Player ratings: Otago's season
Players score well overall
Otago just fell at the final hurdle in the Mitre 10 Cup championship but that should not hide a successful season. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn rates the main players.
Steve Hepburn
Hardly a break before next year
Hardly a break before next year
Otago will not have a long time to think about this season before it gets ready for next year.
Otago coach bound for Argentina
Otago coach bound for Argentina
The season may be over on the field for Otago coach Cory Brown but he is not going to be putting his feet up any time soon.
Auckland's weather may get the final say
Auckland's weather may get the final say
Otago will want to make an early breakthrough as Auckland eyes a big target on the final day of the Plunket Shield match in the city of sails.
Last-minute heartbreak for Otago
Last-minute heartbreak for Otago
Stuck down in the basement for another year.
'It was pretty ugly, to be fair, but it went over'
'It was pretty ugly, to be fair, but it went over'
Bryn Gatland said he did not have much time to think about slotting a dropped goal to win the game at Forsyth Barr Stadium last night.
Close, but no cigar
Close, but no cigar
Gutting. Losses do not come much harder to take than going down in the last 15 seconds in a final where you have made much of the play in the match.
Danger man Li’s focus purely on final
Danger man Li’s focus purely on final
Next season, Tevita Li will be giving his all for the home side at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Apprentice scheme successful, Clark says
Apprentice scheme successful, Clark says
An apprentice scheme for young promising players does not mean players of an older age will be cut out of the Highlanders.
2016 season down to this one game
2016 season down to this one game
After a year of training and then a campaign of 11 games in 10 weeks, Otago is about to take the final step.
To be (promoted) — or not to be
To be (promoted) — or not to be
To go up a notch or be stuck in the cellar for another year — it all comes down to 80 minutes tonight.
Time to make it two out of eight
Time to make it two out of eight
As Otago heads into the Mitre 10 Cup championship final tomorrow, rugby writer Steve Hepburn walks down memory lane to previous finals the side has played.
Changes reflect focus on development
Changes reflect focus on development
Football South has made changes to its staff as the organisation gets more aligned with the actual playing of the game.
No 2 only doubt as Brown fields unchanged side
No 2 only doubt as Brown fields unchanged side
Otago has predictably gone with the same team for the Mitre 10 Cup championship final against North Harbour tomorrow night.
Schmidt latest coach to rule himself out
Schmidt latest coach to rule himself out
Two of the high profile-candidates for the Highlanders head coaching position in 2018 have been taken out of consideration.
Franklin seizes every opportunity
Franklin seizes every opportunity
Tom Franklin's first game in Otago colours started pretty well - and the following 49 have gone better than average.
Prices of tickets to stay same for final
Prices of tickets to stay same for final
The Otago Rugby Football Union is hoping for a big crowd for this Friday night's final and is keeping tickets the same price as regular-season games.
Hore drafted in as ABs sit on Coltman
Hore drafted in as ABs sit on Coltman
Otago rugby coach Cory Brown has launched a broadside at All Black management, and has asked why he cannot pick a first-choice player who has sat on the bench for most of the past two months.
Hore set to return for Otago final
Hore set to return for Mitre 10 Cup final
Former All Black hooker Andrew Hore may come out of retirement and play one last game for Otago on Friday.
History with Otago in final
History with Otago in final
Otago should take some confidence into the Mitre 10 Cup Championship final on Friday night, playing a side it has not lost to for more than five years.