1990 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1990 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 69th season of semi-professional top level rugby league in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Fortitude Valley

Teams

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Club Home ground Coach Captain
  Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park
  Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Henrick Bill Holmes
  Ipswich North Ipswich Reserve
  Logan Meakin Park
  Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Tommy Raudonikis
  Past Brothers Corbett Park
  Redcliffe Dolphin Oval
  Southern Suburbs Davies Park
  Western Suburbs Purtell Park
  Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval

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Final

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Fortitude Valley 17 (P. Shields, M. Fiechtner, P. Coyne tries; P. Coyne 2 goals; P. Coyne field goal) defeated Northern Suburbs 16 (I. McKenzie, T. Evans tries; G Harvey 4 goals) at Lang Park.[2][3]

Brawl

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Early in the first half, a major brawl broke out between the two sides after a couple of heavy tackles. The fight initially seemed to calm before rapidly escalating and splintering into smaller fights. One of particular note was between Valleys winger Peter Shields and Norths threequarter Brad Foster, which saw the two trade blows toe to toe, and both lose their jerseys as a result.

The fight was so ferocious that the scoreboard attendant displayed 'break it up lads' on the scoreboard, whilst there were two fight calls reputed as being triggered most likely by renowned Norths coach Tommy Raudonikis, with these being "99" and "ANZAC" respectively.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby League – Welcome to Roger's Website".
  2. ^ "The Post-Broncos Brisbane Rugby League Competition - Club football in Brisbane from 1988 to 2021" (PDF). rogerswebsite.com.
  3. ^ 1990 BRL Grand Final Valleys 17 v Norths 16, 16 December 2013, retrieved 11 August 2022
  4. ^ "1990 BRL Grand Final Valleys 17 v Norths 16". YouTube. 16 December 2013.