OTAGO TEAM NAMED TO PLAY TASMAN IN ROUND 2

Otago Head Coach Tom Donnelly has named his side to play against Tasman Mako in the second round of the Bunnings Warehouse NPC this Saturday 13 August, 2:05pm at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. This home game is double header fixture, with the Otago Spirit playing Tasman beforehand at 11:35am. Tickets are available from www.orfu.co.nz

 

Otago will be facing their ‘storm week’ next week with the next game being on Wednesday night 17th August at 7:05pm against Hawke’s Bay at Forsyth Barr Stadium. This will be followed by an away game against Southland on Sunday 21st August at 2:05pm at Rugby Park in Invercargill. Head Coach Tom Donnelly said: “We are going to have to utilise our full squad over the next week, but we have confidence in all players should they be given the opportunity to take the field. We will deal with one game at a time.”

 

Rupeni Tamani will be making his Otago Debut this weekend.

 

James Lentjes will lead as Captain for this match.

 

To view the full 2022 NPC draw click here.

Just a reminder that the ORFU are implementing the ticketing initiative again this year called ‘For the Love of Club’ that aims to return money directly to Clubs and Referees within the Otago province through allocating funds from every ticket sold online to an Otago NPC/FPC home game. People who purchase online either an Otago Rugby Season Membership or a Match Day ticket will be able to nominate which of Otago’s 33 Clubs or Otago Rugby Referees Association (ORRA) they wish to support. For more information, or to buy tickets please check out the ORFU website www.orfu.co.nz or the Otago Rugby Facebook page.

In 2022, the ORFU will also be releasing Otago Rugby Player Trading Cards. These cards are only available at Otago home games this season.

 

For any further comments, please contact Richard Kinley, CEO, Otago Rugby Football Union, 021 229 9809.

 

Otago vs Tasman – Sat 13 August – 2:05pm – Forsyth Barr Stadium

 

  1. ABRAHAM POLE
  2. HENRY BELL
  3. JERMAINE AINSLEY
  4. FABIAN HOLLAND
  5. WILL TUCKER
  6. OLIVER HAIG
  7. SEAN WITHY
  8. JAMES LENTJES ©
  9. KEMARA HAUITI-PARAPARA
  10.  CAMERON MILLAR
  11.  JONA NAREKI
  12.  THOMAS UMAGA-JENSEN
  13.  JOSH TIMU
  14.  FREEDOM VAHAAKOLO
  15.  SAM GILBERT

 

16. RICKY JACKSON

17. JOSH HOHNECK

18. SAULA MA’U

19. JOSHUA HILL

20. RUPENI TAMANI* - Otago Debut

21. JAMES ARSCOTT

22. JOSH IOANE

23. RAYMOND NU’U

 

*Debut

 

Players unavailable for selection due to injury: Nathan Hastie

 

2022 COACHING STAFF

Head Coach:                                     Tom Donnelly

Assistant Coaches:                          Ryan Bambry, Riki Flutey, Jamie Mackintosh & Ben Smith

S & C Coaches:                                 Ian Blake & Ed Lea

Physio:                                               Thomas Wardhaugh

Manager:                                           Simon Wallace

Assistant Manager:                         Hayden Finch

Doctor:                                              Andrew Haren

Nutritionist:                                      Hanna Zouggari

Player Development Manager:     Amanda Slade

Performance Analyst:                     Spencer Byers


Article added: Friday 12 August 2022

 

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