1982 Brisbane Rugby League season

1982 Brisbane Rugby League
Duration	May 16 – September 19, 1982
Teams	8
Premiers	Wynnum-Manly
Minor premiers	Fortitude Valley
Matches played	60
Points scored	1889
Top points scorer(s)	Gary Warnock (116)
Player of the year	Tony Currie (Rothmans Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Terry Butler (12) Wayne Challis (12)

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	Ian Pearce → 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

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Fortitude Valley	14	12	1	1	299	186	+113	25
2	Southern Suburbs	14	10	0	4	252	184	+68	20
3	Wynnum-Manly (P)	14	9	0	5	215	194	+21	18
4	Redcliffe	14	7	0	7	226	225	+1	14
5	Northern Suburbs	14	5	0	9	228	263	-35	10
6	Past Brothers	14	4	1	9	190	233	-43	9
7	Eastern Suburbs	14	4	0	10	184	224	-40	8
8	Western Suburbs	14	4	0	10	193	278	-85	8

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly	35-0	Redcliffe	29 August 1982	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Southern Suburbs	10-6	Fortitude Valley	5 September 1982	Lang Park	Eddie Ward
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly	26-5	Fortitude Valley	12 September 1982	Lang Park	Eddie Ward	20,000
Grand Final
Southern Suburbs	3-17	Wynnum-Manly	19 September 1982	Lang Park	Eddie 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.)

Winfield State League

Main article: 1982 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.

1982 Winfield State League Final

1982

Eastern Suburbs	23-15	Redcliffe

Lang Park