1982 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

1982 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMay 16 – September 19, 1982
Teams8
Premiers Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers Fortitude Valley
Matches played60
Points scored1889
Top points scorer(s) Gary Warnock (116)
Player of the year Tony Currie (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Terry Butler (12)
Wayne Challis (12)

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

ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkJohn LangLarry Brigginshaw
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss StrudwickWally Lewis
Northern SuburbsBishop ParkGraham LoweShane Bernadin
Past BrothersCorbett ParkWayne BennettGreg Smith
RedcliffeDolphin OvalArthur BeetsonIan Pearce → Bob Jones
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkBob McCarthyBruce Astill
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkJohn LohmanNorm Carr
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalDes MorrisRod Morris

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Fortitude Valley 14 12 1 1 299 186 +113 25
2 Southern Suburbs 14 10 0 4 252 184 +68 20
3 Wynnum-Manly (P) 14 9 0 5 215 194 +21 18
4 Redcliffe 14 7 0 7 226 225 +1 14
5 Northern Suburbs 14 5 0 9 228 263 -35 10
6 Past Brothers 14 4 1 9 190 233 -43 9
7 Eastern Suburbs 14 4 0 10 184 224 -40 8
8 Western Suburbs 14 4 0 10 193 278 -85 8

Finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly 35-0 Redcliffe 29 August 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Southern Suburbs 10-6 Fortitude Valley 5 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly 26-5 Fortitude Valley 12 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward 20,000
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs 3-17 Wynnum-Manly 19 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie 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.)[1][2]

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
1982
Eastern Suburbs 23-15 Redcliffe

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