1984 Brisbane Rugby League season

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1984 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 2 – September 30, 1984
Teams8
Premiers Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers Wynnum-Manly
Matches played89
Points scored3151
Top points scorer(s) Mal Meninga (154)
Player of the year Cavill Heugh (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Mal Meninga (18)
← 1983
1985 →

The 1984 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 76th 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 Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs clubs.

Season summary

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Though the format in which games of the 1984 BRL season were played did not change from the previous year, competition points were given to the eight Brisbane teams based on wins in the Woolies Pre-Season Competition and the 3 games each club played against another Brisbane side in the Winfield State League, excluding finals in both of these competitions. These matches effectively formed Rounds 1-7 of the 1984 Winfield Cup, with media at the time referring to the May-September Brisbane competition as Rounds 8-21 once again.

Teams played each other a total of three times over the 21 first-grade rounds, twice during the regular competition and once during either the pre-season or state league. It resulted in a top four of Wynnum-Manly, Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley and Redcliffe.

Teams

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Club Home ground Coach Captain
Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw
Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Russell Klein
Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Barry Muir Paul Bartier → Dennis Cook
Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Pat Shepherdson
Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mitch Brennan
Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Bruce Astill → Mal Meninga
Western Suburbs Purtell Park Greg Oliphant Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green

Results

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Team P1 P2 P3 P4 ST1 ST2 ST3 ST4 ST5 ST6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WT 16 17 18 19 20 21 PF F1 F2 GF
Eastern Suburbs Tigers BRO

-34

RED

-3

NOR

+24

VAL

-12

WST

-2

Y SOU

-12

WYN

-22

Y Y BRO

+23

RED

0

NOR

+18

VAL

+5

WST

+28

SOU

-8

WYN

-32

BRO

0

X RED

+8

NOR

0

VAL

+8

WST

+6

SOU

-30

WYN

-4

Fortitude Valley Diehards SOU

-26

WYN

-7

WST

+4

EST

+12

BRO

+2

Y Y NOR

+28

RED

+1

Y SOU

+4

WYN

-12

WST

+2

EST

-5

BRO

+8

NOR

+16

RED

-18

SOU

+2

X WYN

-22

WST

+12

EST

-8

BRO

-28

NOR

+18

RED

+8

X RED

+2

SOU

-6

Northern Suburbs Devils RED

-6

BRO

-18

EST

-24

WST

-14

Y WYN

-14

Y VAL

-28

Y SOU

-46

RED

-33

BRO

-8

EST

-18

WST

-22

WYN

-6

VAL

-16

SOU

0

RED

+2

X BRO

-10

EST

0

WST

+18

WYN

+6

VAL

-18

SOU

-22

Past Brothers EST

+34

NOR

+18

RED

-3

SOU

-10

VAL

-2

Y WST

-2

Y Y WYN

-36

EST

-23

NOR

+8

RED

+2

SOU

+7

VAL

-8

WYN

-22

WST

+8

EST

0

X NOR

+10

RED

+4

SOU

-6

VAL

+28

WYN

-6

WST

+16

RED

-11

Redcliffe Dolphins NOR

+6

EST

+3

BRO

+3

WYN

-6

Y SOU

-3

Y Y VAL

-1

WST

+4

NOR

+33

EST

0

BRO

-2

WYN

-8

SOU

-8

WST

+32

VAL

+18

NOR

-2

X EST

-8

BRO

-4

WYN

-8

SOU

+6

WST

+26

VAL

-8

BRO

+11

VAL

-2

Southern Suburbs Magpies VAL

+26

WST

+20

WYN

+28

BRO

+10

Y RED

+3

EST

+12

Y Y NOR

+46

VAL

-4

WST

+32

WYN

-12

BRO

-7

RED

+8

EST

+8

NOR

0

VAL

-2

WYN

-22

WST

+2

X BRO

+6

RED

-6

EST

+30

NOR

+22

X WYN

-24

VAL

+6

WYN

-34

Western Suburbs Panthers WYN

-8

SOU

-20

VAL

-4

NOR

+14

EST

+2

Y BRO

+2

Y Y RED

-4

WYN

+16

SOU

-32

VAL

-2

NOR

+22

EST

-28

RED

-32

BRO

-8

WYN

-43

X SOU

-2

VAL

-12

NOR

-18

EST

-6

RED

-26

BRO

-16

Wynnum-Manly Seagulls WST

+8

VAL

+7

SOU

-28

RED

+6

Y NOR

+14

Y EST

+22

Y BRO

+36

WST

-16

VAL

+12

SOU

+12

RED

+8

NOR

+6

BRO

+22

EST

+32

WST

+43

SOU

+22

VAL

+22

X RED

+8

NOR

-6

BRO

+6

EST

+4

X SOU

+24

X SOU

+34

Team P1 P2 P3 P4 ST1 ST2 ST3 ST4 ST5 ST6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WT 16 17 18 19 20 21 PF F1 F2 GF
  • X - Bye
  • Y - Team played a non-first grade State League match
  • Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wynnum-Manly (P) 21 18 0 3 524 280 +244 36
2 Southern Suburbs 21 14 1 6 479 279 +200 27
3 Fortitude Valley 21 12 0 9 313 338 -25 24
4 Redcliffe 21 10 1 10 400 315 +85 21
5 Past Brothers 21 10 1 10 372 355 +17 21
6 Eastern Suburbs 21 8 3 10 368 407 -39 19
7 Western Suburbs 21 5 0 16 212 417 -205 10
8 Northern Suburbs 21 3 2 16 278 555 -277 8

Finals

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Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
Redcliffe 22-11 Past Brothers 5 September 1984 Lang Park
Semi-finals
Fortitude Valley 18-16 Redcliffe 9 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson
Wynnum-Manly 46-22 Southern Suburbs 16 September 1984 Lang Park Eddie Ward 13,500
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley 8-14 Southern Suburbs 22 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly 42-8 Southern Suburbs 30 September 1984 Lang Park David Manson 25,000

Grand Final

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Wynnum-Manly 42 (Tries: D. Green 2, W. Green, B. French, B. Walsh, W. Lewis, G. Miles, G. Dowling. Goals: W. Green 5.)

Southern Suburbs 8 (Tries: H. Abbott. Goals: M. Meninga 2.)[1][2]

Winfield State League

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Main article: 1984 Winfield State League

The 1984 Winfield State League was the third 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 Souths winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls defeated Magpies 21-10 to win the first of four straight Winfield State League titles.

1984 Winfield State League Final
1984
Wynnum Manly 23-15 Southern Suburbs

References

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  1. ^ 1984 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Wp8GIyx7c&t=2s
  2. ^ 1984 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1984gf.php
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