5. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Wayne Lindenberg It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. 1. I started on the bench which I was so cranky about. Bruce Astill Join the conversation, you are commenting as. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Greg Dish Head Dowling (Wynnum-Manly, Norths) (12 Tests, QLD 13 games) 10,3,2. The BRL became a state competition from 1995-97 until the Queensland Cup, which became a league-style competition in 1998, superseded the BRL as the top state league. Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. The competition was contested by sixteen teams over a 27-week long season (including finals), with the Norths Devils defeating the Wests Panthers 35-16 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership then became a second-tier competition until it ceased and was fully replaced at this level by the Queensland Cup before the 1998 season. LIVE BLOG: Join Chris Garry from Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. Norths tries were brilliant, several involved six or seven passes. A then-record crowd at Lang Park of 19,824 saw Northern Suburbs defeat Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League grand final in September 1961.[3]. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Trailing 16-0, Norths finally got on the board when centre Matt Geyer scored the first of his three tries. Why subscribe to become a Full Digital Access or Paper Delivery + Full Digital Access Member? Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. I remember the suits though. Wests halfback Jason Twist scored the first points of the game after four minutes with a try close the posts. Today, the fullbacks. 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We used to have like a barbecue after the game and there'd be 100 or 200 people that would turn up for the barbecue, we had it at various areas. The competition was contested by sixteen teams over a 27-week long season (including finals), with the Norths Devils defeating the Wests Panthers 3516 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. })(); View northsdevilsrlfcs profile on Facebook, View northsdevilsrlfcs profile on Instagram, Key Devils return for final trial matches, Devils topple Dolphins in pleasing trial match, Devils v Wynnum Trials Stihl Action Shots. Played with the North QLD Marlins in 1984 when they became the first country team to make the finals of the State League. Gavin Jones This option is only available where expressly indicated with the offer. Also, like with Sydney's competition, Brisbane's competition was also called the Winfield Cup during the 1980s, due to sponsorship from Winfield cigarettes. Ian French (Not available in all areas and is not the Regional edition). 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The Port Moresby Vipers withdrew after two seasons in the competition after they were unable to continue to pay their travel and accommodation costs. It was first held in 1922 and for every year until 1997. If it occurred today, both teams would be sin-binned as punches flew in all directions with Meninga causing havoc in the middle of it all. { The clash went deep into extra time before unheralded prop Shane OFlanagan became the unlikely hero with a barge over try in the 97th minute to earn the Bears a 22-18 win. 3 tries and 1 field goal in finals. Redcliffes maiden title was a special one as it launched the brilliant career of Arthur Beetson and the tragic career of Kevin Yow Yeh. When it appears to stop, it flares again. It could take up to 5 business days before your first paper delivery arrives. Both were superstars in the Dolphins premiership season and joined Balmain in Sydney for the 1966 season. Full Digital Access + Weekend Paper Delivery 12 Month Plan costs $312 (min. An estimated crowd of 10,000 people swarmed Kougari Oval for the post-match club presentations. Not in conjunction with any other offer. [4][5], Last edited on 27 December 2022, at 07:55, "1998 QLD Cup Grand Final Norths 35 v Wests 16", "20 Years on - Remembering the 1998 Grand Final", "Where are they now: 1999 NRL grand finalists", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1998_Queensland_Cup&oldid=1129823821, This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 07:55. Wayne Bennett. 16. The first official club competition kicked off in Brisbane on 8 May 1909. Join the conversation, you are commenting as. VIDEO: Devils and Diehards rip in to each other. Full Digital Access + Weekend Paper Delivery $8 billed every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then $36 billed every 4 weeks. Full Digital Access 12 Month Plan costs $208 (min.cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $16 every 4 weeks. The field goal was the first in Fyfes career. Wests beat Redcliffe in the 1975 grand final in a controversial ending. Devils' prop Anthony Bonus crashed over right next to the posts to cut the lead to four, before Geyer scored his second to level the scores. In 1982, rugby league was thriving and glamour club Wynnum Manly surged to their maiden premiership on the back of Gene Miles brilliance. Over the next week well look back at the outstanding players in each position, culminating in the naming of a BRL team of the 80s. 1. The Brisbane Rugby League however, had been in slow decline for some 15 years as large numbers of its players left to compete in the more lucrative Sydney Rugby League, and began to lose popular interest