| Year: | 1985 |
| Competition: | Brisbane Rugby League |
| Duration: | March 1 – September 30, 1985 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Premiers: | Southern Suburbs |
| Minor Premiers: | Southern Suburbs |
| Matches: | 88 |
| Points: | 3113 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Warren Green (176) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Ray Ovens (12) |
| Player Of The Year: | Ian French (Rothmans Medal) |
| Prevseason Year: | 1984 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1986 |
The 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 77th 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 Southern Suburbs and Wynnum-Manly clubs.
The format of the 1985 season remained unchanged from the previous year; teams played a total of 21 first-grade games over the pre-season, three games against other Brisbane sides during the Winfield State League, and the 14-round regular season. Teams played each other three times, twice during the regular season and once during either the pre-season or state league. It resulted in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Past Brothers, Wynnum-Manly and Fortitude Valley.
| Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Lindenberg | Cavill Heugh | |||
| Peter McWhirter | Ross Henrick | |||
| Bishop Park | John Barber | John Dowling | ||
| Corbett Park | Pat Shepherdson | |||
| Mitch Brennan | ||||
| Norm Carr | ||||
| Trevor Day | Kevin Langer | |||
| David Green |
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | ST1 | ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST5 | ST6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | F1 | F2 | GF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Suburbs Tigers | WYN-32 | NOR-3 | SOU+12 | WST-4 | Y | Y | VAL+4 | BRO-27 | Y | RED+16 | WYN-8 | NOR+2 | SOU+16 | WST+20 | BRO-2 | VAL+2 | RED+7 | WYN-11 | NOR+24 | WST-2 | SOU-40 | BRO-4 | VAL-12 | RED+2 | ||||
| Fortitude Valley Diehards | RED+4 | WST+36 | NOR+8 | BRO-13 | Y | WYN-4 | EST-4 | Y | SOU-1 | Y | RED+16 | WST0 | NOR+32 | BRO+2 | SOU-2 | EST-2 | WYN+14 | RED+6 | WST0 | BRO-18 | NOR+18 | SOU-16 | EST+12 | WYN-22 | WYN-3 | |||
| Northern Suburbs Devils | SOU-7 | EST+3 | VAL-8 | WYN+1 | WST+8 | RED-4 | Y | Y | BRO-8 | Y | SOU-18 | EST-2 | VAL-32 | WYN-6 | WST+16 | RED+6 | BRO-14 | SOU+2 | EST-24 | WYN-16 | VAL-18 | WST+7 | RED-7 | BRO-2 | ||||
| Past Brothers | WST+4 | RED+18 | WYN-8 | VAL+13 | SOU-10 | Y | Y | EST+27 | NOR+8 | Y | WST+8 | RED-4 | WYN+36 | VAL-2 | EST+2 | SOU-12 | NOR+14 | WST+27 | RED+4 | VAL+18 | WYN+6 | EST+4 | SOU-8 | NOR+2 | SOU-6 | WYN-9 | ||
| Redcliffe Dolphins | VAL-4 | BRO-18 | WST+34 | SOU-12 | Y | NOR+4 | Y | WYN-30 | Y | EST-16 | VAL-16 | BRO+4 | WST+24 | SOU+22 | WYN-7 | NOR-6 | EST-7 | VAL-6 | BRO-4 | SOU-10 | WST+34 | WYN+2 | NOR+7 | EST-2 | ||||
| Southern Suburbs Magpies | NOR+7 | WYN-10 | EST-12 | RED+12 | BRO+10 | Y | WST+24 | Y | VAL+1 | Y | NOR+18 | WYN-14 | EST-16 | RED-22 | VAL+2 | BRO+12 | WST+26 | NOR-2 | WYN+38 | RED+10 | EST+40 | VAL+16 | BRO+8 | WST+21 | BRO+6 | X | WYN+2 | |
| Western Suburbs Panthers | BRO-4 | VAL-36 | RED-34 | EST+4 | NOR-8 | Y | SOU-24 | Y | Y | WYN-28 | BRO-8 | VAL0 | RED-24 | EST-20 | NOR-16 | WYN-2 | SOU-26 | BRO-27 | VAL0 | EST+2 | RED-34 | NOR-7 | WYN-38 | SOU-21 | ||||
| Wynnum-Manly Seagulls | EST+32 | SOU+10 | BRO+8 | NOR-1 | Y | VAL+4 | Y | RED+30 | Y | WST+28 | EST+8 | SOU+14 | BRO-36 | NOR+6 | RED+7 | WST+2 | VAL-14 | EST+11 | SOU-38 | NOR+16 | BRO-6 | RED-2 | WST+38 | VAL+22 | VAL+3 | BRO+9 | SOU-2 | |
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | ST1 | ST2 | ST3 | ST4 | ST5 | ST6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | F1 | F2 | GF |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Suburbs (P) | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 415 | 246 | +169 | 30 | |
| 2 | Past Brothers | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 438 | 291 | +147 | 30 | |
| 3 | Wynnum-Manly | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 468 | 349 | +119 | 30 | |
| 4 | Fortitude Valley | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 390 | 324 | +66 | 22 | |
| 5 | Eastern Suburbs | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 391 | 421 | -30 | 20 | |
| 6 | Redcliffe | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 320 | 327 | -7 | 16 | |
| 7 | Northern Suburbs | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 296 | 421 | -125 | 14 | |
| 8 | Western Suburbs | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 257 | 598 | -311 | 6 |
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and Time | width=17% | Venue | width=11% | Referee | width=7% | Crowd | ||
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Wynnum-Manly | 25-22 | align=left | 1 September 1985 | Lang Park | David Manson | |||
| align=left | Southern Suburbs | 14-8 | align=left | Past Brothers | 8 September 1985 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | ||
| Preliminary Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Wynnum-Manly | 35-16 | align=left | Past Brothers | 15 September 1985 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | ||
| Grand Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Southern Suburbs | 10-8 | align=left | Wynnum-Manly | 22 September 1985 | Lang Park | David Manson | 31,000 | |
Southern Suburbs 10 (Tries: N. Carr. Goals: G. French 3.)
Wynnum-Manly 8 (Tries: C. Adams. Goals: W. Green 2.)[1] [2]
See main article: 1985 Winfield State League.
The 1985 Winfield State League was the inaugural season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. A total of 14 teams competed in the season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state, hence the State League name. The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Wynnum-Manly and the Brisbane Brothers winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls completed a 16-0 shutout of the Brothers to win their second consecutive Winfield State League title.