OTAGO TEAM NAMED TO PLAY HAWKE'S BAY IN ROUND 3 OF NPC

Otago Head Coach Tom Donnelly has named his side to play against Hawke’s Bay Magpies in the third round of the Bunnings Warehouse NPC this Wednesday 17 August, 7:05pm at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Tickets are available from www.orfu.co.nz

 

Otago will also be playing an away game against Southland this Sunday 21st August at 2:05pm at Rugby Park in Invercargill.

 

Jake Te Hiwi will be making his potential First Class and Otago Debut this weekend. While Josh Ioane will be playing his 50th match for Otago, his debut was against North Harbour in 2017.

 

Josh Hohneck will lead as Captain for this match.

 

The match day theme is ‘Gumboot Wednesday’ where all cash collection on entry will be donated to the I AM HOPE charity. We encourage all people attending the game to wear their gumboots.

 

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 Hawke’s Bay – Wed 17 August – 7:05pm – Forsyth Barr Stadium

 

  1. JOSH HOHNECK ©
  2. RICKY JACKSON
  3. SAULA MA’U
  4. FABIAN HOLLAND
  5. JOSHUA HILL
  6. SAM FISCHLI
  7. SEAN WITHY
  8. RUPENI TAMANI
  9. JAMES ARSCOTT
  10.  CAMERON MILLAR
  11.  VILIMONI KOROI
  12.  RAYMOND NU’U
  13.  JOSH TIMU
  14.  FREEDOM VAHAAKOLO
  15.  JOSH IOANE – 50th Match

 

16. HENRY BELL

17. ABRAHAM POLE

18. TAU KOLOAMATANGI

19. WILL TUCKER

20. OLIVER HAIG

21. KEMARA HAUITI-PARAPARA

22. SAM GILBERT

23. JAKE TE HIWI* – First Class & Otago Debut

 

*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: Tuesday 16 August 2022

 

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