The 1978 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 71st 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 Eastern Suburbs and Fortitude Valley clubs.
Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Western Suburbs and Fortitude Valley.
Teams
Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Johnny Rhodes Ross Strudwick Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Bob Bax Bruce Warwick Past Brothers Corbett Park Reg Cannon Paul Beauchamp Redcliffe Redcliffe Showgrounds Ian Pearce Ian Pearce Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Greg Veivers Western Suburbs Purtell Park Don Oxenham Mark Hogan Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Dennis Ward Robert Orchard
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Redcliffe211605502306 +196322 Eastern Suburbs (P)211407451249 +202283 Fortitude Valley211308317328 -11264 Western Suburbs2111010339306 +33225 Southern Suburbs219012322369 -47186 Wynnum-Manly218013305378 -73167 Past Brothers217014274474 -200148 Northern Suburbs216015313413 -10012
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Fortitude Valley17–10 Western Suburbs27 August 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward 15,000 Eastern Suburbs21–16 Redcliffe3 September 1978Lang ParkIan Smith Preliminary Final Fortitude Valley17–13 Redcliffe10 September 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward18,000 Grand Final Eastern Suburbs14–10 Fortitude Valley17 September 1978Lang ParkEddie Ward30,000
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: R. Morris, G. Holben. Goals: G. McDonald 3, W. Lindenburg.)
Fortitude Valley 10 (Tries: V. Wieland, M. Neill. Goals: M. Neill, A. Mills.)1978 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Valleys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6ymXaim8k&t=2s1978 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1978gf.php
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