1975 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1975 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 67th season of Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Western Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

1975 Brisbane Rugby League
Teams8
Premiers Western Suburbs
Minor premiers Western Suburbs
Player of the year Steve Calder (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Wayne Bennett

Season summary

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top five of Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Eastern Suburbs and Wynnum-Manly.

The 1975 season's Rothmans Medallist was Northern Suburbs player Steve Calder.[1]

With seconds remaining in the decider, Redcliffe were trailing 26–24 to minor premiers Western Suburbs. The Dolphins had the ball and launched a bomb hoping for the best. However, before the ball landed, fans had flooded Lang Park ensuring there was no chance for Redcliffe to pressure Wests' receiver into an error.[2] The ball ended up going into touch, ensuring that the fans did not ruin the final play of the game.

Teams
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkDes MorrisDes Morris
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalHenry HollowayMarty Scanlan
Northern SuburbsBishop ParkTommy BishopTommy Bishop
Past BrothersCorbett ParkBrian FitzsimmonsWayne Bennett
RedcliffeRedcliffe ShowgroundsBarry MuirIan Pearce
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkHarry BathGary Dobrich
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkRon RaperHarry Cameron
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalT. BerryNev Hornery

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Western Suburbs 211605473296+17732
2 Northern Suburbs 211317467346+12127
3 Redcliffe 211308387337+5026
4 Eastern Suburbs 211128390338+5224
5 Wynnum-Manly 2110110352342+1021
6 Past Brothers 218112347385-3817
7 Southern Suburbs 216015331490-15912
8 Fortitude Valley 214116289495-2069

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Qualifying Finals
Eastern Suburbs 7-9 Wynnum-Manly 30 August 1975 Lang Park Eddie Ward 8,000
Northern Suburbs 15–2 Redcliffe 31 August 1975 Lang Park Ian Smith
Semi-finals
Redcliffe 22-15 Wynnum-Manly 6 September 1975 Lang Park Ian Smith
Western Suburbs 21-11 Northern Suburbs 7 September 1975 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Northern Suburbs 2-25 Redcliffe 13 September 1975 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Western Suburbs 26-24 Redcliffe 21 September 1975 Lang Park Ian Smith 41,000

Grand Final
Western Suburbs Position Redcliffe
  1. Greg McCarthy
 FB
  1. Tony Obst
2. Michael FlesserWG2. Brian Gardiner
3. Harry Cameron (c)CE3. Peter Flanders
4. Greg HeadingCE4. Ian Pearce (c)
5. Wayne StewartWG5. Victor Tighe
6. Geoff RichardsonFE6. Steve Williams
7. Greg OliphantHB7. Brian Winney
8. Norm CarrLK8. Ian Thinee
9. Rod BradshawSR9. Rod Halley
10. Henry WilliamsonSR10. Forrester Grayson
11. Max WilliamsonPR11. Bevan Bleakley
12. Kel BrownHK12. Bob Jones
13. John YoungPR13. Steve Bullow
14. Bob GreenReserves14. Chris Mason
19. Carlo CostaReserves15. Geoff Russell
20. C AndersonReserves16. Peter Leis
Reserves19. Brad McArthur
Ron RaperCoachBarry Muir

Redcliffe's storming finish was not enough, as Western Suburbs held on to claim its first premiership in 21 years.

Redcliffe were coming home strong 26–24, but Panthers held on, to win their ninth premiership and first since 1954. Redcliffe won the scrum count 7–4, the Dolphins winning the penalties 11-7 as well.

Western Suburbs 26 (Tries: H. Cameron, R. Bradshaw, G. McCarthy, G. Heading. Goals: W. Stewart)

Redcliffe 24 (Tries: T. Obst, I. Pearce, G. Russell, B. Bleakley. Goals: I. Pearce 6)[3][4]

References
  1. QRL Media
  2. "Best 10 Brisbane or QRL grand finals in past 50 years" in Courier Mail, September 26, 2014
  3. 1975 BRL Grand Final Highlights Wests 26 v Redcliffe 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHXh5M4icY
  4. 1975 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20060214040520/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1975gf.php
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