Brisbane Rugby League 1978, Semi-Finals

Minor Semi-Final: Valleys vs Wests

Sunday, August 27, 1978
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: 15,000
ValleysWests
1710
Tries:Tries:
A Mills, P McWhirter,P Vautin, R Brennan
R Strudwick
Goals:Goals:
M Neill (4)H Williamson (2)
Teams*
Alan Mills1Greg McCarthy
Mick Neill2Rod Sellers
Gerry Fitzpatrick3Rowan Brennan
Vic Wieland4Harry Cameron
Marc Svenson5Peter McDonald
Peter McWhirter6Wayne Carr
Ross Strudwick7David McKenzie
Wally Lewis8Norm Carr
Tom Duggan9Paul Vautin
John McLeod10Rod Bradshaw
Alastair McInnes11Henry Williamson
Trevor Johnson12Gary Prickett
Mark Zillman13Bill Whitmore
Brian Dunn14
Ian Sommer15
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: FVFC, internal documentation; Rugby League Week, 2 September, page 30; Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 281.
Ross Strudwick, architect of Valleys’ semi-final victory.

Major Semi-Final: Easts vs Redcliffe

Sunday, September 03, 1978
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
EastsRedcliffe
2116
Tries:Tries:
M Payne (2), R Kuhn,K Cherry, A Nunan
R Morris, B Backer
Goals:Goals:
W Lindenberg (3)I Pearce (5)
Teams*
Roger Kuhn1Ian Pearce
Brad Backer2Kevin Cherry
Frank Roddy3Peter Leis
Mark Payne4Tony Obst
John Callus5Vic Tighe
Greg Holben6Steve Williams
Wayne Lindenberg7Greg Oliphant
Allan Currie8Chris Mason
John Abbott9Bevan Bleakley
Des Morris10Ian Thinee
Rod Morris11John Barber
John Lang12Alan Nunan
Bruce McLeod13David Moffett
Steve Farquhar14Darryl Van de Velde
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Anderson, G (2008), ‘Easts Boys Forever’, page 280; Haddan, S (2016), ‘Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987’, Data#3, page 281; Rugby League Week, 9 September, page 26.

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