1983 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Eastern Suburbs

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.

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[]

Club	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Eastern Suburbs	Langlands Park
Fortitude Valley	Neumann Oval	Ross Strudwick
Northern Suburbs	Bishop Park
Past Brothers	Corbett Park
Redcliffe	Dolphin Oval
Southern Suburbs	Davies Park
Western Suburbs	Purtell Park
Wynnum-Manly	Kougari Oval		David 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]

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