1983 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1983 Brisbane Rugby League May 22 – September 18, 1983 8 Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins 61 2140 Easts Tigers 16 Shane McNally (152) Redcliffe 16 Mitch Brennan (14) Easts Tigers 16 Trevor Paterson (Rothmans Medal) 1982 1984 The 1983 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 75th season of Brisbane's professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs. Season summary Teams played each other twice, with 14 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Fortitude Valley, Southern Suburbs. Teams Club Home ground Coach Captain Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Wally Lewis Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Barry Muir Greg Conescu Brothers 16 Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Tommy Raudonikis Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mark Murray Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper Dave Moffett Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe141013262175 +87212Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs (P)141004334224 +110203Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs14905286227 +59184Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly14716335305 +30155Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley14716214214 +0156Brothers 16 Past Brothers14419192297 -10597Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs144010205291 -8688Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs143011156251 -956 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly8-22 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley 24 August 1983Lang Park Semi-finals Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley30-22 Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs28 August 1983Lang ParkHarry Dearness11,500 Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs 11-5 Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe4 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley10-28 Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe11 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe18 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward 25,000 Grand Final Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: B. Tengdahl, B. Backer. Goals: S. McNally 3.) Redcliffe 6 (Tries: S. Cherry. Goals: J. Chapman.)1983 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6CVXaICTM1983 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1983gf.php Winfield State League 1983 Winfield State League The 1983 Winfield State League was the second season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. A total of 14 teams competed in the inaugural season, 8 of which were BRL Premiership clubs. The remaining six were regional teams from across the state, hence the State League name. Fortitude Valley won the title with a 21-12 win over Easts Tigers in the final at Lang Park in Brisbane.1983 Winfield State League Final 21-12 Balmain 16 Eastern Suburbs Fortitude Valley 16 Fortitude Valley Lang Park 1983 References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season