1975 Brisbane Rugby League season
Sport | Rugby league |
---|---|
Number of teams | 8 |
Land | Australien |
Premiers | Western Suburbs |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | Des Morris | Des Morris |
Fortitude Valley | Neumann Oval | ||
Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | Tommy Bishop | Tommy Bishop |
Past Brothers | Corbett Park | ||
Redcliffe | Dolphin Oval | ||
Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | ||
Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | Ron Raper | K. Brown |
Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval | T. Berry |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 473 | 296 | +177 | 32 |
2 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 467 | 346 | +121 | 27 |
3 | Redcliffe | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 387 | 337 | +50 | 26 |
4 | Eastern Suburbs | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 390 | 338 | +52 | 24 |
5 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 352 | 342 | +10 | 21 |
6 | Past Brothers | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 347 | 385 | -38 | 17 |
7 | Southern Suburbs | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 331 | 490 | -159 | 12 |
8 | Fortitude Valley | 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 | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 7-9 | Wynnum-Manly | 30 August 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 8,000 | ||
Northern Suburbs | 15–2 | Redcliffe | 31 August 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
Redcliffe | 22-15 | Wynnum-Manly | 6 September 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
Western Suburbs | 21-11 | Northern Suburbs | 7 September 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
Northern Suburbs | 2-25 | Redcliffe | 13 September 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
Western Suburbs | 26-24 | Redcliffe | 21 September 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | 41,000 |
Grand Final
Western Suburbs | Position | Redcliffe |
---|---|---|
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 coming home strong 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
- ^ "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/flashback/1975gf.php