1984 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

1984 Brisbane Rugby League
Duration	March 2 – September 30, 1984
Teams	8
Premiers	Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers	Wynnum-Manly
Matches played	89
Points scored	3151
Top points scorer(s)	Mal Meninga (154)
Player of the year	Cavill Heugh (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Mal Meninga (18)
← 1983 1985 →

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 Woolies 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	Paul Bartier → Dennis Cook
Past Brothers	Corbett Park	Tommy Raudonikis	Pat Shepherdson
Redcliffe	Dolphin Oval	John Barber	Mitch Brennan
Southern Suburbs	Davies Park	Wayne Bennett	Bruce Astill → Mal Meninga
Western Suburbs	Purtell Park	Greg Oliphant	Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly	Kougari Oval	Des Morris	David Green

Results

Team	P1	P2	P3	P4	ST1	ST2	ST3	ST4	ST5	ST6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WT	16	17	18	19	20	21	PF	F1	F2	GF
Eastern Suburbs Tigers	BRO -34	RED -3	NOR +24	VAL -12	WST -2	Y	SOU -12	WYN -22	Y	Y	BRO +23	RED 0	NOR +18	VAL +5	WST +28	SOU -8	WYN -32	BRO 0	X	RED +8	NOR 0	VAL +8	WST +6	SOU -30	WYN -4
Fortitude Valley Diehards	SOU -26	WYN -7	WST +4	EST +12	BRO +2	Y	Y	NOR +28	RED +1	Y	SOU +4	WYN -12	WST +2	EST -5	BRO +8	NOR +16	RED -18	SOU +2	X	WYN -22	WST +12	EST -8	BRO -28	NOR +18	RED +8	X	RED +2	SOU -6
Northern Suburbs Devils	RED -6	BRO -18	EST -24	WST -14	Y	WYN -14	Y	VAL -28	Y	SOU -46	RED -33	BRO -8	EST -18	WST -22	WYN -6	VAL -16	SOU 0	RED +2	X	BRO -10	EST 0	WST +18	WYN +6	VAL -18	SOU -22
Past Brothers	EST +34	NOR +18	RED -3	SOU -10	VAL -2	Y	WST -2	Y	Y	WYN -36	EST -23	NOR +8	RED +2	SOU +7	VAL -8	WYN -22	WST +8	EST 0	X	NOR +10	RED +4	SOU -6	VAL +28	WYN -6	WST +16	RED -11
Redcliffe Dolphins	NOR +6	EST +3	BRO +3	WYN -6	Y	SOU -3	Y	Y	VAL -1	WST +4	NOR +33	EST 0	BRO -2	WYN -8	SOU -8	WST +32	VAL +18	NOR -2	X	EST -8	BRO -4	WYN -8	SOU +6	WST +26	VAL -8	BRO +11	VAL -2
Southern Suburbs Magpies	VAL +26	WST +20	WYN +28	BRO +10	Y	RED +3	EST +12	Y	Y	NOR +46	VAL -4	WST +32	WYN -12	BRO -7	RED +8	EST +8	NOR 0	VAL -2	WYN -22	WST +2	X	BRO +6	RED -6	EST +30	NOR +22	X	WYN -24	VAL +6	WYN -34
Western Suburbs Panthers	WYN -8	SOU -20	VAL -4	NOR +14	EST +2	Y	BRO +2	Y	Y	RED -4	WYN +16	SOU -32	VAL -2	NOR +22	EST -28	RED -32	BRO -8	WYN -43	X	SOU -2	VAL -12	NOR -18	EST -6	RED -26	BRO -16
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	WST +8	VAL +7	SOU -28	RED +6	Y	NOR +14	Y	EST +22	Y	BRO +36	WST -16	VAL +12	SOU +12	RED +8	NOR +6	BRO +22	EST +32	WST +43	SOU +22	VAL +22	X	RED +8	NOR -6	BRO +6	EST +4	X	SOU +24	X	SOU +34
Team	P1	P2	P3	P4	ST1	ST2	ST3	ST4	ST5	ST6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WT	16	17	18	19	20	21	PF	F1	F2	GF

• X - Bye
• Y - Team played a non-first grade State League match
• Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wynnum-Manly (P)	21	18	0	3	524	280	+244	36
2	Southern Suburbs	21	14	1	6	479	279	+200	27
3	Fortitude Valley	21	12	0	9	313	338	-25	24
4	Redcliffe	21	10	1	10	400	315	+85	21
5	Past Brothers	21	10	1	10	372	355	+17	21
6	Eastern Suburbs	21	8	3	10	368	407	-39	19
7	Western Suburbs	21	5	0	16	212	417	-205	10
8	Northern Suburbs	21	3	2	16	278	555	-277	8

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Playoff
Redcliffe	22-11	Past Brothers	5 September 1984	Lang Park
Semi-finals
Fortitude Valley	18-16	Redcliffe	9 September 1984	Lang Park	David Manson
Wynnum-Manly	46-22	Southern Suburbs	16 September 1984	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	13,500
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley	8-14	Southern Suburbs	22 September 1984	Lang Park	David Manson
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly	42-8	Southern Suburbs	30 September 1984	Lang Park	David Manson	25,000

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.)^[1][2]

Winfield State League

Main article: 1984 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.

Wynnum Manly	23-15	Southern Suburbs

1984 Winfield State League Final

1984

Lang Park

References

1. 1984 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Wp8GIyx7c&t=2s
2. 1984 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1984gf.php