The 1981 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Redcliffe clubs.
Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Redcliffe, Southern Suburbs, Wynnum-Manly and Eastern Suburbs.
Teams
Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Greg Holben Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Ross Strudwick Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Mark Murray Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Jay Hoffman Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Arthur Beetson Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Des Morris
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Southern Suburbs (P)211416352147 +205292 Redcliffe211407413274 +139283 Wynnum-Manly211407410382 +28284 Eastern Suburbs2111010411307 -104225 Fortitude Valley2110110308305 +3216 Northern Suburbs218013270396 -126167 Western Suburbs216114275415 -140138 Past Brothers215115309422 -11311
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Wynnum-Manly20-9 Eastern Suburbs30 August 1981Lang ParkEddie Ward Redcliffe21-10 Southern Suburbs6 September 1981Lang ParkStan Scamp Preliminary Final Southern Suburbs16-12 Wynnum-Manly13 September 1981Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Redcliffe9-13 Southern Suburbs20 September 1981Lang ParkStan Scamp30,000
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs 13 (Tries: B. Sully, M. Reardon. Goals: M. Meninga 3. Field Goal: K. Spencer.)
Redcliffe 9 (Tries: I. Pearce. Goals: I. Pearce 3.)1981 BRL Grand Final - Souths v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy6H5ywHQPo1981 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1981gf.php
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