1976 Brisbane Rugby League season
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Land | ![]() |
Premiers | ![]() |
The 1976 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 69th 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 Eastern Suburbs clubs.
Season summary
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top five of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Past Brothers, Redcliffe and Wynnum-Manly. However, Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs finished the season equal on points, with Magpies defeating Seagulls in a mid-week play-off.
The 1976 season's Rothmans Medallist was Northern Suburbs forward Darryl Brohman.[1] Brohman would later sign for Sydney club Penrith and feature for Canterbury in its 1984 NSWRL grand final win.
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 | Wayne Bennett | |
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Purtell Park | Ron Raper | |
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Kougari Oval |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 482 | 313 | +169 | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 420 | 280 | +140 | 30 |
3 | ![]() |
21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 395 | 260 | +135 | 26 |
4 | ![]() |
21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 367 | 378 | -11 | 22 |
5 | ![]() |
21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 303 | 335 | -32 | 16 |
6 | ![]() |
21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 329 | 428 | -99 | 16 |
7 | ![]() |
21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 276 | 387 | -111 | 16 |
8 | ![]() |
21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 291 | 482 | -191 | 12 |
Finals
Startseite | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Playoff | ||||||||
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defeated by | ![]() |
August 1976 | Lang Park | ||||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
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6-14 | ![]() |
28 August 1976 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | 8,000 | ||
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10–19 | ![]() |
29 August 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | |||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
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11-5 | ![]() |
4 September 1975 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
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13-3 | ![]() |
5 September 1975 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
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10-18 | ![]() |
12 September 1975 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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1-16 | ![]() |
19 September 1975 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | 37,000 |
Grand Final
Western Suburbs | Position | Eastern Suburbs |
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Greg McCarthy | FB | Roger Kuhn |
Mick Reardon | WG | John Callus |
Harry Cameron | CE | Bevan de Bruyn |
Steve Crear | CE | Steve Farquhar |
Wayne Stewart | WG | Nick Nicolau |
Geoff Richardson | FE | Greg Holben |
Greg Oliphant | HB | Wayne Lindenberg |
Max Williamson | PR | Geoff Naylor |
Gary Prickett | HK | John Lang |
Bob Green | PR | Rod Morris |
John Young | SR | Des Morris |
Rod Bradshaw | SR | John Payne |
John Ribot | LK | John Abbott |
Norm Carr | Reserves | Errol Slingsby |
Henry Williamson | Reserves | Alan Currie |
Ron Raper | Coach | Des Morris |
Western Suburbs made it two premierships in succession, after defeating favourites Eastern Suburbs in a anti-climatic decider.
Easts' solitary point was a field goal by second-rower John Payne, who temporarily gave Tigers the lead in the first-half.
Man of the match Gary Prickett scored the opening try for Wests, with lock John Ribot scoring the second just before half-time. Wests lead 12-1 at half-time and effectively repelled all Easts' efforts in the second-half.
The match was virtually without incident. The most blatant was a high tackle by John Payne on Wests' prop, Max Williamson. Williamson had to be helped from the field, with Payne greceiving a long lecture from referee Bernie Pramberg.
Western Suburbs 16 (Tries: Gary Prickett, John Ribot. Goals: 5)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Field goal: John Payne)[2][3]
References
- ^ "Club History and Awards". Norths Devils Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ 1975 BRL Grand Final - Wests v Easts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7mrH-wsrg
- ^ 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com:80/flashback/1976gf.php