Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. 9. 15. On 16 August 2008 in the year of the Centenary of Rugby League, Norths Devils announced their greatest team ever. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. Brothers win the 1987 premiership at the end of the BRL era. Wests beat Redcliffe in the 1975 grand final in a controversial ending. The beauty of having a digital subscription or membership is that it travels with you. Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. How long does it take for my home delivery to start? Graham Lowe went with Shane Bernadin. Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership. If you wish to change or create a new subscription, please call 1800 070 535 Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.00pm & 7.00am-11.30am AEST on both Saturdays & Sundays. Mate, I have no idea where the radio is, Morris said this week. After purchase, this subscription may be managed in your Google Account Settings. Some great old BRL names take the field here, including Ziggy Strasser, Mark Murray, Joe Kilroy, Campbell 'Zulu' Dews (minus the trademark beard), Ross Henrick, Johnny Payne, Yogi Dunn, Wally Lewis (playing halfback), Al McInnes and Bryan NieblingI'd better stop as I could go on forever! Not in conjunction with any other offer. The challenge is set & we are ready to take on the Dolphins for GRAND FINAL glory! Not in conjunction with any other offer. We were such a good defensive team. Melbourne vice-captain Jack Viney has received the results of scans after he injured his knee at training on Wednesday. Go head to head with other fans to pick your best players and compete in daily NRL fantasy competitions with Draftstars its free to join. While the New South Wales Rugby League was originally negotiating a Brisbane team sponsored by the Queensland Rugby League, a private bid in the form of the Brisbane Broncos was instead accepted by the New South Wales Rugby League. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. 12. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Wayne Bennetts Souths shock Wally Lewis Wynnum Manly to win the 1985 grand final. 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. Gavin Jones In 1986 the New South Wales Rugby League decided to allow a team from Brisbane to enter the Sydney Rugby League premiership. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. 6. Brothers win the 1987 premiership at the end of the BRL era. It was 84 seconds of pure madness. This was the end of the BRL competition as league fans knew it. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Honourable mentions Arthur Fatty Edwards, Barry Muir, Greg Oliphant, Mark Murray, Wayne Lindenberg. They have also helped bring about the rise of PNG on the international stage (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images). Or listen via theSEN app. 1978 Colt of the Year, Captain 1982 1983 (Valleys). I sat down with Napa to talk about his great career. He was young but just understood football and footballers. Did we get it right? No cancellations during the first 12 months. NRL Round 1 Talking Points - early edition: Whos confident? The foundation clubs were: Note: Queensland Rugby League era statistics are not counted as Brisbane Rugby League statistics. An estimated crowd of 10,000 people swarmed Kougari Oval for the post-match club presentations. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. Not in conjunction with any other offer. 5. 2 tries in finals. He was my best mate since I was a teenager. Do you remember Brisbane club rugby league in the 1980s? There's no club identity at all now. Norths beat Wests 35-16 at Lang Park. Eleven of the starting 13 were signed to NSWRL clubs for 1988 and Brothers had entered receivership. Bruce Astill Any Questions? Redcliffe had Artie Beetson as captain-coach and looked certain to break their long premiership drought until Mal Meninga and Mick Reardon caught Dolphins winger Louta Atoi out of position and Reardon did the rest. 8. News_Image_File: Shane O'Flanagan (Burleigh). Norths tries were brilliant, several involved six or seven passes. Peter Dawes Subscribe with Google lets you purchase a subscription, using your Google account. You have skipped the navigation, tab for page content. The room looked like it was a fire. Relive Drapers medal-winning night and toughest Ipswich duo to stop. In 1953 the friction between the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League ended, with the Brisbane Rugby League being replaced by the Brisbane division of the Queensland Rugby League. Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. Souths had Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill Ash Lumby, Chris Phelan and Billy Johnstone and South Sydney great Bob McCarthy as coach. Despite the 1980s producing possibly the highest concentration of great players in Brisbane Rugby League history, clubs struggled to pay players and fight off advances from NSW. