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Brisbane Rugby League 1981, Round One

Valleys vs Wests
Saturday, March 28, 1981
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
ValleysWests
155
Tries:Tries:
W Lewis, P Affleck,T Currie
B Niebling
Goals:Goals:
M Neill (3)M Crear
Teams*
Peter Affleck1Tony Currie
Doug Muir2Bob Taylor
Alan Beauchamp3Ray Bowman
Vic Wieland4Mick Moore
Marc Svenson5Peter McDonald
Mick Neill6Rory Jackson
Ross Strudwick7Tony Kennedy
Wally Lewis8Norm Carr
Ian Sommer9Ray Baumber
Bryan Niebling10Steve McCosker
Dennis Ride11Brett Ferguson
Paul Richards12Mark Crear
Alastair McInnes13Bill Whitmore
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: FVFC, internal documentation; Rugby League Week, 2 April, page 38.

Souths vs Wynnum-Manly
Sunday, March 29, 1981
Venue: Davies Park, West End
Crowd: 2000
SouthsWynnum-Manly
328
Tries:Tries:
M Meninga (3), B Astill (2),N Moy, S Johnson
M Reardon, C Phelan,
G Thompson
Goals:Goals:
M Meninga (4)C Scott
Teams*
Alan Power1Colin Scott
Gary Thompson2Harry Minz
Mal Meninga3Gene Miles
Bruce Astill4Neil Moy
Mick Reardon5Terry Wesche
Chris Kealey6Brian Walsh
Brad Sully7Terry Saunders
Chris Phelan8Shaun Johnson
Darryl Higgs9Darryl Jenner
Ashley Lumby10Des Morris
Geoff Naylor11Glen Hoppner
Adrian Higgs12David Green
Brad Tessmann13Mark Zillman
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League Week, 2 April, page 38.

Easts vs Norths
Sunday, March 29, 1981
Venue: Bishop Park, Nundah
Crowd: N/A
EastsNorths
1810
Tries:Tries:
L Brigginshaw (2),P Bartier (2)
B Backer (2)
Goals:Goals:
S McNally (3)G Warnock (2)
Teams*
Mark Thomas1Joe Kilroy
Steve Stacey2Brian Bird
Mark Payne3Brian Dunn
Ray Kelly4Paul Scholes
Brad Backer5Gary Warnock
Greg Holben6Mark Murray
Larry Brigginshaw7Ross Henrick
Zac Sarra8Paul Bartier
Bob Arnold9John Alroe
Luciano Nobile10Tony Trent
Shane McNally11Stan Napa
Jeff Ashe12Greg Conescu
Bruce McLeod13Campbell Dews
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Anderson, G (2008), ‘Easts Boys Forever’, page 285; Rugby League Week, 2 April, page 39.
Larry Brigginshaw.

Redcliffe vs Brothers
Sunday, March 29, 1981
Venue: Lang Park, Milton
Crowd: N/A
RedcliffeBrothers
187
Tries:Tries:
P Leis, C Holmes,C McAlpine
C Part, C Close
Goals:Goals:
I Pearce (3)C McAlpine (2)
Teams*
Ian Pearce1Tony Gibson
Mick Waller2Bligh Davidson
Peter Leis3Shane McErlean
Chris Close4Robert Grogan
Mark Schultz5John Weier
Steve Cherry6Peter Lehman
Colin Part7Craig McAlpine
Chris Holmes8Glen Bailey
Tony Obst9Alex Murdoch
Vic Tighe10Brian Weir
Arthur Beetson11Bob Kellaway
Bob Jones12Jay Hoffman
Terry Webb13Dave Stafford
Greg Oliphant14
*Teams are in order of listing/positions – players not necessarily in the right numbers
Source: Rugby League Week, 2 April, page 39.

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