1983 VFL Grand Final 1983 VFL Grand Final The 1983 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1983. It was the 87th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1983 VFL season. The match, attended by 110,332 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 83 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory. It was Essendon's first Grand Final appearance since losing the 1968 VFL Grand Final, while it was Hawthorn's first
Summerland Australian Football League Lismore and Byron Bay. The grand final was played between Tweed Coast and Lismore and Lismore won their first premiership as a merged club. In 2012, all four clubs joined AFL South East Queensland and commenced the season in Division 4 South. Summerland Australian Football League The Summerland Australian Football League or SAFL was an Australian rules football competition in the Northern Rivers and New England region of New South Wales, Australia, in existence from 1984 to 2011. The Northern Rivers region is a competitive area for sports including football, rugby league and rugby union. This has caused a continual