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. The Brisbane Broncos were affiliated with Brisbane Brothers, the Gold Coast Chargers with the Gold Coast Vikings, the Melbourne Storm with the Norths Devils, the North Queensland Cowboys with the Townsville Stingers and the Adelaide Rams with the Wests Panthers. As the Broncos began to represent Brisbane at rugby league in the public eye the Brisbane Rugby League competition entered the terminal phase of its decline. If it occurred today, both teams would be sin-binned as punches flew in all directions with Meninga causing havoc in the middle of it all. However, the BRL maintained legal top-flight status until the advent of the national Australian Rugby League premiership in 1995, which superseded both it and the Sydney Rugby League premiership. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Previously, forwards would stand where the ball was predicted to land and often drop it before they could hit it up. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence. Burleighs extra time triumph of Easts Tigers to win the 2004 premiership. To join the conversation, please Devils' prop Anthony Bonus crashed over right next to the posts to cut the lead to four, before Geyer scored his second to level the scores. Hooker: John Lang (Easts) Shirts torn, eyes bruised, respect earned. The Brisbane Rugby League was a rugby league football competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Des Morris, now the Tigers chief executive and Maroons chairman of selectors, was man of the match. Won the Rothmans Medal in 1991 post Broncos. 6. Played with the North QLD Marlins in 1984 when they became the first country team to make the finals of the State League. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Flashback to our 1980 premiership team and one of our greatest club figures - Mark Murray - in today's Northside Chronicle. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $24 every 4 weeks. Wings: Fonda Metassa (Norths) and Joe Kilroy (Norths, Brothers) } on: function(evt, cb) { Devils v Dolphins Did we get it right? Brothers defeated Redcliffe 26-8 at Lang Park. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. News_Image_File: Henry Holloway in action for the Dolphins in 1965. Selected players from the Brisbane Rugby League clubs, represented Brisbane in matches against various Sydney Rugby League clubs.The representative team for Brisbane was called Combined Brisbane, but was also called Brisbane Capitals or Brisbane Firsts or Brisbane Poinsettias. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. 1 try in finals. It was 84 seconds of pure madness. We used to have like a barbecue after the game and there'd be 100 or 200 people that would turn up for the barbecue, we had it at various areas. Beetson would become an immortal and arguably the games best forward. The team is made up of players in their entire 75-year tenure. P.S - If anyone knows of any other footage from Norths;' 1980 premiership season (barring the finals), please drop me a line! Lowe was an innovator. Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. To join the conversation, please Mal Meninga wasnt going to be my problem; he was Brian Dunns issue. 1 try and 5 goals 1979 minor semi-final, 1 try 5 goals in 1980 major semi-final, 1 try and 3 goals in 1980 grand final, 2 tries and 9 goals in 1981 final series. Lowe was an innovator. Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. Also in 1998, the club won its first First Grade premiership since 1980, [4] beating Wests in the Grand Final. 25 years later, the competition now boasts teams from the Tweed all the way to Port Moresby and has become a source of quality footballers for the National Rugby League through its feeder team arrangements. Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. Shirts torn, eyes bruised, respect earned. David Green Mal Meninga (Souths) (Immortal, ARL and QLD Teams of the Century, ARL Hall of Fame, 46 Tests, QLD 38 games) 16,6,2. Saturday 17 September | Kick off 3:15pm Competing in the Brisbane Rugby League competition that year were Brothers, Carltons, Coorparoo, University, Valley and Wests, with Past Grammars rejoining in 1924. Grand Finals 'stats pack" with all the number you need to know for this weekend's game, courtesy of Brad Tallon. The Seagulls side, coached by Des Morris, included future Origin stars Miles, Terry Butler, Ian French, Greg Dowling and Rod Morris. Honourable mentions Harold Mick Crocker, Eddie Brosnan, Dennis Manteit, Bryan Neibling, Mark Graham. ", "Yeah well the crowd was great, they supported you wholeheartedly, they came along but it wasn't only down here on the football field it was on the streets up there. The QRL created the Winfield State League in 82 to bring in teams from around the state and rejuvenate the competition but it had not gained significant traction with either fans or sponsors. