs 26 (Tries: H. Cameron, B. Bradshaw, G. McCarthy, G. Heading. Goals: W. Stewart)
Redcliffe 24 (Tries: T. Obst, I. Pearce, G. Russell, B. Bleakley. Goals: I. Pearce 6)[3][4]
References
- ^ QRL Media[1]
- ^ "Best 10 Brisbane or QRL grand finals in past 50 years" in Courier Mail, September 26, 2014
- ^ 1975 BRL Grand Final Highlights Wests 26 v Redcliffe 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHXh5M4icY
- ^ 1975 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20060214040520/http://queensland.rleague.com:80/flashback/1975gf.php