1990 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Northern Suburbs

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

Teams

Club	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Eastern Suburbs	Langlands Park
Fortitude Valley	Neumann Oval
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

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

Brawl

Early in th 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.