1990 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1990 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 69th season of semi-professional top level rugby league in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Fortitude Valley

Teams
Club Home ground Coach Captain
Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park
Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Henrick Bill Holmes
Ipswich North Ipswich Reserve
Logan Meakin Park
Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Tommy Raudonikis
Past Brothers Corbett Park
Redcliffe Dolphin Oval
Southern Suburbs Davies Park
Western Suburbs Purtell Park
Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval

Source:[1]

Final

Fortitude Valley 17 (P. Shields, M. Fiechtner, P. Coyne tries; P. Coyne 2 goals; P. Coyne field goal) defeated Northern Suburbs 16 (I. McKenzie, T. Evans tries; G Harvey 4 goals) at Lang Park.[2][3]

Brawl

Early in the first half, a major brawl broke out between the two sides after a couple of heavy tackles. The fight initially seemed to calm before rapidly escalating and splintering into smaller fights. One of particular note was between Valleys winger Peter Shields and Norths threequarter Brad Foster, which saw the two trade blows toe to toe, and both lose their jerseys as a result.

The fight was so ferocious that the scoreboard attendant displayed 'break it up lads' on the scoreboard, whilst there were two fight calls reputed as being triggered most likely by renowned Norths coach Tommy Raudonikis, with these being "99" and "ANZAC" respectively.[4]

References
  1. "Rugby League – Welcome to Roger's Website".
  2. "The Post-Broncos Brisbane Rugby League Competition - Club football in Brisbane from 1988 to 2021" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com.
  3. 1990 BRL Grand Final Valleys 17 v Norths 16, retrieved 11 August 2022
  4. "1990 BRL Grand Final Valleys 17 v Norths 16". YouTube.
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