1984 Winfield State League

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The 1984 Winfield State League was the inaugural season of the Queensland Rugby League's statewide competition. The competition was run similarly to the NSWRL's Amco Cup, featuring a short format prior the larger Brisbane Premiership season. The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first State League title with a 21-10 win over Souths in the final at Lang Park in Brisbane.

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Teams

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.

ColoursTeamMoniker
Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers
Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley Diehards
Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils
Brothers Colours.svg Past/Brisbane Brothers Leprechauns
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins
Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly Seagulls
Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets
Canterbury colours.svg North Queensland Marlins
Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland Capras
Ipswich Colours.svg Gold Coast Vikings
Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba Clydesdales
Waikatoleague.png Wide Bay Bulls

Ladder

Souths, Wynnum-Manly, North Queensland and Fortitude Valley made the finals from a 7-round season. North Queensland became the first country representative side to make the finals after finishing third on the table.

TeamPldPAPDPts
1 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths62033212
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly62065412
3 Canterbury colours.svg North Queensland61729610
4 Valleys colours.svg Valleys61298010
5 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe6150608
6 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba6178956
7 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests61101066
8 Balmain colours.svg Easts61231006
9 Brothers Colours.svg Brothers6961084
10 Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland6571964
11 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich6781702
12 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths6581712
13 Waikatoleague.png Wide Bay61022782
14 Ipswich Colours.svg Gold Coast6521660

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Finals

The finals were straight final four series held at QRL headquarters at Lang Park, with Wynnum-Manly and Souths winning their respective semi finals. In the final, the Seagulls defeated Magpies 21-10 to win the first of four straight Winfield State League titles.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 22-0 Canterbury colours.svg North Queensland20 May Lang Park
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 17-2 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 20 May Lang Park
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 21-10 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 23 May Lang Park

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State League Final

1984 Winfield State League Final
23 May 1984
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg 21 10 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs
Tries:3
G Miles 2
D Green 1
Goals:4
W Green 4
Field goals:1
W Lewis 1
Tries:2
2 G Belcher
Goals:1
1 M Meninga
Lang Park, Brisbane
Referee: Barry Gomersall
Player of the Match: Wally Lewis

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References

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