		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Manly Warringah	13	12	1	-	447	172	+275	13	10	3	-	243	189	+54	26	22	4	-	690	361	44	+329
2.	Canterbury	13	9	4	-	254	207	+47	13	9	4	-	277	202	+75	26	18	8	-	531	409	36	+122
	Parramatta	13	10	3	-	380	138	+242	13	8	5	-	259	155	+104	26	18	8	-	639	293	36	+346
4.	Balmain	13	7	6	-	262	225	+37	13	10	3	-	263	213	+50	26	17	9	-	525	438	34	+87
5.	St George	13	9	4	-	342	232	+110	13	5	7	1	209	218	-9	26	14	11	1	551	450	* 29	+101
6.	Eastern Suburbs	13	6	6	1	274	217	+57	13	8	5	-	305	275	+30	26	14	11	1	579	492	* 29	+87
7.	North Sydney	13	9	4	-	250	196	+54	13	4	8	1	185	250	-65	26	13	12	1	435	446	27	-11
8.	South Sydney	13	6	7	-	230	234	-4	13	6	6	1	209	261	-52	26	12	13	1	439	495	25	-56
9.	Cronulla	13	8	5	-	261	224	+37	13	4	9	-	189	296	-107	26	12	14	-	450	520	24	-70
10.	Canberra	13	6	7	-	275	293	-18	13	3	10	-	220	321	-101	26	9	17	-	495	614	18	-119
	Penrith	13	6	7	-	218	233	-15	13	3	10	-	258	414	-156	26	9	17	-	476	647	18	-171
12.	Illawarra	13	4	9	-	220	271	-51	13	4	9	-	231	373	-142	26	8	18	-	451	644	16	-193
	Newtown	13	5	7	1	226	284	-58	13	2	10	1	147	307	-160	26	7	17	2	373	591	16	-218
14.	Western Suburbs	13	3	8	2	211	252	-41	13	2	11	-	183	376	-193	26	5	19	2	394	628	12	-234
* St George, Eastern Suburbs were involved in playoffs to determine their final position.
Total games played: 183 Total points scored: 7,088 Average points per game: 38.73 Best attack: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (26.54 ppg - 137.05%) Best defense: Parramatta Eels (11.27 ppg - 58.20%) Worst attack: Newtown Jets (14.35 ppg - 74.10%) Worst defense: Penrith Panthers (24.88 ppg - 128.48%)

Team Name	Position	Extra Info	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Balmain Tigers	4th	Minor Prelim Semi	17	10	0	539	455	Frank STANTON, Keith BARNES	13	-	Gary BRIDGE	124	-	David BROOKS	Leichhardt	7,331
Canberra Raiders	10th		9	17	0	495	614	Don FURNER	11	-	Terry FAHEY	193	-	Ron GITEAU	Seiffert	10,030
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2nd	Prelim Final	19	10	0	583	481	Ted GLOSSOP	19	-	Chris ANDERSON	192	-	Ross CONLON	Belmore	9,690
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	9th		12	14	0	450	520	Terry FEARNLEY	17	-	Christopher GARDNER	104	-	Dane SORENSEN	Endeavour	4,014
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	6th	Playoff	14	12	1	595	536	Laurie FREIER	17	-	Marty GURR	256	-	Mike EDEN	Sports Ground	6,305
Illawarra Steelers	12th		8	18	0	451	644	Allan FITZGIBBON	18	-	Shane McKELLAR	175	-	John DORAHY	Wollongong	5,892
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1st	Runners Up	23	5	0	715	389	Bob FULTON	27	-	Phil BLAKE	226	-	Graham EADIE	Brookvale	11,011
Newtown Jets	13th		7	17	2	373	591	Brian MOORE	15	-	John FERGUSON	127	-	Ken WILSON	Henson, Orana	4,493
North Sydney Bears	7th		13	12	1	435	446	John HAYES	14	-	Chris LUCKMAN	122	-	Larry KELLY	North Sydney	5,251
Parramatta Eels	3rd	Premiers	21	9	0	715	344	John GIBSON	21	-	Brett KENNY	226	-	Michael CRONIN	Belmore	10,499
Penrith Panthers	11th		9	17	0	476	647	John PEARD	10	-	Chris HOUGHTON	74	-	Mark LEVY	Penrith Park	4,959
St George Dragons	5th	Minor Semi	16	12	1	636	506	Roy MASTERS	19	-	Steve MORRIS	192	-	Steve GEARIN	Kogarah	8,333
South Sydney Rabbitohs	8th		12	13	1	439	495	Ron WILLEY	9	-	Michael POBJIE	154	-	Tony MELROSE	Redfern	5,954
Western Suburbs Magpies	14th	Wooden Spoon	5	19	2	394	628	Len STACKER	13	-	Steve BROUGHTON	76	-	David GREENE	Lidcombe	3,559

NSWRFL 1983