1976 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Western Suburbs

Season summary

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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.

Teams

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Club Home ground Coach Captain
  Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris
  Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval
  Northern Suburbs Bishop Park
  Past Brothers Corbett Park
  Redcliffe Redcliffe Showgrounds Barry Muir Ian Pearce
  Southern Suburbs Davies Park Greg Veivers
  Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper
  Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Eastern Suburbs 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   Southern Suburbs 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

Finals

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee 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
  Redcliffe 6-14   Southern Suburbs 28 August 1976 Lang Park Ian Smith 8,000
  Western Suburbs 10–19   Past Brothers 29 August 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg
Semi-finals
  Western Suburbs 11-5   Southern Suburbs 4 September 1976 Lang Park Ian Smith
  Eastern Suburbs 13-3   Past Brothers 5 September 1976 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
  Past Brothers 10-18   Western Suburbs 12 September 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg
Grand Final
  Eastern Suburbs 1-16   Western Suburbs 19 September 1976 Lang Park Bernie Pramberg 37,000

Grand Final

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Western Suburbs Position Eastern Suburbs
  1. Greg McCarthy
FB
  1. Roger Kuhn
2. Mick Reardon WG 2. John Callus
3. Harry Cameron CE 3. Bevan de Bruyn
4. Steve Crear CE 4. Steve Farquhar
5. Wayne Stewart WG 5. Nick Nicolau
6. Geoff Richardson FE 6. Greg Holben
7. Greg Oliphant HB 7. Wayne Lindenberg
13. Max Williamson PR 13. Geoff Naylor
12. Gary Prickett HK 12. John Lang
11. Bob Green PR 11. Rod Morris
10. John Young SR 10. Des Morris
9. Rod Bradshaw SR 9. John Payne
8. John Ribot LK 8. John Abbott
16. Norm Carr Reserves Errol Slingsby
19. Henry Williamson Reserves Alan Currie
Ron Raper 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Club History and Awards". Norths Devils Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  2. ^ 1975 BRL Grand Final - Wests v Easts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7mrH-wsrg
  3. ^ 1976 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1976gf.php