| Brisbane Rugby League | |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Championtag: | Premiers |
| Champion: | Western Suburbs |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1977 |
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.
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.
| Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Morris | ||||
| Bishop Park | ||||
| Corbett Park | ||||
| Ian Pearce | ||||
| Greg Veivers | ||||
| width=20 abbr="Position×" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 482 | 313 | +169 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 420 | 280 | +140 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Past Brothers | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 395 | 260 | +135 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Redcliffe | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 367 | 378 | -11 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 303 | 335 | -32 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 329 | 428 | -99 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 276 | 387 | -111 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 291 | 482 | -191 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and Time | width=17% | Venue | width=11% | Referee | width=7% | Crowd | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||
| Southern Suburbs | 19-12 | Fortitude Valley | 24 August 1976 | Lang Park | |||||
| Wynnum-Manly | 12-17 | Southern Suburbs | 26 August 1976 | Lang Park | |||||
| Qualifying Finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Redcliffe | 6-14 | align=left | Southern Suburbs | 28 August 1976 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | 8,000 | |
| align=left | Western Suburbs | 10–19 | align=left | Past Brothers | 29 August 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | ||
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Western Suburbs | 11-5 | align=left | Southern Suburbs | 4 September 1976 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | ||
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 13-3 | align=left | Past Brothers | 5 September 1976 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | ||
| Preliminary Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Past Brothers | 10-18 | align=left | Western Suburbs | 12 September 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | ||
| Grand Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 1-16 | align=left | Western Suburbs | 19 September 1976 | Lang Park | Bernie Pramberg | 37,000 | |
| Western Suburbs | Position | Eastern Suburbs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FB |
| |
| WG | 2. John Callus | ||
| CE | 3. Bevan de Bruyn | ||
| CE | 4. Steve Farquhar | ||
| 5. Nick Nicolau | |||
| FE | 6. Greg Holben | ||
| 7. Wayne Lindenberg | |||
| PR | 13. Geoff Naylor | ||
| HK | 12. John Lang | ||
| 11. Rod Morris | |||
| 10. Des Morris | |||
| 9. Rod Bradshaw | 9. John Payne | ||
| 8. John Abbott | |||
| Reserves | Errol Slingsby | ||
| Reserves | Alan Currie | ||
| 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]