The 1968 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 60th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in Past Brothers defeating Eastern Suburbs 21–4 in the grand final, winning their second consecutive premiership.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||
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1 | Past Brothers | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 381 | 233 | +148 | 32 | |
2 | Eastern Suburbs | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 363 | 244 | +119 | 30 | |
3 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 355 | 263 | +92 | 29 | |
4 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 365 | 295 | +70 | 23 | |
5 | Redcliffe | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 357 | 312 | +45 | 22 | |
6 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 310 | 346 | -36 | 17 | |
7 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 265 | 390 | -125 | 10 | |
8 | Southern Suburbs | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 178 | 491 | -313 | 5 |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | ||||
Semi-finals | |||||||
Past Brothers | 19-13 | Eastern Suburbs | 31 August 1968 | Lang Park | Pat McGrory | ||
Fortitude Valley | 18-15 | Northern Suburbs | 1 September 1968 | Lang Park | Bob Ward | 18,000 | |
Preliminary Final | |||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 12-9 | Fortitude Valley | 7 September 1968 | Lang Park | Pat McGrory | ||
Grand Final | |||||||
Past Brothers | 21-4 | Eastern Suburbs | 13 September 1968 | Lang Park | Pat McGrory | 36,188 |
Past Brothers 21 (Tries: Wayne Abdy 2, John Smith, Eric Gelling, Pat Maguire Goals: Nev Harman 3)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Goals: Peter Lobegeiger 2)[1]