The 1980 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 73rd 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 at Lang Park between Northern Suburbs (Norths) and Southern Suburbs (Souths).
Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played.It resulted in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley, Northern Suburbs and Past Brothers Brisbane.
Teams
Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Abbott John Abbott Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Ross Strudwick Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Mark Murray Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Greg Holben Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Frank Stanton Ian Pearce Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Western Suburbs Purtell Park Harry Cameron Norm Carr Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Henry Holloway Des Morris
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Fortitude Valley211605452261 +191322 Southern Suburbs211515434257 +177313 Past Brothers211407342326 +16284 Northern Suburbs (P)211308380314 +66265 Redcliffe211119429368 +61236 Eastern Suburbs216015404432 -28127 Wynnum-Manly214116328523 -19598 Western Suburbs213117209497 -2887
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Northern Suburbs24-17 Past Brothers31 August 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Southern Suburbs22-14 Fortitude Valley7 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Northern Suburbs15-14 Fortitude Valley14 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Northern Suburbs 17-15 Southern Suburbs21 September 1980Lang ParkEddie Ward32,000
Grand Final The Grand Final, attended by over 32,000 people, was most notable for a fight which occurred in the first half of the match. Spectators cheered while a commentator was quoted as saying "that's as bad as I've seen in a Grand Final." When play resumed, a close game finished with Norths winning 17-15.
Northern Suburbs 17 (Tries: R. Henrick, B. Dunn, P. Dutton. Goals: G. Warnock 4.)
Southern Suburbs 15 (Tries: M. Meninga, G. Moroko, B. Johnstone. Goals: M. Meninga 3.)1980 BRL Grand Final - Norths v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z76NEnAaw1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1980gf.php
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