1970 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1970 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 62nd season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in Fortitude Valley defeating Northern Suburbs 13–11 in the grand final, ending Valleys' 13-year premiership drought. Southern Suburbs' Graeme Atherton was named the Rothmans Medalist (Best and Fairest) - the first Southern Suburbs player to win the award.

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Past Brothers 21 16 0 5 404 265 +139 32
2   Northern Suburbs 21 14 2 5 418 233 +185 30
3   Southern Suburbs 21 13 0 8 401 337 +64 26
4   Fortitude Valley 21 12 1 8 378 299 +79 25
5   Western Suburbs 21 12 0 9 358 278 +80 24
6   Eastern Suburbs 21 7 0 14 304 295 +9 14
7   Redcliffe 21 5 1 15 251 402 -151 11
8   Wynnum-Manly 21 3 0 18 257 562 -305 6

Finals

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
  Fortitude Valley 41-9   Southern Suburbs 29 August 1970 Lang Park Henry Albert
  Northern Suburbs 12-4   Past Brothers 30 August 1970 Lang Park Ron Mison 25,000
Preliminary Final
  Fortitude Valley 15-7   Past Brothers 6 September 1970 Lang Park Bob Ward 17,392
Grand Final
  Fortitude Valley 13-11   Northern Suburbs 12 September 1970 Lang Park Bob Ward 30,000

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References

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  1. ^ Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com. [self-published source]