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 29 Jun	2:30 pm	A	Rundle Cup	West Coast	08 - 06	Match Center
Sat 13 Jul	2:30 pm	H	Rundle Cup	West Coast	09 - 14	Match Center
Sat 27 Jul	2:30 pm	H	Seddon Shield	Marlborough	08 - 00	Match Center
Wed 07 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Representative Match	North Otago	03 - 06	Match Center
Sat 10 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Seddon Shield	Golden Bay-Motueka	08 - 03	Match Center
Sat 24 Aug	2:30 pm	H	Seddon Shield	West Coast	09 - 06	Match Center
Sat 31 Aug	2:30 pm	A	Representative Match	Canterbury	26 - 03	Match Center
Sat 07 Sep	2:30 pm	H	Seddon Shield	Nelson	00 - 06	Match Center

THE 1963 SEASON:

Although only three of eight matches were won, the importance of the victories lay in the fact that each was a Seddon Shield defence. However, a fourth success was required for the Shield to have remained in Westport, and Nelson did not permit that.

In the activities of the season the following were the results:

v. West Coast At Hokitika Lost 6 to 8
v. West Coast At Westport Lost 9 to 14
v. Marlborough At Westport Won 8 to 0 {Seddon Shield}
v. North Otago At Westport Lost 3 to 6
v. Golden Bay-Motueka At Westport Won 8 to 3  {Seddon Shield}
v. West Coast At Westport Won 9 to 6 {Seddon Shield}
v. Canterbury At Christchurch Lost 3 to 26
v. Nelson At Westport Lost 0 to 6 {Seddon Shield}

When England was in New Zealand for a short tour in May, three trials were held for the choosing of the All Black sides for the two Tests, and in September a further series of trials when the New Zealand team to tour the British Isles, France and British Columbia was under consideration, was held; both sets of trials were at Wellington. Only J.B.Shaw (Westport Old Boys) was called to Wellington, he playing in two of the September trials.

J.B.Shaw also made his fourth appearance in the Inter-Island match, at Christchurch, as one of the South Island prop forwards.