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.
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
Club Home ground Coach Captain Eastern Suburbs Langlands Park John Lang Larry Brigginshaw Fortitude Valley Neumann Oval Ross Strudwick Wally Lewis Northern Suburbs Bishop Park Graham Lowe Shane Bernadin Past Brothers Corbett Park Wayne Bennett Greg Smith Redcliffe Dolphin Oval Arthur Beetson → Bob Jones Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Western Suburbs Purtell Park John Lohman Norm Carr Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris Rod Morris
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Fortitude Valley141211299186 +113252 Southern Suburbs141004252184 +68203 Wynnum-Manly (P)14905215194 +21184 Redcliffe14707226225 +1145 Northern Suburbs14509228263 -35106 Past Brothers14419190233 -4397 Eastern Suburbs144010184224 -4088 Western Suburbs144010193278 -858
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Semi-finals Wynnum-Manly35-0 Redcliffe29 August 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward Southern Suburbs10-6 Fortitude Valley5 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Wynnum-Manly26-5 Fortitude Valley12 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward20,000 Grand Final Southern Suburbs3-17 Wynnum-Manly19 September 1982Lang ParkEddie Ward 36,000
Grand Final
Wynnum-Manly 17 (Tries: T. Butler, B. French, P. Dawes. Goals: W. Green 4.)
Southern Suburbs 3 (Tries: A. Lumby.)1982 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_Lqex6bng1982 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1982gf.php
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.
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