Brisbane Rugby League 1978, Grand Final

Easts vs Valleys

Sunday, September 17, 1978
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 33,000
EastsValleys
1410
Tries:Tries:
G Holben, R MorrisM Neill, V Wieland
Goals:Goals:
J McDonald (3),M Neill, A Mills
W Lindenberg
Teams*
Roger Kuhn1Alan Mills
Brad Backer2Marc Svenson
Frank Roddy3Vic Wieland
Mark Payne4Gerry Fitzpatrick
John Callus5Mick Neill
Greg Holben6Peter McWhirter
Wayne Lindenberg7Ross Strudwick
Allan Currie8Wally Lewis
John Abbott9Tom Duggan
Des Morris10John McLeod
Rod Morris11Mark Zillman
John Lang12Trevor Johnson
Bruce McLeod13Alastair McInnes
Jeff McDonald14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Anderson, G (2008), ‘Easts Boys Forever’, page 280; FVFC, internal documantation; Rugby League Week, 23 September, page 31.
Greg Holben’s late, match-winning try near the end of this video is well worth a watch.
Des Morris had a superb game in the ’78 Grand Final.

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