Run metres, fantasy points scoring. When it appears to stop, it flares again. Robert Walls, having enjoyed three flags as a player with the Blues, was coach, the legendary Stephen Kernahan was captain and David Rhys-Jones would claim the Norm Smith medal. [citation needed] The St. Louis Chapter of the They turned back time with Jon Pierik. It has also been referred to as Laclede Park, Market and Grand Park and Grand and Market Park. Ask Wayne himself whether that grand final in 1985 meant any less to him than the seven that followed, and he will tell you it was a career-defining moment for him.”. Join the conversation, you are commenting as. VIDEO: The day Wayne Bennett’s career was defined, “When the NRL talks about heritage, it is about how South Sydney started life in 1908,” Meninga wrote. HAVE A SAY: We’ve sorted through the Brisbane/Queensland grand finals of the past 50 years and picked the top 10. Brothers Townsville Football Club is the home for junior and senior football teams. Bernie Naylor booted a staggering 167 goals, and South Fremantle won another two premierships. The 1993 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1993. Includes official live player and team stats. Goals: Tony Rea 3/5) def Redcliffe 8 (Tries: James Sandy. The Seagulls side, coached by Des Morris, included future Origin stars Miles, Terry Butler, Ian French, Greg Dowling and Rod Morris. Mal Meninga recently wrote that Bennett’s achievement with Souths should no longer be ignored by historians and Sydney-centric media and officialdom. 2. Brothers folded in 2004 but have launched a bid to become an NRL club. This is the most sensational grand final of all. To join the conversation, please We can’t put them all in but Mick Readon’s last-minute try for the Magpies in 1981 was pretty special. As recent NRL finals have proven rugby league has a habit of providing the remarkable in the dying seconds. 1. Wynnum Manly win their first premiership in 1982. The clash went deep into extra time before unheralded prop Shane O’Flanagan became the unlikely hero with a barge over try in the 97th minute to earn the Bears a 22-18 win. The latest instalment of Queensland’s 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. 8. They only played for five seasons but were reasonably successful, winning the unofficial title in 1908 after a series of exhibition matches, losing the 1910 grand final to Ipswich. Bennett would go on to win another seven premierships, six with the Broncos and one with St George Illawarra. It was an incredible game which went to extra time when an audacious chip and chase from Easts winger Steve Beattie led to a remarkable try in the dying minutes and Tigers half Dane Campbell slotted the conversion from the sideline. VIDEO: Extra-time heroics from Bear O’Flanagan. 1954. Geyer was the star, scoring three tries that hauled Norths off the canvas after they trailed 16-0 early in the match. Norths beat Wests 35-16 at Lang Park. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. This is the most thrilling game of the Queensland Cup era. The quality of football convinced the public that the Queensland Cup would survive long term. Thirteen clubs competed for the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in the grand final between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Canberra Raiders who were the first club ever from outside Sydney to appear in a premiership … - Brothers next great moment came in 1935 when they won a thrilling grand final 17-15 after twenty minutes of extra time was played. However, before the ball landed fans had flooded Lang Park ensuring there was no chance for Redcliffe to pressure Wests’ receiver into an error. Half of the team were playing in their first Grand Final for Carlton which is a remarkable feat considering that it was only two years ago that they played off and won the 1979 premiership. 1. Don't have an account? In 1982, rugby league was thriving and glamour club Wynnum Manly surged to their maiden premiership on the back of Gene Miles brilliance. Yow Yeh was a freak talent but his life was cut short when he died of a heart attack in police custody in June 27, 1975. Rep:Jim Cowell, Robin Thorne, Gordon Barwick. 1987 Grand National - .020 109 block / ARP rod bolts, head bolts & main studs / Weisco forged pistons / Comp 210/215 roller cam / ported stock 8445's / Precision PT51 turbo / Lorenz boost controller / 3" THDP / Duttneck SLIC / 80lb. An estimated crowd of 10,000 people swarmed Kougari Oval for the post-match club presentations. Goals: Bob Keogh 2/2, Trevor Benson 0/1). 1989 grand final: Balmain v Canberra. 19/19. Beetson would become an immortal and arguably the game’s best forward. Denis is between Roy Bull and Rex Mossop. 7. ... Sea Eagles v Raiders - Grand Final, 1987. The 1987 NSWRL season was the 80th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The win ended a 22-year premiership drought for Easts. SPECIAL MENTION: 1981, Souths and Mick Reardon deny Artie. His death in a watch house has long been the subject of controversy. The highlight of the match was an amazing Brian Dunn try, set up by Kilory. 