1976 Brisbane Rugby League season
Sport | Rugby league |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Country | ![]() |
Premiers | ![]() |
The 1976 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 69th season of Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league 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 |
![]() | Neumann Oval | ||
![]() | Bishop Park | ||
![]() | Corbett Park | ||
![]() | Redcliffe Showgrounds | Barry Muir | Ian Pearce |
![]() | Davies Park | Greg Veivers | |
![]() | Purtell Park | Ron Raper | |
![]() | 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
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
Playoffs | ||||||||
![]() | 19-12 | ![]() | 24 August 1976 | Lang Park | ||||
![]() | 12-17 | ![]() | 26 August 1976 | Lang Park | ||||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
![]() | 6-14 | ![]() | 28 August 1976 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | 8,000 | ||
![]() | 10–19 | ![]() | 29 August 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | |||
Semi-finals | ||||||||
![]() | 11-5 | ![]() | 4 September 1976 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | |||
![]() | 13-3 | ![]() | 5 September 1976 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | |||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
![]() | 10-18 | ![]() | 12 September 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | |||
Grand Final | ||||||||
![]() | 1-16 | ![]() | 19 September 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | 37,000 |
Grand Final
Western Suburbs | Position | Eastern Suburbs |
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| FB |
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2. Mick Reardon | WG | 2. John Callus |
3. Harry Cameron | CE | 3. Bevan de Bruyn |
4. Steve Crear | CE | 4. Steve Farquhar |
5. Wayne Stewart | WG | 5. Nick Nicolau |
6. Geoff Richardson | FE | 6. Greg Holben |
7. Greg Oliphant | HB | 7. Wayne Lindenberg |
13. Max Williamson | PR | 13. Geoff Naylor |
12. Gary Prickett | HK | 12. John Lang |
11. Bob Green | PR | 11. Rod Morris |
10. John Young | SR | 10. Des Morris |
9. Rod Bradshaw | SR | 9. John Payne |
8. John Ribot | LK | 8. John Abbott |
16. Norm Carr | Reserves | Errol Slingsby |
19. Henry Williamson | Reserves | Alan Currie |
Ron Raper | Coach | Des Morris |
Western Suburbs made it two premierships in succession, after defeating favourites Eastern Suburbs in an anticlimactic 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 receiving a long lecture from referee Bernie Pramberg.
Western Suburbs 16 (Tries: Gary Prickett, John Ribot. Goals: Wayne Stewart 5)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Field goal: John Payne)[2][3]
References
- ^ "Club History and Awards". Norths Devils Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
- ^ 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/flashback/1976gf.php
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