Otago (National Provincial Championship)

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For the Otago Rugby governing body, see Otago Rugby Football Union.

Otago
Otago Mitre 10 Cup logo.jpg
The ORFU official emblem
UnionOtago Rugby Football Union
Founded1881; 141 years ago (1881)
LocationDunedin Central, Dunedin, New Zealand
Ground(s)Forsyth Barr Stadium (Capacity: 30,700)
CEORichard Kinley[1]
Coach(es)Tom Donnelly
Captain(s)James Lentjes
Most appearancesRichard Knight (170)
Top scorerGreg Cooper (1,520)
Most triesPaul Cooke (73)
League(s)Bunnings NPC
20213rd (Championship)
Runners-up
Team kit
Official website
www.orfu.co.nz

Otago are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1881, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the Otago region. The team is affiliated with the Highlanders Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are navy blue.

Current squad[]

The Otago squad for the 2021 Bunnings NPC is:[2][3][4]

Otago squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (Scrum-halves)

First Five-Eighths (Fly-halves)

Midfielders (Centres)

Outside Backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped, REP denotes a replacement squad player, INJ denotes a player who has been ruled out for the season due to injury.
  1. ^ Koloamatangi wasn't named in the original Otago squad, but was announced in the side for Round 1.[5]
  2. ^ Manson wasn't named in the original Otago squad, but was announced in the side for Round 2.[6]

Honours[]

Otago have been overall Champions twice, winning the titles in 1991 and 1998. Their full list of honours include:[7][8]

National Provincial Championship First Division
  • Winners: 1991, 1998

Current Super Rugby players[]

Players named in the 2021 Otago squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2021 Super Rugby season.[9][10][11][12]

Player Team
Jermaine Ainsley Highlanders
James Arscott Highlanders
George Bower Crusaders
Liam Coltman Highlanders
Josh Dickson Highlanders
Sam Gilbert Highlanders
Kayne Hammington Highlanders
Josh Hohneck Highlanders
Josh Ioane Highlanders
Ricky Jackson Highlanders
Vilimoni Koroi Highlanders
James Lentjes Highlanders
Jona Nareki Highlanders
Sio Tomkinson Highlanders
Thomas Umaga-Jensen Highlanders
Freedom Vahaakolo Highlanders

References[]

  1. ^ "Staff". Otago Rugby. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "NPC: Otago unveil squad stacked with Super Rugby talent, revamp coaching setup". Stuff.co.nz. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Player Profiles". Otago Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Championship Squads: Bunnings NPC 2021". Provincial Rugby. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Otago v Southland, Bunnings NPC at Forsyth Barr Stadium 7th Aug 2021". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ "NPC: Otago captain James Lentjes to miss Ranfurly Shield challenge against Hawke's Bay". Stuff.co.nz. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. ^ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Highlanders name squad for 2021" (Press release). Highlanders. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Fakatava side-lined for the season" (Press release). Highlanders. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Four players promoted from Crusaders Academy as Scott Robertson names 2021 Crusaders squad" (Press release). Crusaders. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Speights Highlanders to play the Hurricanes" (Press release). Highlanders. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

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