1983 Brisbane Rugby League season

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

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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
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 Barry Muir Greg Conescu
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Tommy Raudonikis
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mark Murray
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper Dave Moffett
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 141013262175+8721
2 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs (P)141004334224+11020
3 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 14905286227+5918
4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 14716335305+3015
5 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 14716214214+015
6 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 14419192297-1059
7 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 144010205291-868
8 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 143011156251-956

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Playoff
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 8-22 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 24 August 1983 Lang Park
Semi-finals
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 30-22 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 28 August 1983 Lang Park Harry Dearness11,500
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 11-5 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 4 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 10-28 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 11 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 18 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward25,000

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

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
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 21-12 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs

References

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