1979 - Our teams played out of Woodridge area as Brothers St Pauls from our home ground. It was the 92nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1988 VFL season.The match, attended by 93,754 spectators, was won … 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. Mal Meninga and Dean Lance lift Canberra's first premiership trophy. They won the match 21-19, former NSW winger Len Dawson scoring three tries. He kicked the winning goal despite carrying an ankle injury which occurred while running a coaching clinic shortly before the decider. More than 30,000 packed into Lang Park that day but only the Souths supporters went home happy. The truth is, he has won eight, having masterminded Souths’ 1985 win over Wynnum. But it wasn't to be. Burleigh’s extra time triumph of Easts Tigers to win the 2004 premiership. Pierik: Let's set the scene for '87. This was the first sign that the Queensland Cup, now the Intrust Super Cup, could be a legitimate competition sitting below the NRL. 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. Souths had Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill Ash Lumby, Chris Phelan and Billy Johnstone and South Sydney great Bob McCarthy as coach. The 1987 Brothers grand final team photograph: front row (from left) Mark Coyne, Clinton Mohr, Greg Smith, Ross Strudwick (coach), Trevor Bailey (captain), Gary Smith, Jeff Burns, Joe Kilroy. Coach: Daryl Van de Velde.Brothers 26 (Tries: Trevor Bailey, Joe Kilroy, Mark Coyne, Tony Rea, Clinton Mohr. 1978 – We had our first team to reach a Grand Final in the Under 16's, they won the Presidents Cup but were unlucky to be defeated in the Grand Final. North Adelaide was desperate to make a statement in the 1987 SANFL Grand Final. Both were superstars in the Dolphins premiership season and joined Balmain in Sydney for the 1966 season. It was 84 seconds of pure madness. 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 field goal was the first in Fyfe’s career. 5. Brisbane Rugby League Sport Rugby league Inaugural season 1922 (1909 as QRL) Ceased … Wayne Bennett’s Souths shock Wally Lewis’ Wynnum Manly to win the 1985 grand final. 1979 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Fortitude Valley Diehards v Souths Brisbane Magpies at Lang Park. It was the 91st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1987 VFL season. Manly's relatively easy win in the NSWRL decider was to be the last at the Grand Old Lady.. the famous Sydney Cricket Ground. Steve Marsh finally won a Sandover Medal. 1952. BRL Grand Final Wynnum v Souths. Matt Geyer scores three tries in 1998 for Norths Devils as they beat Wests. However, Redcliffe were denied those dying seconds when Wests fans ran on to the field in the final minute to prevent Redcliffe’s final set with the ball. 9. - In 1939, Brothers trailed 19-9 halfway through the second half of the grand final against Valleys. The Devils, with a rookie captain Mark Murray and a hastily assembled squad, were expected to win the wooden spoon in 1980, instead they played a brilliant brand of football to take out the premiership beating the Magpies 17-15. 17/9/ 1987. Australian coach and former midfielder Joe Montemurro has landed a new coaching role at iconic Italian football club Juventus. “Mate, I have no idea where the radio is,” Morris said this week. VIDEO: Devils and Diehards rip in to each other. Wests won 26–24 but Redcliffe had the ball with seconds remaining and launched a bomb. It was the 97th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1993 AFL season. Wally Lewis wins man of the match in a game played in pouring rain. However, with their team down by 5 goals in the second quarter, not a few Glenelg fans were starting to ponder the possibility of yet another grand final loss. Joe Kilroy starred again, this time for Brothers. Handlan's Park (327 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article right field. Coach Cornes somehow managed to cover the loss of Kernahan and McGuiness to Victoria, the retirement of Copping, and a series of injuries to again out-gun North Adelaide. He was the first coach to position his halves and backs to receive kick offs and pass then to a forward. It was enough to have the crowd at fever pitch, and that’s the way things remained until the final siren. 1986 Premiership Team. Kevin’s relative Jharal also had a heartbreaking end to his career, when a compound fracture called curtains on his incredible talent at age 24. In 1987, with Denis still coaching, Brothers were unbeaten in winning the Premiership and were rewarded with the Clayton Cup, which is awarded to the best performed team in Country Rugby League competitions. log in. 1953. Past Brothers was founded in 1929 when former members (Tom Gorman, Gerry Allman, Stan Ross amongst others) of the Brothers Old Boys decided to found a new club to compete in the Queensland Rugby League Metropolitan competition in Brisbane. Beetson wrote in his biography that Yow Yeh’s story “is a tragedy in too many ways”. VIDEO: Brothers farewell the BRL in style. He won a $100 George Symons suit and a $60 transistor radio. This was Bennett’s first grand final triumph, a 10-8 grinding victory, and a game he later declared was his defining moment. The 1987 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1987. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. 273 talking about this. All times AEST (GMT +10). In the past two seasons, the Roosters had been minor premier only to be upset by Glenelg in the 1985 and 1986 title-deciders. Referee: Eddie Ward. The Central Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for the promotion, administration and facilitation of rugby league throughout most of regional Queensland. A Derby grand final in 1954 saw the Southerners make it … However, they didn’t account for the mercurial brilliance of Smoking Joe Kilroy and blow-in Kiwi coach Graham Lowe. Wests beat Redcliffe in the 1975 grand final in a controversial ending. 1. LIVE BLOG: Join Chris Garry from Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. 