The 1977 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 70th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight rugby league teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

Season summary Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs and Redcliffe.

Teams

Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park Des Morris Des Morris Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Johnny Rhodes Ross Strudwick Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Bob Bax Bruce Warwick Past Brothers Corbett Park John Lohman David Wright Redcliffe Redcliffe Showgrounds Ian Pearce Ian Pearce Southern Suburbs Davies Park Wayne Bennett Wayne Bennett Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper Bob Green Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Dennis Ward Dennis Ward

Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Redcliffe211407339237 +102282 Western Suburbs211209383331 +52243 Eastern Suburbs (P)2111010378323 +55224 Northern Suburbs2111010414401 +11225 Past Brothers2111010301341 -40226 Fortitude Valley219012380363 +17187 Wynnum-Manly219012259376 -117188 Southern Suburbs217014328410 -8214

Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff Northern Suburbs21-10 Past Brothers 23 August 1977Lang ParkStan Scamp Semi-finals Eastern Suburbs21-11 Northern Suburbs28 August 1977Lang ParkIan Smith Redcliffe5-4 Western Suburbs4 September 1977Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Eastern Suburbs9-5 Western Suburbs11 September 1977Lang ParkR. Thomas Grand Final Eastern Suburbs17-13 Redcliffe18 September 1977Lang ParkEddie Ward37,000

Grand Final

Eastern Suburbs 17 (Tries: John Callus, Steve Farquhar, Wayne Lindenburg. Goals: Greg Holben 4)

Redcliffe 13 (Tries: Forrester Grayson. Goals: Ian Pierce 5)1977 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2jUXSrf3U&t=99s1977 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1977gf.php

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