1982 Brisbane Rugby League season

July 2022 July 2022 1982 Brisbane Rugby League May 16 – September 19, 1982 8 Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley 60 1889 Norths Devils 16 Gary Warnock (116) Wynnum 16 Terry Butler (12)Souths Magpies 16 Wayne Challis (12) Wests Panthers 16 Tony Currie (Rothmans Medal) 1981 1983 The 1982 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs clubs. Season summary Unlike prior seasons, the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League season only consisted of 14 rounds due to the introduction of the Winfield State League, which ran from March 19 - May 2 and was not considered a part of the BRL premiership. Teams played each other twice, resulting in a top four of Southern Suburbs, Fortitude Valley, Wynnum-Manly and Redcliffe. 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 Graham Lowe Shane Bernadin Brothers 16 Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Greg Smith Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Ian Pearce → Bob Jones Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Rod Morris Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley141211299186 +113252Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs141004252184 +68203Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly (P)14905215194 +21184Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe14707226225 +1145Norths Devils 16 Northern Suburbs14509228263 -35106Brothers 16 Past Brothers14419190233 -4397Easts Tigers 16 Eastern Suburbs144010184224 -4088Wests Panthers 16 Western Suburbs144010193278 -858 Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly35-0 Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe29 August 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs10-6 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley5 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly26-5 Valleys 16 Fortitude Valley12 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward20,000 Grand Final Souths Magpies 16 Southern Suburbs3-17 Wynnum 16 Wynnum-Manly19 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward 36,000 Grand Final Wynnum-Manly 17 (Tries: T. Butler, B. French, P. Dawes. Goals: W. Green 4.) Southern Suburbs 3 (Tries: A. Lumby.)1982 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_Lqex6bng1982 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1982gf.php Winfield State League 1982 Winfield State League The 1982 Winfield State League was the inaugural 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. The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Easts and Redcliffe winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Tigers outclassed the Dolphins 23-15 to win the inaugural Winfield State League. 1982 Winfield State League Final 23-15 Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Balmain 16 Eastern Suburbs Lang Park 1982 References Category:Rugby league in Brisbane Brisbane Rugby League season