1968 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1968 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 60th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in Past Brothers defeating Eastern Suburbs 21–4 in the grand final, winning their second consecutive premiership.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Past Brothers 21 16 0 5 381 233 +148 32
2 Eastern Suburbs 21 15 0 6 363 244 +119 30
3 Fortitude Valley 21 14 1 6 355 263 +92 29
4 Northern Suburbs 21 11 1 9 365 295 +70 23
5 Redcliffe 21 11 0 10 357 312 +45 22
6 Wynnum-Manly 21 8 1 12 310 346 -36 17
7 Western Suburbs 21 5 0 16 265 390 -125 10
8 Southern Suburbs 21 2 1 18 178 491 -313 5

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
Past Brothers 19-13 Eastern Suburbs 31 August 1968 Lang Park Pat McGrory
Fortitude Valley 18-15 Northern Suburbs 1 September 1968 Lang Park Bob Ward 18,000
Preliminary Final
Eastern Suburbs 12-9 Fortitude Valley 7 September 1968 Lang Park Pat McGrory
Grand Final
Past Brothers 21-4 Eastern Suburbs 13 September 1968 Lang Park Pat McGrory 36,188

Grand Final

Past Brothers 21 (Tries: Wayne Abdy 2, John Smith, Eric Gelling, Pat Maguire Goals: Nev Harman 3)

Eastern Suburbs 4 (Goals: Peter Lobegeiger 2)[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com. [self-published source]
  2. ^ 1968 BRL Grand Final Highlights Brothers 21 v Easts 4, 13 March 2012, retrieved 10 June 2022