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. You are only entitled to this subscription if and for as long as you hold a valid and active subscription with your Google Account. Gary Badge Belcher (Souths) (21 Tests, QLD 16 games) 9,1,1. Norths - 1.Kilroy 2.Bird 3.Dunn 4.Dutton 5.Warnock 6.Murray (c) 7.Henrick 8.Draper 9.Graham 10.Walker 11.Dews 12.Conescu 13.Bernardin coach-Lowe Souths - 1.Glynn 2.Thompson 3.Meninga 4.Astill (c) 5.Gramm 6.Brackin 7.Sully 8.Phelan 9.Moroko 10.Lumby 11.Naylor 12.Johnstone 13.Brown coach-Bennett <u>Lower grade grand finals</u> The first official club competition kicked off in Brisbane on 8 May 1909. The Dolphins have won both matches against the Devils this season but Ahearn told . Darryl Duncan (Valleys, Norths) Second Row 4,0,0. John Wilshire's sideline conversion put Norths in front by two, their first lead of the game coming in the 60th minute. They won again in 1966 and 1969 to claim eight premierships in 11 years and were also runners up in 1967 and 1970. Not in conjunction with any other offer. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. Team of the BRL 1909 to 1987 Ask Wayne himself whether that grand final in 1985 meant any less to him than the seven that followed, and he will tell you it was a career-defining moment for him.. They have gone head-to-head only once previously, with Redcliffe victorious 54-16, This is the second time a team that changed coaches during the season has made the grand final. Kilroy fielded a Mal Meninga clearing kick in his own half and blitzed past five Souths defenders before finding Dunn for the try. Join the conversation, you are commenting as. This reduced community support for teams, and club decisions began to be made on a more commercial basis. New customers only. They won six titles in a row between 1959 and 1964 to rival St George's dominance in the south. man of the match in 1979 and 1986 grand finals. Billy Johnstone News_Image_File: Matt Geyer in action for Melbourne Storm. Captain 1980. Kevin Yow Yeh is in the background. Chris Garry, Steve Ricketts and Barry Dick present the top 10 moments of the Brisbane Rugby League and Queensland Cup in the past 50 years, featuring more controversy than the Cowboys could find in a Sydney final. Home Delivery is not available in all areas and is not the Regional edition. New teams ready to make their mark in new season, Adrian Vowles Cup: The ultimate junior footy pilgrimage, Adrian Vowles Cup best and fairest, Dream Teams. The win ended a 22-year premiership drought for Easts. Kevins relative Jharal also had a heartbreaking end to his career, when a compound fracture called curtains on his incredible talent at age 24. Easts Tigers win the 1972 grand final with a field goal in the last minute. Five-eighth: Wally Lewis (Valleys, Wynnum) You beat Brothers and Valleys in the finals and then the big one. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Any Questions? VIDEO: The day Wayne Bennetts career was defined, When the NRL talks about heritage, it is about how South Sydney started life in 1908, Meninga wrote. 10. To upgrade, call 1300 MY NEWS (696 397), As a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member youll get unlimited digital access to every story online, insight and analysis from our expert journalists PLUS enjoy freebies, discounts and benefits with our +Rewards loyalty program. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Subscribe with Google lets you purchase a subscription, using your Google account. Please gamble responsibly. Broadcast war: Channel 9 dealt basketball finals blow, First look at Blackhawks future as Cowboys-stacked side gets named. Over the next week well look back at the outstanding players in each position, culminating in the naming of a BRL team of the 80s. So in 1987, the QRL voted to allow a side to join the NSWRL, although surprisingly the establishment ticket led by Senator Ron McAullife (the driving force behind State of Origin) was beaten to the punch by Barry Maranta and Paul Porky Morgan. From then on, you can then use Sign In with Google to access your subscription and Google will do the billing for the subscription and process your payments. This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. This also affected the popularity of the Bulimba Cup which had been held between the cities of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba since the 1930s. We beat Valleys in the prelim final and Muppet scored twice to get us home. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. I remember Graham Lowe telling us we had dropped two balls at training during the finals. Wally Lewis was the inaugural captain, but the more significant signing in hindsight was the coach. The second half was all Norths, as they ran in 29 unanswered points to secure their maiden premiership. Greg Turtle Conescu (Norths, Redcliffe) (9 Tests, QLD 21 games) 8,2,1. 3 tries and 1 field goal in finals. { Wayne Lindenberg listeners: [], Head-to-head finals:Redcliffe Dolphins 2, Norths Devils 1 Easts Tigers win the 1972 grand final with a field goal in the last minute. We've been winning the State of Origin, and you can imagine if we were keeping our players, the club competition would be just as good as what it was when I was playing. The Grand Final, attended by over 32,000 people, was most notable for a fight which occurred in the first half of the match. Lock: Ed Babe Collins (Norths, Brothers) Monday to Friday 7:30am 6:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 7:00am 11:30am (AEST), App or digital edition only customer? You already have a current subscription with us. They said they had Graham Lowe and Mark Graham who I knew very well from home and they would pay my rent for two years, $500 sign on and $200 a game. In 1933 district football was introduced to provide community support and player equalisation. I remember the suits though. 17. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on. The FOGS Cup, a third-tier competition under the NRL and Queensland Cup, changed its name to the Brisbane Rugby League in 2016. 5. In the 2006 NRL Grand Final Melbourne's 17 man team had 13 players who had played with Norths in past years, . The 1998 Queensland Cup season was the 3rd season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition. If youre after great odds on every NRL match try signing up for PlayUp. But if your subscription or membership includes home delivery, then you can request to suspend your paper delivery through My Account. The competition returned to a 16-team format in 1998 with the Bundaberg Grizzlies returning to the competition after a year's absence and the admission of the Townsville Stingers and Gold Coast Vikings. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. The BRL became a state competition from 1995-97 until the Queensland Cup, which became a league-style competition in 1998, superseded the BRL as the top state league. His death in a watch house has long been the subject of controversy. Norths Devils, Wynnum Manly Seagulls, Burleigh Bears and Tweed Seagulls will experience grand final fever one week early with this weekend's preliminary finals taking place as curtain raisers to the NRL decider. 1. In 1982, rugby league was thriving and glamour club Wynnum Manly surged to their maiden premiership on the back of Gene Miles brilliance. Props: Norm Potter (Wests) and Peter Gallagher (Brothers) See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Norths played against Souths before a handful of spectators at Brisbane Cricket Ground. Kilroy fielded a Mal Meninga clearing kick in his own half and blitzed past five Souths defenders before finding Dunn for the try. } The highlight of the match was an amazing Brian Dunn try, set up by Kilory. The BRLs time as a premier competition was over, but from the ashes, piece by painful piece, the State League and BRL were restructured by 1996 to form the Queensland Cup. 1.6K subscribers Norths met Valleys several times in 1980, with their final dual of the season coming in the preliminary final won by Norths 15-14. He kicked the winning goal despite carrying an ankle injury which occurred while running a coaching clinic shortly before the decider. Ian French The competition consists of Brisbane's top six rugby league clubs. Wests won 2624 but Redcliffe had the ball with seconds remaining and launched a bomb. The quality of football convinced the public that the Queensland Cup would survive long term. (Only applies if home delivery is included in your package), Subscriber-only newsletters straight to your inbox, Todays Paper, a digital replica of the newspaper, SuperCoach Plus for stats, analysis, tips and more, Saturday and Sunday paper delivery* Chris Garry, Steve Ricketts and Barry Dick present the top 10 moments of the Brisbane Rugby League and Queensland Cup in the past 50 years, featuring more controversy than the Cowboys could find in a Sydney final. If you subscribe directly with us you will also get access to our News+ Network which is made up of some of our most popular news sites, like. The players were prepared to do it because they were getting the support from this area and they would give it back on the playing field and however they could meet the people on the streets. But first Wynnum-Manly signed off on their golden era with a fourth consecutive State League title, defeating Redcliffe yet again. I sat down with Napa to talk about his great career. Geyer was the star, scoring three tries that hauled Norths off the canvas after they trailed 16-0 early in the match. Those involved took particular exception to the salary being earned by Harry Sunderland as secretary of the Queensland Rugby League. 8. Honourable mentions Ken McCrohon, Frank Drake, Ian Bunny Pearce, Colin Scott, Gary Belcher. It was an incredible game which went to extra time when an audacious chip and chase from Easts winger Steve Beattie led to a remarkable try in the dying minutes and Tigers half Dane Campbell slotted the conversion from the sideline. SPECIAL MENTION: 1981, Souths and Mick Reardon deny Artie. THIS is an ode to real rugby league; the unsanitised version of the code where Queensland rivalries are fiercer than anything Sydney tosses up. This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. 34 Tests, QLD 35 games) 19,5,3. Queensland Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. 14 Tests, QLD 21 games) 13,4,3. So Mal came around and dad showed him the big framed 1980 premiership Norths photo. Tony Currie (Wests, Redcliffe) (7 Tests, QLD 13 games) Centre. Bob Lindner (Souths, Wynnum-Manly) (QLD Team of the Century, 24 Tests, QLD 25 games) 5,2,1. 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