1985 Brisbane Rugby League season

1985 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMarch 1 – September 30, 1985
Teams8
Premiers Southern Suburbs
Minor premiers Southern Suburbs
Matches played88
Points scored3113
Top points scorer(s) Warren Green (176)
Player of the year Ian French (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Ray Ovens (12)
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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.

Season summary

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.

Teams

Club Home ground Coach Captain
Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Wayne Lindenberg Cavill Heugh
Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Peter McWhirter Ross Henrick
Northern Suburbs Bishop Park John Barber John Dowling
Past Brothers Corbett Park Ross Strudwick Pat Shepherdson
Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Ian Pearce Mitch Brennan
Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Norm Carr
Western Suburbs Purtell Park Trevor Day Kevin Langer
Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green

Results

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

WST

0

NOR

+32

BRO

+2

SOU

-2

EST

-2

WYN

+14

RED

+6

WST

0

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

VAL

0

RED

-24

EST

-20

NOR

-16

WYN

-2

SOU

-26

BRO

-27

VAL

0

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
  • X - Bye
  • Y - Team played a non-first grade State League match
  • Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly 25-22 Fortitude Valley 1 September 1985 Lang Park David Manson
Southern Suburbs 14-8 Past Brothers 8 September 1985 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly 35-16 Past Brothers 15 September 1985 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs 10-8 Wynnum-Manly 22 September 1985 Lang Park David Manson 31,000

Grand Final

Southern Suburbs 10 (Tries: N. Carr. Goals: G. French 3.)

Wynnum-Manly 8 (Tries: C. Adams. Goals: W. Green 2.)[1][2]

Winfield State League

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.

1985 Winfield State League Final
1985
Wynnum Manly 16-0 Brisbane Brothers

References

  1. ^ 1985 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Wynnum-Manly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJjr0nf2fc&t=198s
  2. ^ 1985 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1985gf.php