1982 Brisbane Rugby League season

Brisbane Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Wynnum-Manly

The 1982 Brisbane Rugby League premiership was the 74th 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 Wynnum-Manly and Southern Suburbs clubs.

Season summary

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

Teams

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

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	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.)^[1]^[2]

References

^ 1982 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_Lqex6bng
^ 1982 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1982gf.php

[1] 1982 BRL Grand Final - Wynnum-Manly v Souths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_Lqex6bng

[2] 1982 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final https://web.archive.org/web/20041225094700/http://queensland.rleague.com/flashback/1982gf.php

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