| Year: | 1983 |
| Competition: | Brisbane Rugby League |
| Duration: | May 22 – September 18, 1983 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Premiers: | Eastern Suburbs |
| Minor Premiers: | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Matches: | 61 |
| Points: | 2140 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Shane McNally (152) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Mitch Brennan (14) |
| Player Of The Year: | Trevor Paterson (Rothmans Medal) |
| Prevseason Year: | 1982 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1984 |
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.
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.
| Club | Home ground | Coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Brigginshaw | ||||
| Wally Lewis | ||||
| Bishop Park | Greg Conescu | |||
| Corbett Park | Tommy Raudonikis | |||
| John Barber | Mark Murray | |||
| Bruce Astill | ||||
| Dave Moffett | ||||
| David Green |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redcliffe | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 262 | 175 | +87 | 21 | |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs (P) | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 334 | 224 | +110 | 20 | |
| 3 | Southern Suburbs | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 286 | 227 | +59 | 18 | |
| 4 | Wynnum-Manly | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 335 | 305 | +30 | 15 | |
| 5 | Fortitude Valley | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 214 | 214 | +0 | 15 | |
| 6 | Past Brothers | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 192 | 297 | -105 | 9 | |
| 7 | Northern Suburbs | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 205 | 291 | -86 | 8 | |
| 8 | Western Suburbs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 156 | 251 | -95 | 6 |
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and Time | width=17% | Venue | width=11% | Referee | width=7% | Crowd | ||
| Playoff | |||||||||
| align=left | Wynnum-Manly | 8-22 | align=left | Fortitude Valley | 24 August 1983 | Lang Park | |||
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Fortitude Valley | 30-22 | align=left | Southern Suburbs | 28 August 1983 | Lang Park | Harry Dearness | 11,500 | |
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 11-5 | align=left | Redcliffe | 4 September 1983 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | ||
| Preliminary Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Fortitude Valley | 10-28 | align=left | Redcliffe | 11 September 1983 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | ||
| Grand Final | |||||||||
| align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 14-6 | align=left | Redcliffe | 18 September 1983 | Lang Park | Eddie Ward | 25,000 | |
Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: B. Tengdahl, B. Backer. Goals: S. McNally 3.)
Redcliffe 6 (Tries: S. Cherry. Goals: J. Chapman.)[1] [2]
See main article: 1983 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.