1977 Brisbane Rugby League season explained

Year:1977
Competition:Brisbane Rugby League
Duration:March 25 – September 18, 1977
Teams:8
Premiers: Eastern Suburbs
Minor Premiers: Redcliffe Dolphins
Matches:89
Points:2898
Player Of The Year: Alan Currie (Rothmans Medal)
Prevseason Year:1976
Nextseason Year:1978

The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 70th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

Season summary

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.

Teams

Club Home ground Coach Captain
Des Morris
Ross Strudwick
Bishop Park Bruce Warwick
Corbett Park John Lohman David Wright
Ian Pearce
Wayne Bennett
Bob Green
Dennis Ward

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Redcliffe211407339237+10228
2 Western Suburbs211209383331+5224
3 Eastern Suburbs (P)2111010378323+5522
4 Northern Suburbs2111010414401+1122
5 Past Brothers2111010301341-4022
6 Fortitude Valley219012380363+1718
7 Wynnum-Manly219012259376-11718
8 Southern Suburbs217014328410-8214

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=17%Venuewidth=11%Refereewidth=7%Crowd
Playoff
align=left Northern Suburbs21-10align=left Past Brothers23 August 1977Lang ParkStan Scamp
Semi-finals
align=left Eastern Suburbs21-11align=left Northern Suburbs28 August 1977Lang ParkIan Smith
align=left Redcliffe5-4align=left Western Suburbs4 September 1977Lang ParkEddie Ward
Preliminary Final
align=left Eastern Suburbs9-5align=left Western Suburbs11 September 1977Lang ParkR. Thomas
Grand Final
align=left Eastern Suburbs17-13align=left Redcliffe18 September 1977Lang ParkEddie Ward37,000

Grand Final

Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: John Callus, Steve Farquhar, Wayne Lindenburg. Goals: Greg Holben 4)

Redcliffe 13 (Tries: Forrester Grayson. Goals: Ian Pierce 5)[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. 1977 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2jUXSrf3U&t=99s
  2. 1977 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1977gf.php