1983 Brisbane Rugby League season

The 1983 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 75th 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 Eastern Suburbs and Redcliffe clubs.

Brisbane Rugby League
SportRugby league
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Premiers Eastern Suburbs

Season summary

Teams played each other three times, with 21 rounds of competition played. It resulted in a top four of Eastern Suburbs, Redcliffe, Fortitude Valley, Southern Suburbs.

Teams
ClubHome groundCoachCaptain
Eastern SuburbsLanglands Park
Fortitude ValleyNeumann OvalRoss Strudwick
Northern SuburbsBishop Park
Past BrothersCorbett Park
RedcliffeDolphin Oval
Southern SuburbsDavies Park
Western SuburbsPurtell Park
Wynnum-ManlyKougari OvalDavid Green

Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Semi Finals
Fortitude Valley 30-22 Southern Suburbs 28 August 1983 Lang Park Harry Dearness 11,500
Eastern Suburbs 11-5 Redcliffe 4 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Fortitude Valley 10-28 Redcliffe 11 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie Ward
Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 14-6 Redcliffe 18 September 1983 Lang Park Eddie 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.)[1][2]

References
  1. 1983 BRL Grand Final - Easts v Redcliffe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6CVXaICTM
  2. 1983 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1983gf.php
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