We hope you enjoy this look back as we look forward to many more years of recording the history of Buller Rugby Union.
We acknowledge all the information from the NZ “Rugby Almanack” Series since 1934 and appreciate their hard and dedicated work in providing this detailed history. – Web Admin

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Results

Sat 02 Jun	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Canterbury	00 - 19	Match Center
Sat 30 Jun	2:30 pm	H	Rundle Cup	West Coast	06 - 13	Match Center
Sat 21 Jul	2:30 pm	A	Rundle Cup	West Coast	11 - 06	Match Center
Thu 02 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	Mid Canterbury	03 - 11	Match Center
Wed 15 Aug	2:30 pm	A	Representative Match	Mid Canterbury	13 - 08	Match Center
Sat 18 Aug	2:30 pm	A	Representative Match	North Otago	13 - 08	Match Center
Tue 21 Aug	2:30 pm	A	Representative Match	Canterbury	11 - 00	Match Center
Sat 08 Sep	2:30 pm	A	Seddon Shield	Nelson	09 - 14	Match Center

THE 1962 SEASON:

After losing the first seven matches on its fixture list, Buller then won the Seddon Shield from Nelson to complete the season.

This is how the games worked out:

v. Canterbury At Westport Lost 0 to 19
v. West Coast At Westport Lost 6 to 13
v. West Coast At Hokitika Lost 6 to 11
v. Mid-Canterbury At Westport Lost 3 to 11
v. Mid-Canterbury At Ashburton Lost 8 to 13
v. North Otago At Oamaru Lost 8 to 13
v. Canterbury At Christchurch Lost 0 to 11
v. Nelson At Nelson Won 14 to 9 {Seddon Shield}

Nine Buller representatives were in the West Coast-Buller XV, which played the year’s Australian team at Westport, they being G.S.Allan (Westport Old Boys), W.E.Boswell (Ngakawau), R.T.Dawe (Ngakawau), W.F.Duncan (Westport White Star), W.N.Forsyth (Westport), Mason Geddes (Ngakawau), J.W.Halsall (Westport), O.H.Nahr (Westport White Star) and J.B.Shaw (Westport Old Boys).

J.B.Shaw was again a South Island representative, he taking a prop position in the Inter-Island engagement; it was his third appearance in the fixture.