1970 Brisbane Rugby League season
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The 1970 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 62nd season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in Fortitude Valley defeating Northern Suburbs 13–11 in the grand final, ending Valleys' 13-year premiership drought. Southern Suburbs' Graeme Atherton was named the Rothmans Medalist (Best and Fairest) - the first Southern Suburbs player to win the award.
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 404 | 265 | +139 | 32 |
2 | ![]() |
21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 418 | 233 | +185 | 30 |
3 | ![]() |
21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 401 | 337 | +64 | 26 |
4 | ![]() |
21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 378 | 299 | +79 | 25 |
5 | ![]() |
21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 358 | 278 | +80 | 24 |
6 | ![]() |
21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 304 | 295 | +9 | 14 |
7 | ![]() |
21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 251 | 402 | -151 | 11 |
8 | ![]() |
21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 257 | 562 | -305 | 6 |
Finals
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | ||||
Semi-finals | |||||||
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41-9 | ![]() |
29 August 1970 | Lang Park | Henry Albert | ||
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12-4 | ![]() |
30 August 1970 | Lang Park | Ron Mison | 25,000 | |
Preliminary Final | |||||||
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15-7 | ![]() |
6 September 1970 | Lang Park | Bob Ward | 17,392 | |
Grand Final | |||||||
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13-11 | ![]() |
12 September 1970 | Lang Park | Bob Ward | 30,000 |
Source:[1]
References
- ^ Waite, Roger (2017). "A history of Brisbane rugby league (1909-2017)" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com. [self-published source]
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