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You must provide an email address to create a Roar accountWhen using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email addressBy joining The Roar you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & ConditionsOops! Wests were trailing by eight points with 17 minutes to go when champion centre Alex Watson was sent off for backchat. Become a member to join in Australia's biggest sporting debate, submit articles, receive updates straight to your inbox and keep up with your favourite teams and authors.Oops! Alex Watson scored a hat trick in the Panthers’ semi-final win over Norths. Ron McAuliffe became secretary of the QRL. After an unprecedented period of stability, but waning crowds, expansion was on the mind of the BRL in the 1950s.In 1951 Wynnum-Manly, from the east coast of Brisbane, were re-admitted to the competition. You must provide an email address to create a Roar accountWhen using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email addressBy joining The Roar you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & ConditionsOops! Bax took the club to six consecutive grand finals and two premierships between 1954 and 1959, before moving to Norths.Bax’s Brothers team went one better in 1956, winning the grand final over Wests. That year a record crowd of around 20,000 attended the first ever grand final held at the ground.Brothers gained revenge against Valleys for their shock loss in the previous season. You must provide an email address to create a Roar accountWhen using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email address

Controversy was never far away and teams, players, grounds and structures shifted regularly. The grand final was a source of trouble that year with the Souths crowd being extremely hostile to the referee and the team leaving the field before the end of the game in protest over the officiating. Later on the BRL moved some games to Sundays and players were banned from turning out for both competitions on the same day, to the point where players registered under assumed names and BRL spies frequented the shift workers games to catch offenders.Also in 1950 Valleys handed a debut to young fullback Norm Pope, who would go on to rewrite points scoring records across the competition, however they also lost star Kangaroo Duncan Hall who took up an offer in North Queensland. In 1982 the competition involved the clubs from the Brisbane Rugby League competition playing representative teams from throughout the state over seven rounds with one or more finals being played to determine the competition winner. Souths went from first to last after losing their long-term coach Gordon Macrae and forward leader Mick Crocker, who joined Parramatta.Valleys went through the 1955 season undefeated, after signing international centre Ken McCaffery from Toowoomba. This time they were here to stay and the Seagulls are still going strong today.On the field the decade was split into two periods. At the end of the season captain Davies was lured to Canterbury-Bankstown for six seasons.By the end of the decade the BRL competition was as strong as it had ever been. Captured a great grassroots sporting moment? We want to see it! In addition to the existing South Brisbane team, that year there was also South Brisbane United – a second offshoot from the Souths Rugby Union Club, who played just this single year without making much of an impact.

Duncan Hall had joined the club from Toowoomba and with Alex Watson Wests had two members of the Australian side that year as 47,800 spectators crowded into the Gabba to watch the Brisbane Test match against England. They had previously been dabbled with, firstly in 1914 and again in the early 1930s. After the first match, the referee called for extra time, but the Toombul team had already hit the showers, so a replay was organised instead.Another strange thing was that a photo of the action during that game shows a Toombul player participating while wearing a dress hat!Ipswich teams would drift in and out of the competition over the early years. 21 Sep 2019 9:14PM | Queensland Rugby League. In addition, from the 1930s a representative Ipswich side competed against Brisbane and Toowoomba in the Bulimba Cup. In the semi-final between Ipswich B and Ipswich A, the B team had to lend the A team some players and in the final against Valleys-Toombul, Ipswich B fielded players from Starlights and also Blackstone, a local Ipswich club.At this stage, the rules of rugby league were still developing. A 10-all draw between Ipswich and Toombul at the Exhibition Ground resulted in a replay at the Gabba the following week, where Ipswich proved too strong, winning 17 points to 2. In retaliation, Hall took the rest of the team with him and the referee called the game off, awarding the win to Brothers.At the judiciary both players received suspensions, but they were both overturned by the QRL. Captured a great grassroots sporting moment? The ‘traditional’ six-team competition played from the mid-1930s until the 1950s. Brothers were led by Brian Davies, who had become the first Queenslander to captain Australia in over 20 years (captain-coach actually). Brothers dominated the match but Valleys only trailed 17-13 with five minutes left before their winger Mick Beirne dashed 60 metres to score under the posts.The 1958 season was a defining year for rugby league in Queensland.