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Home games and trainings are shared equally, while the two clubs have 10 primary grade teams between them.
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Coaching the team this year is Shane Robertson with assistance from Tom Anderson and Tyler Johnston. First five Logan Stearne is the team captain, with support from lock Lachlan Dudin.
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The combined team earned an entertaining 64-24 win over Mataura in Otautau. Runaway tries were a feature of the day, while the key individual contributors were openside Matt Thomson, No 8 Chance Carran and halfback Stearne.
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The team bounced back in a Thursday night game before duck-shooting with a 55-42 win in Mossburn.
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A disappointing 19-5 loss to Waiau Star in Tuatapere was followed by a much better showing the following week, which resulted in a 27-17 loss to the unbeaten Riverton team on Club Day in Otautau.
In rough weather the boys earned a 17-7 win over Collegiate in Invercargill. The player of the day was utility back John Taufaalili, with No 8 Matt Thomson and left wing Blake Strachan also impressing their hardy supporters.
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After a week off for the bye the team suffered a 54-10 loss to Waikiwi last Saturday. The big score did not reflect the miners’ competitive effort; Dudin and Sharp carried on their rich vein of form.
Otautau Ohai Nightcaps will play their quarterfinal against Midlands in Winton this Saturday at 3pm.
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Otautau Ohai Nightcaps 2024: 1 J Philpott, 2 S Clark, 3 A Van Rooijen, 4 L Dudin, 5 H Plunkett, 6 R Sharp, 7 S Christian, 8 M Thomson, 9 L King, 10 L Stearne, 11 H Carran, 12 B Adams, 13 R Egan, 14 R Munro, 15 E Dudin, 16 D Hays 17 Z Murray 18 M Buchanon, 19 G Minty, 20 M Dudin, 21 B Strachan, 22 C Carran, 23 M O’Connell, 24 A Levi, 25 S Hassall, 26 J Taufaalili, 27 H Carran, 28 O Clark, 29 B Hunt, 30 Issy Gusuna, 31 R Shaw, 32. C Dudin, 33 T Naulumatua 34. J Robertson. Coaches: S Robertson, T Anderson & T Johnston, Manager: T Phillpott & Roffy
By John Langford