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.
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
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 Barry Muir Greg Conescu Past Brothers Corbett Park Tommy Raudonikis Tommy Raudonikis Redcliffe Dolphin Oval John Barber Mark Murray Southern Suburbs Davies Park Bob McCarthy Bruce Astill Western Suburbs Purtell Park Ron Raper Dave Moffett Wynnum-Manly Kougari Oval Des Morris David Green
Ladder TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 Redcliffe141013262175 +87212 Eastern Suburbs (P)141004334224 +110203 Southern Suburbs14905286227 +59184 Wynnum-Manly14716335305 +30155 Fortitude Valley14716214214 +0156 Past Brothers14419192297 -10597 Northern Suburbs144010205291 -8688 Western Suburbs143011156251 -956
Finals HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd Playoff Wynnum-Manly8-22 Fortitude Valley 24 August 1983Lang Park Semi-finals Fortitude Valley30-22 Southern Suburbs28 August 1983Lang ParkHarry Dearness11,500 Eastern Suburbs 11-5 Redcliffe4 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward Preliminary Final Fortitude Valley10-28 Redcliffe11 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward Grand Final Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe18 September 1983Lang ParkEddie Ward 25,000
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: B. Tengdahl, B. Backer. Goals: S. McNally 3.)
Redcliffe 6 (Tries: S. Cherry. Goals: J. Chapman.)1983 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6CVXaICTM1983 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1983gf.php
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.
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