The 1984 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 76th 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 Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs clubs.
Season summary Though the format in which games of the 1984 BRL season were played did not change from the previous year, competition points were given to the eight Brisbane teams based on wins in the Woolworths Pre-Season Competition and the 3 games each club played against another Brisbane side in the Winfield State League, excluding finals in both of these competitions. These matches effectively formed Rounds 1-7 of the 1984 Winfield Cup, with media at the time referring to the May-September Brisbane competition as Rounds 8-21 once again.
Teams played each other a total of three times over the 21 first-grade rounds, twice during the regular competition and once during either the pre-season or state league. It resulted in a top four of Wynnum-Manly, Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley and Redcliffe.
Teams
Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Russell Klein Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Barry Muir → Dennis Cook Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Pat Shepherdson Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mitch Brennan Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett → Mal Meninga Western Suburbs Purtell Park Greg Oliphant Norm Carr Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green
Results TeamP1P2P3P4ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST689101112131415WT161718192021PFF1F2GFEastern Suburbs TigersBRO -34RED -3NOR +24VAL -12WST -2YSOU -12WYN -22YYBRO +23RED 0NOR +18VAL +5WST +28SOU -8WYN -32BRO 0XRED +8NOR 0VAL +8WST +6SOU -30WYN -4Fortitude Valley DiehardsSOU -26WYN -7WST +4EST +12BRO +2YYNOR +28RED +1YSOU +4WYN -12WST +2EST -5BRO +8NOR +16RED -18SOU +2XWYN -22WST +12EST -8BRO -28NOR +18RED +8XRED +2SOU -6Northern Suburbs DevilsRED -6BRO -18EST -24WST -14YWYN -14YVAL -28YSOU -46RED -33BRO -8EST -18WST -22WYN -6VAL -16SOU 0RED +2XBRO -10EST 0WST +18WYN +6VAL -18SOU -22Past BrothersEST +34NOR +18RED -3SOU -10VAL -2YWST -2YYWYN -36EST -23NOR +8RED +2SOU +7VAL -8WYN -22WST +8EST 0XNOR +10RED +4SOU -6VAL +28WYN -6WST +16RED -11Redcliffe DolphinsNOR +6EST +3BRO +3WYN -6YSOU -3YYVAL -1WST +4NOR +33EST 0BRO -2WYN -8SOU -8WST +32VAL +18NOR -2XEST -8BRO -4WYN -8SOU +6WST +26VAL -8BRO +11VAL -2Southern Suburbs MagpiesVAL +26WST +20WYN +28BRO +10YRED +3EST +12YYNOR +46VAL -4WST +32WYN -12BRO -7RED +8EST +8NOR 0VAL -2WYN -22WST +2XBRO +6RED -6EST +30NOR +22XWYN -24VAL +6WYN -34Western Suburbs PanthersWYN -8SOU -20VAL -4NOR +14EST +2YBRO +2YYRED -4WYN +16SOU -32VAL -2NOR +22EST -28RED -32BRO -8WYN -43XSOU -2VAL -12NOR -18EST -6RED -26BRO -16Wynnum-Manly SeagullsWST +8VAL +7SOU -28RED +6YNOR +14YEST +22YBRO +36WST -16VAL +12SOU +12RED +8NOR +6BRO +22EST +32WST +43SOU +22VAL +22XRED +8NOR -6BRO +6EST +4XSOU +24XSOU +34TeamP1P2P3P4ST1ST2ST3ST4ST5ST689101112131415WT161718192021PFF1F2GF
X - Bye Y - Team played a non-first grade State League match Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Wynnum-Manly (P)211803524280 +244362 Southern Suburbs211416479279 +200273 Fortitude Valley211209313338 -25244 Redcliffe2110110400315 +85215 Past Brothers2110110372355 +17216 Eastern Suburbs218310368407 -39197 Western Suburbs215016212417 -205108 Northern Suburbs213216278555 -2778
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff Redcliffe22-11 Past Brothers 5 September 1984Lang Park Semi-finals Fortitude Valley18-16 Redcliffe9 September 1984Lang ParkDavid Manson Wynnum-Manly46-22 Southern Suburbs16 September 1984Lang ParkEddie Ward13,500 Preliminary Final Fortitude Valley8-14 Southern Suburbs22 September 1984Lang ParkDavid Manson Grand Final Wynnum-Manly42-8 Southern Suburbs30 September 1984Lang ParkDavid Manson25,000
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly 42 (Tries: D. Green 2, W. Green, B. French, B. Walsh, W. Lewis, G. Miles, G. Dowling. Goals: W. Green 5.)
Southern Suburbs 8 (Tries: H. Abbott. Goals: M. Meninga 2.)1984 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Wp8GIyx7c&t=2s1984 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1984gf.php
Winfield State League
The 1984 Winfield State League was the third 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 Souths winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls defeated Magpies 21-10 to win the first of four straight Winfield State League titles.
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