1985 Brisbane Rugby League season
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
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The 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th 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 Southern Suburbs and Wynnum-Manly clubs.
Season summary
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Past Brothers, Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley.
Teams
Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
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Langlands Park | ||
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Neumann Oval | ||
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Bishop Park | John Barber | John Dowling |
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Corbett Park | Ross Strudwick | |
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Dolphin Oval | ||
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Davies Park | ||
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Purtell Park | ||
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Kougari Oval | David Green |
Finals
Startseite | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
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25-22 | ![]() |
1 September 1985 | Lang Park | David Manson | |||
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14-8 | ![]() |
8 September 1985 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
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35-16 | ![]() |
15 September 1985 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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10-8 | ![]() |
22 September 1985 | Lang Park | David Manson | 31,000 |
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs 10 (Tries: N. Carr. Goals: G. French 3.)
Wynnum-Manly 8 (Tries: C. Adams. Goals: W. Green 2.)[1][2]
Winfield State League
The 1985 Winfield State League was the inaugural season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. A total of 14 teams competed in the season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state, hence the State League name. The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Wynnum-Manly and the Brisbane Brothers winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls completed a 16-0 shutout of the Brothers to win their second consecutive Winfield State League title.
References
- ^ 1985 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Wynnum-Manly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJjr0nf2fc&t=198s
- ^ 1985 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1985gf.php