Brisbane Rugby League 1976, Grand Final

‘Twas a good day for Wests captain Bob Green.

Wests vs Easts

Sunday, September 19, 1976
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 37,000
WestsEasts
161
Tries:Tries:
J Ribot, G PrickettNil
Goals:Goals:
W Stewart (5)J Payne (FG)
Teams*
Greg McCarthy1Roger Kuhn
Wayne Stewart2John Callus
Harry Cameron3Bevan de Bruyn
Stephen Crear4Steve Farquhar
Mick Reardon5Nick Nicolau
Geoff Richardson6Greg Holben
Greg Oliphant7Wayne Lindenberg
John Ribot8John Abbott
Rod Bradshaw9John Payne
John Young10Des Morris
Bob Green11Rod Morris
Gary Prickett12John Lang
Max Williamson13Geoff Naylor
Henry Williamson14Errol Slingsby
Garry Thomas15Russell Smith
Norm Carr16
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Waite, R (n.d.), ‘A History of Brisbane Rugby League (1909-1987)’, Vol. 1, page 339; Anderson, G (2008), ‘Easts Boys Forever’, page 175; Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987, Data#3, page 269.
Wests defence on top in the 1976 Grand Final.

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