2013 South Sydney Rabbitohs season explained

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

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	https://web.archive.org/web/20130213115640/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-38-Defeat-PNG-Residents-XIII-12-at-Return-to-Redfern-2013/68137
Sat 16 Feb	Coffs Harbour Trial	Newcastle Knights	BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour	12–18	4,000	https://web.archive.org/web/20130325181335/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Knights-Defence-Too-Strong-for-Rabbitohs-in-Coffs-Harbour-Trial/68483
Fri 22 Feb	Charity Shield	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–12	20,675	https://web.archive.org/web/20130528171616/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Win-30th-Charity-Shield/68795
Legend:

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Thu 7 Mar	1	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	10–28	35,952	https://web.archive.org/web/20130527003458/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Score-Comfortable-Win-Over-Roosters--Round-One-2013/69473
Mon 18 Mar	2	Cronulla Sharks	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	14–12	14,128	https://archive.today/20130627214806/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Sneak-Home-Against-Sharks--Round-Two-2013/70271
Sun 24 Mar	3	Penrith Panthers	Centrebet Stadium, Penrith	32–44	12,940	https://web.archive.org/web/20130429162722/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Defeat-Panthers-in-Tryfest-in-Round-Three-2013/70710
Fri 29 Mar	4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		ANZ Stadium, Sydney (Away Game)	12–17	51,686	https://web.archive.org/web/20130428105448/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Defeat-Bulldogs-in-a-Great-Friday-Easter-Blockbuster/71190
Sun 7 Apr	5	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium, New Zealand	22–24	13,512	https://web.archive.org/web/20130426155222/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/UPDATED-Rabbitohs-Remain-Undefeated-After-Narrow-Win-Over-Warriors--Round-Five-2013/71777
Sat 13 Apr	6	Melbourne Storm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	10–17	32,671	https://archive.today/20130627214635/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Just-Fall-Short-Against-Storm-in-Heritage-Round--Round-Six-2013/72381
		Representative Weekend
Fri 26 Apr	7	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly	12–20	20,510	https://web.archive.org/web/20130502012415/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Beat-Manly-with-Heart-and-Mind-in-Round-Seven-2013/73315
Fri 3 May	8		Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	12–26	39,111	https://web.archive.org/web/20130507184656/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Too-Strong-for-Broncos-in-Brisbane--Round-Eight-2013/73857
Fri 10 May	9	North Queensland Cowboys	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–10	15,972	https://archive.today/20130627220428/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Overcome-Slow-Start-to-Defeat-Cowboys--Round-Nine-2013/74417
Fri 17 May	10	Wests Tigers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	54–10	19,719	https://archive.today/20130619223845/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs%20Romp%20Against%20Tigers/74974
Mon 27 May	11	Cronulla Sharks	Sharks Stadium, Woolooware	12–14	12,243	https://archive.today/20130619223848/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Penalty%20Goal%20the%20Difference%20in%20Sharks%20Win%20Over%20Rabbitohs%20-%20Round%2011,%202013/75743
Sat 1 Jun	12	Newcastle Knights	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	25–18	13,225	https://archive.today/20130619223713/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Win-Armwrestle-Against-Knights--Round-12-2013/76119
	13	Bye
Sun 16 Jun	14	Gold Coast Titans	Barlow Park, Cairns (Home Game)	30–24	16,118	https://archive.today/20130619223926/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbits-Defeat-Titans-in-Tight-Encounter/77239
Sun 23 Jun	15	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney (Away Game)	10–30	17,077	https://web.archive.org/web/20130627103635/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Wash-Out-Eels-in-the-Wet/77789
Fri 28 Jun	16	Canberra Raiders	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	32–2	11,167	https://web.archive.org/web/20130703110254/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Souths-Men-of-Steel-Triumph-Over-Canberra/78249
Sun 7 Jul	17	New Zealand Warriors	NIB Stadium, Perth (Home Game)	30–13	20,221	https://web.archive.org/web/20130710191456/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbits-Make-it-Five-in-a-Row-in-Perth/78938
	18	Bye
Mon 22 Jul	19	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	18–22	14,571	https://archive.today/20130801023819/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Go-Down-to-Dragons-in-Golden-Point/79946
Sat 27 Jul	20	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park, Robina	32–4	20,392	https://archive.today/20130801023732/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Bounce-Back-Against-Titans/80398
Sat 3 Aug	21	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	12–30	13,045	https://web.archive.org/web/20130806025133/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Sink-to-Fourth-Loss-against-Cowboys-3012/81013
Fri 9 Aug	22	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	8–26	21,244	https://archive.today/20130819021321/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbits-Go-Down-After-Weathering-Storm/81471
Fri 16 Aug	23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford (Home Game)	22–10	20,060	https://web.archive.org/web/20130929035437/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbits-Defeat-Manly-in-Gritty-Win/82110
Fri 23 Aug	24	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–20	29,571	https://web.archive.org/web/20130826080804/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbits-Defeat-Dogs-in-Thriller/82706
Sat 31 Aug	25	Wests Tigers	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	18–32	14,891	https://web.archive.org/web/20130904030028/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Beat-Tigers-to-Set-Up-Friday-Night-Blockbuster/83336
Fri 6 Sep	26	Sydney Roosters	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	12–24	59,708	https://archive.today/20130916003335/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Record-Crowd-Sees-Rabbits-Take-Ron-Coote-Cup-Despite-Loss/83882
Legend:

Finals Series

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Fri 13 Sep	Qualifying Final	Melbourne Storm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	20–10	21,609	https://archive.today/20130916015553/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Through-To-Preliminary-Final/84416
Fri 27 Sep	Preliminary Final	Manly Sea Eagles	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	20–30	44,546	http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/live-coverage-of-nrl-preliminary-final-clash-between-south-sydney-and-manly/story-fni3fbgz-1226728785899
Legend:

Transfers

Gains

Player	Gained From
	Wigan Warriors
	Brisbane Broncos
	Bradford Bulls
	Gold Coast Titans
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Losses

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Player	Lost To
	Wests Tigers
	Retired
	Gold Coast Titans
	Unknown