| Year: | 1978 |
| Competition: | Brisbane Rugby League |
| Duration: | March 27 – September 17, 1978 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Premiers: | Eastern Suburbs |
| Minor Premiers: | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Matches: | 88 |
| Points: | 2941 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Ian Pearce (266) |
| Player Of The Year: | Ian Pearce (Rothmans Medal) |
| Prevseason Year: | 1977 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1979 |
The 1978 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 71st season of Brisbane's professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Fortitude Valley clubs.
Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Western Suburbs and Fortitude Valley.
| Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Morris | ||||
| Ross Strudwick | ||||
| Bishop Park | Bruce Warwick | |||
| Corbett Park | Reg Cannon | Paul Beauchamp | ||
| Ian Pearce | ||||
| Greg Veivers | ||||
| Don Oxenham | Mark Hogan | |||
| Robert Orchard |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redcliffe | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 502 | 306 | +196 | 32 | |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs (P) | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 451 | 249 | +202 | 28 | |
| 3 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 317 | 328 | -11 | 26 | |
| 4 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 339 | 306 | +33 | 22 | |
| 5 | Southern Suburbs | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 322 | 369 | -47 | 18 | |
| 6 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 305 | 378 | -73 | 16 | |
| 7 | Past Brothers | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 274 | 474 | -200 | 14 | |
| 8 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 313 | 413 | -100 | 12 |
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and Time | width=17% | Venue | width=11% | Referee | width=7% | Crowd | ||
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Fortitude Valley | 17–10 | align=left | Western Suburbs | 27 August 1978 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 15,000 | |
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 21–16 | align=left | Redcliffe | 3 September 1978 | Lang Park | Ian Smith | ||
| Preliminary Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Fortitude Valley | 17–13 | align=left | Redcliffe | 10 September 1978 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 18,000 | |
| Grand Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 14–10 | align=left | Fortitude Valley | 17 September 1978 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 30,000 | |
Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: R. Morris, G. Holben. Goals: G. McDonald 3, W. Lindenburg.)
Fortitude Valley 10 (Tries: V. Wieland, M. Neill. Goals: M. Neill, A. Mills.)[1] [2]