1983 Brisbane Rugby League season

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.

1983 Brisbane Rugby League
DurationMay 22 – September 18, 1983
Teams8
Premiers Eastern Suburbs
Minor premiers Redcliffe Dolphins
Matches played61
Points scored2140
Top points scorer(s) Shane McNally (152)
Player of the year Trevor Paterson (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Mitch Brennan (14)

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
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands ParkJohn LangLarry Brigginshaw
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss StrudwickWally Lewis
Northern SuburbsBishop ParkBarry MuirGreg Conescu
Past BrothersCorbett ParkTommy RaudonikisTommy Raudonikis
RedcliffeDolphin OvalJohn BarberMark Murray
Southern SuburbsDavies ParkBob McCarthyBruce Astill
Western SuburbsPurtell ParkRon RaperDave Moffett
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalDes MorrisDavid Green

Ladder
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Redcliffe 14 10 1 3 262 175 +87 21
2 Eastern Suburbs (P) 14 10 0 4 334 224 +110 20
3 Southern Suburbs 14 9 0 5 286 227 +59 18
4 Wynnum-Manly 14 7 1 6 335 305 +30 15
5 Fortitude Valley 14 7 1 6 214 214 +0 15
6 Past Brothers 14 4 1 9 192 297 -105 9
7 Northern Suburbs 14 4 0 10 205 291 -86 8
8 Western Suburbs 14 3 0 11 156 251 -95 6

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Playoff
Wynnum-Manly 8-22 Fortitude Valley 24 August 1983 Lang Park
Semi-finals
Fortitude Valley 30-22 Southern Suburbs 28 August 1983 Lang Park Harry Dearness 11,500
Eastern Suburbs 11-5 Redcliffe 4 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley 10-28 Redcliffe 11 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe 18 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie 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.)[1][2]

Winfield State League
Main article: 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
1983
Fortitude Valley 21-12 Eastern Suburbs

References
  1. 1983 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6CVXaICTM
  2. 1983 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1983gf.php
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