For the Record

Ranfurly Shield

  • Total shield matches: 76
  • First challenge: 1904
  • First success: 1935
  • Most successive defences: 18 (1947—50)
  • Most recent success: 1957
  • Total successful challenges: 4 (1935, 1938, 1947, 1957)
  • Total successful defences: 32
  • Total shield losses: 40

International Wins

  • Anglo-Welsh(1908)
  • British Isles(1950, 1959, 1966, 1993)
  • Fiji(1951, 1980)
  • England(1963)
  • Australia(1972, 1978)
  • Scotland(1975)
  • Canada(1989, 1990, 1992)
  • Soviet Union(1991)
  • South Africa(1994)

Individual Records

  • Most points: 1520 — Greg Cooper
  • Most tries: 73 — Paul Cooke
  • Most points in season: 279 — Greg Cooper (1991)
  • Most tries in season: 16 — John Timu (1988, 1990), Paul Cooke (1995), Brendan Laney (1998)
  • Most conversions in season: 50 — Greg Cooper (1988)
  • Most penalty goals in season: 54 — Greg Cooper (1989)
  • Most dropped goals in season: 9 — Lindsay Smith (1986)
  • Most points in a match: 39 — Paul Turner (1986)
  • Most individual tries in a match: 5 (by four different players)
  • Most conversions in a match: 14 — Paul Turner (1986)
  • Most penalty goals in a match: 7 — Greg Cooper (1989, 1991), Blair Feeney (2002)
  • Highest score: 91 — v East Coast (1986)
  • Biggest winning margin: 85 — 88-3 v North Otago (1983)
  • Biggest losing margin: 43 — 19-62 v Canterbury (2001)
  • Most points against: 63 — v Auckland (1993)

100 Games For Otago

  • Richard Knight 1982—92, 170 Games
  • David Latta 1986—96, 161 Games
  • Ken Bloxham 1974—86, 155 Games
  • Steve Hotton 1983—93, 146 Games
  • Lindsay Clark 1967—78, 137 Games
  • Gordon Macpherson 1985—93, 137 Games
  • John Leslie 1991—98, 2004, 123 Games
  • Greg Cooper 1984—96, 121 Games
  • John Haggart 1983—91, 119 Games
  • Gary Seear 1971—82, 116 Games
  • Stu Forstera 1990—98, 115 Games
  • Laurie Mains 1967—75, 114 Games
  • Wayne Graham 1976—86, 111 Games
  • Arran Pene 1988—95, 111 Games
  • Dean Kenny 1981—89, 110 Games
  • Paul Cooke 1990—96, 107 Games
  • Rob Roy 1969—79, 106 Games
  • Duncan Robertson 1966—78, 104 Games
  • Merv Jaffray 1971—78, 102 Games
  • Tup Diack 1951—64, 101 Games
  • John Timu 1988—94, 101 Games
  • Earle Kirton 1960—69, 100 Games

50 Games For Otago Spirit

  • Margaret MacKenzie  1988—94, 85 Games
  • Jacinita Nielsen  1988—94, 62 Games
  • Beth Mallard, 1999—2010, 50 Games