| Sport | Rugby league |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Premiers |  Seagulls-Diehards |
The 1988 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 67th season of Brisbane's semi-professional rugby league football competition. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in a grand final match between the Seagulls-Diehards and Ipswich clubs.
A new team, the Logan Scorpions, were admitted to the competition, bringing its total to ten teams. Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top five of Souths, Easts, Seagulls-Diehards and Ipswich. [1]
| Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|
 Eastern Suburbs | Langlands Park | Des Morris | |
| Seagulls-Diehards | Neumann Oval | Ross Henrick | Peter Coyne |
 Ipswich | North Ipswich Reserve | Tommy Raudonikis | |
 Logan | Meakin Park | John Barber | |
 Northern Suburbs | Bishop Park | Greg Oliphant | |
 Past Brothers | Corbett Park | Greg Holben | |
 Redcliffe | Dolphin Oval | Graham Olling | |
 Southern Suburbs | Davies Park | Geoff Naylor | |
 Western Suburbs | Purtell Park | Barry Muir | |
 Wynnum-Manly | Kougari Oval | John Dowling |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Suburbs | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 358 | 314 | +44 | 26 |
| 2 | Seagulls-Diehards | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 431 | 322 | +109 | 23 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 365 | 275 | +90 | 23 |
| 4 | Eastern Suburbs | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 394 | 277 | +117 | 21 |
| 5 | Past Brothers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 283 | 244 | +39 | 20 |
| 6 | Northern Suburbs | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 317 | 277 | +40 | 19 |
| 7 | Western Suburbs | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 240 | 287 | -47 | 19 |
| 8 | Redcliffe | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 306 | 276 | +30 | 16 |
| 9 | Wynnum-Manly | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 230 | 409 | -179 | 8 |
| 10 | Logan | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 202 | 425 | -223 | 5 |
Source: [2]
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
| Semi-finals | ||||||||
 Ipswich | 11-10 |  Easts | 28 August 1988 | Lang Park | ||||
 Seagulls-Diehards | 25-14 |  Souths | 4 September 1988 | Lang Park | ||||
| Preliminary Final | ||||||||
| Souths | 6-20 | Ipswich Jets | 10 September 1988 | Lang Park | ||||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| Seagulls-Diehards | 17-14 | Ipswich Jets | 18 September 1988 | Lang Park | ||||
Source: [3]
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