with the creation of the Brisbane Broncos in 1988. I remember the suits though. Hashtags:#HostplusCup #PHINSvDEVILS 2. We lost three times to the Magpies that season but we were getting closer and closer every time we played; the last time we lost 14-9. Also in 1998, the Pine Rivers Brothers played as the Brisbane Brothers, while the Logan City Scorpions became the Logan Scorpions. Wayne Bennett, as an example, is rightly lauded for winning seven premierships as a coach with Brisbane and St George Illawarra. Shirts torn, eyes bruised, respect earned. We've been winning the State of Origin, and you can imagine if we were keeping our players, the club competition would be just as good as what it was when I was playing. There were so many great players in the 1980s that here is a second team that would hold its own against anyone: Everyone, especially the media, declared Norths were . 25 years later, the competition now boasts teams from the Tweed all the way to Port Moresby and has become a source of quality footballers for the National Rugby League through its feeder team arrangements. Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. Reserves (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images). ); On 16 August 2008 in the year of the Centenary of Rugby League, Norths Devils announced their greatest team ever. Chris Garry, Steve Ricketts and Barry Dick present the top 10 moments of the Brisbane Rugby League and Queensland Cup in the past 50 years, featuring more controversy than the Cowboys could find in a Sydney final. That means you've got to follow a New South Wales side. Logan halfback Shane Perry was named the competition's Player of the Year. From 1988, Brisbane Rugby League players weren't chosen to represent Queensland again. The 87 grand final saw Brothers take on Redcliffe in one last hurrah at Lang Park. Billy Johnstone VIDEO: Extra-time heroics from Bear OFlanagan. News_Image_File: Henry Holloway in action for the Dolphins in 1965. The complicated arrangement between the Brisbane Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League and Royal National Association (who administered the Exhibition Ground) led to Brisbane Cricket Ground being used for rugby league matches. Paul McCabe For the next two years all in one hit. 5. Flashback to our 1980 premiership team and one of our greatest club figures - Mark Murray - in today's Northside Chronicle. man of the match in 1979 and 1986 grand finals. He kicked the winning goal despite carrying an ankle injury which occurred while running a coaching clinic shortly before the decider. News_Image_File: Captain Norm Carr hoists the 1985 premiership trophy and Mal Meninga in action for Souths. 16. Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in Brisbane, attracting large crowds and broad media coverage. From then on, you can then use Sign In with Google to access your subscription and Google will do the billing for the subscription and process your payments. Peter Gill. Accordingly, Brisbane was divided into Eastern Suburbs (incorporating Coorparoo and Wynnum), Southern Suburbs (incorporating Carltons), Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs (incorporating Past Grammars), Fortitude Valley and Past Brothers (whose players had to prove that they had attended a Christian Brothers school). Des Morris, now the Tigers chief executive and Maroons chairman of selectors, was man of the match. But first Wynnum-Manly signed off on their golden era with a fourth consecutive State League title, defeating Redcliffe yet again. The dominance of the Brisbane Broncos in the media resulted in the Brisbane Rugby League losing live coverage of games and receiving only minor interest from the sports media. 5 tries in finals. ", "Yeah well the crowd was great, they supported you wholeheartedly, they came along but it wasn't only down here on the football field it was on the streets up there. NRL Round 1 Talking Points - early edition: Whos confident? However, before the ball landed fans had flooded Lang Park ensuring there was no chance for Redcliffe to pressure Wests receiver into an error. A first attempt to create a Brisbane side to join the NSWRL in 1986 failed to gain favour with the QRL in a narrow vote, but when a further raft of players left the competition for Sydney at the end of that year, it became obvious the existing situation was untenable. 8. Peter Jackson Souths had Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill Ash Lumby, Chris Phelan and Billy Johnstone and South Sydney great Bob McCarthy as coach. Brett French Redcliffes first premiership in 1965, defeating Valleys 15-2. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. 13. He was the first coach to position his halves and backs to receive kick offs and pass then to a forward. While the New South Wales Rugby League was originally negotiating a Brisbane team sponsored by the Queensland Rugby League, a private bid in the form of the Brisbane Broncos was instead accepted by the New South Wales Rugby League. News_Image_File: Norths captain Mark Murray in action in 1980. Kilroy was a Bronco the following year and several of Brothers premiership stars headed for Sydney with Mark Coyne, Peter Gill, Steve Carter and Trevor Bailey all ending up at the Dragons. Matt Geyer scores three tries in 1998 for Norths Devils as they beat Wests. Despite the 1980s producing possibly the highest concentration of great players in Brisbane Rugby League history, clubs struggled to pay players and fight off advances from NSW. 6. Although the Queensland Rugby League attempted to regain control of the Brisbane Rugby League competition in 1923 and 1924, the Brisbane Rugby League remained steadfast and the dispute simmered into the next decade. This is the most sensational grand final of all. Kilroy signed for the Brethren for a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Each participating team is a feeder club for the Queensland Cup. The latest instalment of Queenslands first-grade league competition will be decided on Sunday when the Easts Tigers meet the Northern Pride at Suncorp Stadium in the Intrust Super Cup final. News_Image_File: Matt Geyer in action for Melbourne Storm. