1982 Brisbane Rugby League season

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

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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
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Wally Lewis
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Shane Bernadin
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Greg Smith
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson Ian Pearce → Bob Jones
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Rod Morris

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 141211299186+11325
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 141004252184+6820
3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly (P)14905215194+2118
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 14707226225+114
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 14509228263-3510
6 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 14419190233-439
7 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 144010184224-408
8 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 144010193278-858

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 35-0 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 29 August 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 10-6 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 5 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 26-5 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 12 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward20,000
Grand Final
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 3-17 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 19 September 1982 Lang Park Eddie Ward36,000

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
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 23-15 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe

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