2013 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

The 2013 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 104th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Maguire and captained by John Sutton, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2013 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in second place.

Pre-season[edit]

In 2013, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Sat 9 Feb	Return to Redfern	Papua New Guinea	ATP Performance Centre, Redfern	38–12	5,000	[1]
Sat 16 Feb	Coffs Harbour Trial	Newcastle Knights	BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour	12–18	4,000	[2]
Fri 22 Feb	Charity Shield	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–12	20,675	[3]
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw

Regular season[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Thu 7 Mar	1	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	10–28	35,952	[4]
Mon 18 Mar	2	Cronulla Sharks	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	14–12	14,128	[5]
Sun 24 Mar	3	Penrith Panthers	Centrebet Stadium, Penrith	32–44	12,940	[6]
Fri 29 Mar	4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney (Away Game)	12–17	51,686	[7]
Sun 7 Apr	5	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium, New Zealand	22–24	13,512	[8]
Sat 13 Apr	6	Melbourne Storm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	10–17	32,671	[9]
		Representative Weekend
Fri 26 Apr	7	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly	12–20	20,510	[10]
Fri 3 May	8	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	12–26	39,111	[11]
Fri 10 May	9	North Queensland Cowboys	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–10	15,972	[12]
Fri 17 May	10	Wests Tigers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	54–10	19,719	[13]
Mon 27 May	11	Cronulla Sharks	Sharks Stadium, Woolooware	12–14	12,243	[14]
Sat 1 Jun	12	Newcastle Knights	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	25–18	13,225	[15]
	13	Bye
Sun 16 Jun	14	Gold Coast Titans	Barlow Park, Cairns (Home Game)	30–24	16,118	[16]
Sun 23 Jun	15	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney (Away Game)	10–30	17,077	[17]
Fri 28 Jun	16	Canberra Raiders	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	32–2	11,167	[18]
Sun 7 Jul	17	New Zealand Warriors	NIB Stadium, Perth (Home Game)	30–13	20,221	[19]
	18	Bye
Mon 22 Jul	19	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	18–22	14,571	[20]
Sat 27 Jul	20	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park, Robina	32–4	20,392	[21]
Sat 3 Aug	21	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	12–30	13,045	[22]
Fri 9 Aug	22	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	8–26	21,244	[23]
Fri 16 Aug	23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford (Home Game)	22–10	20,060	[24]
Fri 23 Aug	24	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–20	29,571	[25]
Sat 31 Aug	25	Wests Tigers	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	18–32	14,891	[26]
Fri 6 Sep	26	Sydney Roosters	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	12–24	59,708	[27]
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals Series[edit]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Fri 13 Sep	Qualifying Final	Melbourne Storm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	20–10	21,609	[28]
Fri 27 Sep	Preliminary Final	Manly Sea Eagles	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	20–30	44,546	[29]
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder[edit]

2013 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters (P)	24	18	0	6	2	640	325	+315	40
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	18	0	6	2	588	384	+204	40
3	Melbourne Storm	24	16	1	7	2	589	373	+216	37
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	15	1	8	2	588	366	+222	35
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	468	460	+8	32
6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	13	0	11	2	529	463	+66	30
7	Newcastle Knights	24	12	1	11	2	528	422	+106	29
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	12	0	12	2	507	431	+76	28
9	Gold Coast Titans	24	11	0	13	2	500	518	−18	26
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	2	495	532	−37	26
11	New Zealand Warriors	24	11	0	13	2	495	554	−59	26
12	Brisbane Broncos	24	10	1	13	2	434	477	−43	25
13	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	434	624	−190	24
14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	7	0	17	2	379	530	−151	18
15	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	386	687	−301	18
16	Parramatta Eels	24	5	0	19	2	326	740	−414	14

Transfers[edit]

Gains

Player	Gained From
Jeff Lima	Wigan Warriors
Ben Te'o	Brisbane Broncos
Tom Burgess	Bradford Bulls
Beau Champion	Gold Coast Titans
Bryson Goodwin	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Losses

Player	Lost To
Eddy Pettybourne	Wests Tigers
Scott Geddes	Retired
Dave Taylor	Gold Coast Titans
Fetuli Talanoa	Unknown

Player statistics[edit]

Representative honours[edit]

References[edit]