1987 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Wrap Between Brothers & Redcliffe The match started in confusion after Craig Balme and Tim Evans had some fun before the bounce. Norths’ tries were brilliant, several involved six or seven passes. Previously, forwards would stand where the ball was predicted to land and often drop it before they could hit it up. 4. Miles and Rod Morris were selected for the Kangaroos on the back of their efforts in Wynnum’s premiership season. He later had a long career with North Sydney, but he was the cornerstone of Brothers making successive grand finals (1986-87). The match, attended by 92,754 spectators, was won by Carlton by a … Manly Grand Final team 1957. The era of champions in which this game was played cannot be underestimated. QRL Brisbane State League Final Valleys v Easts. Keogh scores four as Glory thrash Wanderers. Shirts torn, eyes bruised, respect earned. It was the last major BRL Grand Final before the inclusion of the Brisbane Broncos into the Sydney and eventually the NRL premiership. “I remember the suits though. 1987 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Past Brothers v Redcliffe Dolphins at Lang Park. 1987 NBA Finals Celtics vs. Lakers 1986 Finals 1988 Finals. He was dropped by coach Tim … Kilroy signed for the Brethren for a Harley Davidson motorcycle. News/ sport. The final season before the Broncos were born and the competition’s best players moved to Red Hill or migrated to Sydney clubs. Rep: Vince O'Brien, Gary Vernon, Eric Kennedy, Shane McErlean. Redcliffe’s maiden title was a special one as it launched the brilliant career of Arthur Beetson and the tragic career of Kevin Yow Yeh. 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. 6. Nationwide News Pty Ltd © 2020. Glenelg went into the 1986 grand final rank underdogs and came out with the premiership. Coach: Ross Strudwick.REDCLIFFE: Greg Donnelly, Steve Cherry, Brett Rolls (14), Rohan Teevan, Shane Knuth, Trevor Benson, James Sandy, Steve Bleakley (C), Bob Keogh, Ashley Tupaea, Bryan Niebling, Greg Conescu, Dave Brown. Easts Tigers win the 1972 grand final with a field goal in the last minute. 10. 20-12. Clinton Mohr from Brothers was the stand out player.BROTHERS: Clinton Mohr, Mark Coyne, Robert Grogan, Jeff Burns, Joe Kilroy, Peter Gill, Greg Smith, Brett Le Man, Tony Rea, Gary Smith, Steve Carter, Trevor Bailey (C), Jim Stafford. 1984. Redcliffe’s first premiership in 1965, defeating Valleys 15-2. The Seagulls had to wait 31 years for premiership success, beating Souths 17-3 in front of 36,000 people at Lang Park. 1987 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final Past Brothers v Redcliffe Dolphins at Lang Park. Neil Balme’s Redlegs became the first team to win a premiership from 5th position in a quality and entertaining Grand Final. Norths win the 1980 grand final, beating a star-studded Souths Magpies side. Kilroy fielded a Mal Meninga clearing kick in his own half and blitzed past five Souths defenders before finding Dunn for the try. Everyone, especially the media, declared Norths were no chance. Burleigh however were the fitter side in a game that almost stretched to 100 minutes. Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. On his 35th birthday, Andy Keogh helped himself to four goals in Perth Glory’s thrashing of the Western Sydney Wanderers. 42-8. Did we get it right? 1987 Brothers rugby grand final league team photograph: front row (from left) Mark Coyne, Clinton Mohr, Greg Smith, Ross Strudwick (coach), Trevor Bailey (captain), Gary Smith, Jeff Burns, Joe Kilroy, Robbie Moore (trainer). The 1988 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1988. David Green scores 2 tries, captains the wynnum side Featuring Wally Lewis, Gene Miles & Greg Dowling. 3. Coach John Connolly’s Brothers side famously came from nowhere to win the 1987 grand final on a run of six wins and a draw when all were sudden death. This was the end of the BRL competition as league fans knew it. There was no toilet … THIS is an ode to real rugby league; the unsanitised version of the code where Queensland rivalries are fiercer than anything Sydney tosses up. The frustration of lost grand finals and the Peter Carey tribunal fiasco of 1984 were forgotten in the euphoria of victory. Brothers rugby grand final league team photograph: front row (from left) Mark Coyne, Clinton Mohr, Greg Smith, Ross … Wayne Bennett, as an example, is rightly lauded for winning seven premierships as a coach with Brisbane and St George Illawarra. 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.”. Instead, referee Eddie Ward gave a caution to all players. Brothers win the 1987 premiership at the end of the BRL era. The 1987 flag erased the pain of the losing '86 grand final, also against the Hawks. The game is best remembered for a vicious all-in brawl. Regional areas include the Darling Downs, Wide Bay–Burnett, the South West, the Central West, and Fitzroy & Mackay.. Sun 27 Sep, 1987 11:02 Finals. He won a premiership for Melbourne in the NRL a year later. The epic 1990 grand final brawl between Norths and Valleys. 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. This Uni fightback is at least as good with eight wins from a treacherous 10-game run to the prize. Lowe was an innovator. “They seem to forget Brisbane Souths started in 1910. The red-and-whites lost the grand final by just three points. Des Morris, now the Tigers chief executive and Maroons chairman of selectors, was man of the match. Brothers defeated Redcliffe 26-8 at Lang Park. A last-minute field goal from Easts lock Jeff Fyfe engineered a 16-15 victory for the Tigers over a gallant Valleys team.