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Last Wednesday an Otago XV had their first pre NPC hit out. Although accounting for the Southland side easily the following was noted;
The Otago XV, as the scoreline suggested, dominated the game, with the more experienced members of the side coming to the fore.
Otago maintained its starting XV for the first 50 minutes and players such as lock Hayden Triggs, flanker and captain Alando Soakai, and hooker Peter Mirrielees stood out.
In the backline, new second five-eighth Josh Tatupu showed some nice touches while helping himself to two tries.
Otago XV v Spartans
Otago XV 59: Josh Tatupu 2, Adam Hill, Pieter van der Merwe, Johnny Legg, Hayden Triggs, Alando Soakai, Tomasi Palu, George Folau tries; Glenn Dickson 4 con, Hayden Parker 3 con
Southland Spartans 7: Nick McGrath try; Daniel Neho con
Halftime: 31-0
Crowd: 1000
Otago's Five To Shine:
• Second five eighth Josh Tatupu - the big Samoan from the Western Force showed some nice touches and picked up a couple of tries, though even a blind man would have noticed the gaps in the Spartans backline.
Josh has this weekend off and is coming to our club to watch his bro Sam play followed by our U18s Seniors (Div 1 &3), test on the big screen, big day out (in) for West Melton
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This isn't really a reply at all, it's trying to raise my numbers a bit.
Off to a reunion tonight for a team that won the Christchurch (the main city in Canterbury) title 20 years ago on what was then Lancaster Park (known as Jade Stadium then AMI Stadium).
Really looking forward to see what my teammates have made of themselves in the last 20 years. I have turned the key on two of them (one a fraudulent lawyer and one a grower of cannabis) so hopefully some of the others have become community leaders!
The club was (is) Christchurch Football Club (didn't have rugby in it's name) now about 145 years old and reputably the oldest in NZ although Nelson claim the same.
Have a good weekend one and all. Mine will be huge.[COLOR="Silver"]
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