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. See www.couriermail.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. HAVE A SAY: Weve sorted through the Brisbane/Queensland grand finals of the past 50 years and picked the top 10. Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. The Northern Pride also won the State Championships the year before, but we are in the midst of a four year streak for the southerners, although the Burleigh Bears came within four points of the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2019. This also affected the popularity of the Bulimba Cup which had been held between the cities of Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba since the 1930s. We were such a good defensive team. The FOGS Cup, a third-tier competition under the NRL and Queensland Cup, changed its name to the Brisbane Rugby League in 2016. Wings: Fonda Metassa (Norths) and Joe Kilroy (Norths, Brothers) LinkedIn. They said they had Graham Lowe and Mark Graham who I knew very well from home and they would pay my rent for two years, $500 sign on and $200 a game. } 1. 2000s. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { This automatically renews to be charged as $24 (min. Channel 9 streaming service 9Now will carry select games, as a global sporting giant pounced on rights to Australias elite competition - spreading the finals to more than 100 countries. 13. Mal Meninga & Bryan Neibling the best on ground: 1981: BRL Grand Final Souths v Redcliffe: 13-9: 1: . Bennett would go on to win another seven premierships, six with the Broncos and one with St George Illawarra. } You already have a current subscription with us. The quality of football convinced the public that the Queensland Cup would survive long term. } Several longstanding clubs were not able to survive the impact over the coming years. I won about seven of them during the 70s but the look at the time was safari suits and people laugh at me now if I wear them.. Those PNG boys can play too, as evidenced by their grand final victory in 2017. Devils v Dolphins Honourable mentions Tom Gorman, Fred Firpo Newman, Jack Reardon, Mick Retchless, Gene Miles. Burleighs extra time triumph of Easts Tigers to win the 2004 premiership. 8. In the 1980s, two further teams were added to the Brisbane Rugby League competition: Ipswich (1986) and Logan (1987). We want to see it! Beetson would become an immortal and arguably the games best forward. Paul Khan The quality of football convinced the public that the Queensland Cup would survive long term. 17. The North Queensland sides show the same talent and passion as their Cowboy cousins. One of the recommendations was the creation of a statewide competition. Redcliffe had Artie Beetson as captain-coach and looked certain to break their long premiership drought until Mal Meninga and Mick Reardon caught Dolphins winger Louta Atoi out of position and Reardon did the rest. The Winfield State League was created in 1982. VIDEO: Brothers farewell the BRL in style. More than 30,000 packed into Lang Park that day but only the Souths supporters went home happy. Manly) - 3,1,1. The competition returned to a 16-team format in 1998 with the Bundaberg Grizzlies returning to the competition after a year's absence and the admission of the Townsville Stingers and Gold Coast Vikings. News_Image_File: Devils and Diehards get stuck in in 1990. 816 subscribers 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Norths Devils v Souths Magpies at Lang Park. Home delivery is not available in all areas and is not the regional edition. In 1998, the Queensland Cup became a full 22-round competition, unlike the previous two seasons which had 17 and 18 regular season rounds. Easts Tigers win the 1972 grand final with a field goal in the last minute. Gary Badge Belcher (Souths) (21 Tests, QLD 16 games) 9,1,1. Overall Redcliffe have won 18, Norths five with one drawn match, The teams have played three times in Cup finals, with Redcliffe winning two (the 1999 preliminary final at this venue 26-22 and the 2005 elimination semi-final at Bishop Park 33-10), and Norths one (the 1998 elimination semi-final 16-12 at Bishop Park), Apart from the inaugural year of the Cup, this is the first time first year coaches have met in the grand final. As recent NRL finals have proven rugby league has a habit of providing the remarkable in the dying seconds. The clash went deep into extra time before unheralded prop Shane OFlanagan became the unlikely hero with a barge over try in the 97th minute to earn the Bears a 22-18 win. Wynnum Manly win their first premiership in 1982. Head-to-head:Redcliffe Dolphins 33, Norths Devils 15, draws 2 Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. As the Broncos began to represent Brisbane at rugby league in the public