1963 Brisbane Rugby League season

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The 1963 Brisbane Rugby League season was the 55th season of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Eight teams from across Brisbane competed for the premiership, which culminated in Northern Suburbs defeating Southern Suburbs 18-8 to claim their fifth consecutive premiership.

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Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 211614518244+27433
2 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 211317356247+10927
3 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 211218255267-1225
4 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 211209345318+2724
5 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum-Manly 211119324265+5923
6 Valleys colours.svg Fortitude Valley 211029318275+4322
7 Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 213216230479-2498
8 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 213018196442-2466

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeCrowd
Semi Finals
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 10-5 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Western Suburbs 7 September 1963 Lang Park Don Lancashire
Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 23-3 Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 8 September 1963 Lang Park Henry Albert
Preliminary Final
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 22-13 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 14 September 1963 Lang Park Don Lancashire
Grand Final
Norths Devils colours.svg Northern Suburbs 18-8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Southern Suburbs 21 September 1963 Lang Park Don Lancashire18,000

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References

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