Otago
1 Jonah Aoina, 2 Sekonaia Pole, 3 George Bower, 4 Louis Conradie, 5 Josh Hill, 6 Josh Dickson, 7 James Lentjes (c), 8 Sione Misiloi, 9 Kayne Hammington, 10 Josh Ioane, 11 Henry Purdy, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 13 Aleki Morris-Lome, 14 Josh Timu, 15 Vilimoni Koroi

Reserves: 16 Nic Souchon, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Hisa Sasagi, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Mika Mafi, 21 Connor McLeod, 22 Jona Nareki, 23 Michael Collins

Garden-Bachop gets the chop:

Funny how the commentators had just said that Wellington had trouble scoring tries this season, and then, within 30 seconds, Otago give them a nice present.

That was a really soft try

@Duluth Both the first and the second. Otago is making a lot of mistakes and has a defence like Swiss cheese.

Great ball carrying by the Wellington front rowers.

Pathetic defence

Another one for Fidow. If Otago don’t start tackling this could be a cricket score.

According to Opta, Otago has alreayd missed 10 tackles (out of 48 attempts) against Wellington's 3 (out of 29).

4 missed tackles for Aoina and 3 for Bower in the first quarter

Props getting isolated in the defensive line

Wellington starting to tick.

@Stargazer if you let Wellington run and offload it’s gonna be a long afternoon.
Just seems to me Otago’s focus is the Shield ..
Would to love see Wes Goosen in the NZ sevens program..the man is seriously quick..

I wouldn't mind us hosting Otago in the semis.

That was a great try!

Outstanding try. Canes need to get rid of Prinsep and sign Ben-Nicholas. He’s been massive this year.

Teariki Ben Nicholas is an All Black number 8 in waiting..his work rate and athleticism is something to behold..
Be a superb replacement for Read moving forward
bit of suspect forward pass in there but when your not tackling is just not up to scratch a missed forward pass becomes a mute point..

@Canes4life said in Wellington vs Otago:

Outstanding try. Canes need to get rid of Prinsep and sign Ben-Nicholas. He’s been massive this year.

Stupid he’s not a Cane. Or the Chiefs should pick him up since The Chief Ben Nicholas should really be playing for the Chiefs.

Prinsep is such a weird selection.

@Nepia I know Ben Nicholas got into a fair amount of trouble a few years ago and had to go to court. I remember the Canes CEO Avan Lee not being impressed. Maybe his view on Teariki hasn’t changed.

@Nepia you are joking..he’s not in the Canes...?.I know he played for Kings in Auckland..is a Maori or Cook Island..?

@Canes4life said in Wellington vs Otago:

@Nepia I know Ben Nicholas got into a fair amount of trouble a few years ago and had to go to court. I remember the Canes CEO Avan Lee not being impressed. Maybe his view on Teariki hasn’t changed.

The Crusaders should snap him up then.