eye the Brisbane Rugby League competition entered the terminal phase of its decline. On 26 September 2014, the South East Queensland Division announced that they will be scrapping the existing FOGS Cup structure and reforming the Brisbane Rugby League as the state's secondary competition. Wally Fullerton-Smith (Redcliffe) (8 Tests, QLD 12 games) 6,1,0. { Bryan Niebling (Valleys, Redcliffe) (13 Tests, QLD 11 games) 11,1,0. Tue 28 Feb 2023, 08:42 AM. This was Bennetts first grand final triumph, a 10-8 grinding victory, and a game he later declared was his defining moment. Wayne Bennett, as an example, is rightly lauded for winning seven premierships as a coach with Brisbane and St George Illawarra. The epic 1990 grand final brawl between Norths and Valleys. Chris Phelan (Souths) (QLD 4 games) Second Row 7,3,2. If you wanted to order a wrecking ball from New Zealand to come to Norths Devils and wreak havoc then Stan Napa would be top of your list. News_Image_File: Shane O'Flanagan (Burleigh). The Norths Devils are one of the oldest Rugby League Clubs in Australia. New beginnings 1998 and beyond So in 1987, the QRL voted to allow a side to join the NSWRL, although surprisingly the establishment ticket led by Senator Ron McAullife (the driving force behind State of Origin) was beaten to the punch by Barry Maranta and Paul Porky Morgan. This was the end of the BRL competition as league fans knew it. The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRFL) was formed in 1908 by seven former rugby union players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU). Honourable mentions Jack Little, Charlie Martin, Les Geeves, Hugh ODoherty, Greg Conescu. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. To join the conversation, please Burleigh however were the fitter side in a game that almost stretched to 100 minutes. Played a mighty game in Norths' famous 1980 grand . Half: Ross Strudwick (Valleys) Brothers defeated Redcliffe 26-8 at Lang Park. Bob Lindner (Souths, Wynnum-Manly) (QLD Team of the Century, 24 Tests, QLD 25 games) 5,2,1. Lock: Ed Babe Collins (Norths, Brothers) Moreton Daily Stadium. Honourable mentions Ken McCrohon, Frank Drake, Ian Bunny Pearce, Colin Scott, Gary Belcher. Contents 1 Teams 2 Results 3 Ladder 4 Finals series 5 Grand Final 5.1 First half In 1967 the Queensland Rugby League removed the residential qualifications for players in Brisbane Rugby League clubs, meaning that players did not have to reside in their certain suburbs to play for their teams. After purchase, this subscription may be managed in your Google Account Settings. The BRLs time as a premier competition was over, but from the ashes, piece by painful piece, the State League and BRL were restructured by 1996 to form the Queensland Cup. New customers only. (Only applies if home delivery is included in your package), Subscriber-only newsletters straight to your inbox, Todays Paper, a digital replica of the newspaper, SuperCoach Plus for stats, analysis, tips and more, Saturday and Sunday paper delivery* This automatically renews to be charged as $16 (min. Colin Scott I think the only issue we had was Muppet banging his head in a car accident. Beetson wrote in his biography that Yow Yehs story is a tragedy in too many ways. If you wanted to order a wrecking ball from New Zealand to come to Norths Devils and wreak havoc then Stan Napa would be top of your list. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.couriermail.com.au/connectedterms. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. My dad lived in the Cook Islands and once Mal Meninga happened to be there and my parents said 'our son is Stan Napa, will you come to our house?' Both games will be played at Suncorp Stadium, adding even more incentive to play well during an already exciting time of year. Honourable mentions Charlie Thorogood, Jeff Moores, Johnny Gleeson, Geoff Richardson, Marty Scanlan. I didnt watch Brisbane or Sydney football. LIVE BLOG: Join Chris Garry from Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. 820 subscribers Massive fight (punch up) in the 1980 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Norths Devils v Souths Magpies at Lang Park. He won a $100 George Symons suit and a $60 transistor radio. Valleys would eventually win 17-16 but this is one of the all-time great grand final dust ups and we will never see anything like it again. There has never been a period of dominance like it in Brisbane club football. Geyer was the star, scoring three tries that hauled Norths off the canvas after they trailed 16-0 early in the match. The team is made up of players in their entire 75-year tenure. Maybe most importantly, the club signed a baby-faced halfback from Ipswich, fresh from his breakout Origin debut the year before. The QRL created the Winfield State League in 82 to bring in teams from around the state and rejuvenate the competition but it had not gained significant traction with either fans or sponsors. Kilroy fielded a Mal Meninga clearing kick in his own half and blitzed past five Souths defenders before finding Dunn for the try. In 1922 the Brisbane Rugby Football League (Brisbane Rugby Football League, later Brisbane Rugby League) was formed out of dissatisfaction with the way the Queensland Rugby League ran the game. The team is made up of players in their entire 75-year tenure. Finals of the BRL competition as League fans knew it introductory pricing period may be in... 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