But Martin said the side needed to concentrate on one game at a time, and that started with good preparation for the match against Auckland at Carisbrook next Sunday.
"It is a second chance for us and something quite unique. I suppose it is a bit of a coach's cliche but we just want to take it one week at a time," Martin said.
"If we can put on a good performance against Auckland next week then that will put us in good shape to take on Canterbury.
"But it was something we had anticipated, given the circumstances. I would be a fool to think no-one will be thinking of the Ranfurly Shield this week but we need to make sure of a good performance against Auckland first."
Otago got its chance for a second crack at the Log o' wood this season after Canterbury easily beat holder Wellington 36-14 in the capital on Saturday night.
With All Blacks Dan Carter, Richie McCaw and Brad Thorn to the fore, Canterbury was too clinical and composed against an out-of-sorts and error prone Wellington side.
Canterbury will be without its All Blacks when it takes on Otago as the All Blacks are due to play the Springboks in Hamilton the same day.
The match in Christchurch will kick-off at 4.35pm, because of the test.
Martin said Canterbury looked very good on Saturday night but felt the game changed when some of their All Blacks left the field.
He admitted Canterbury not having its All Blacks in two weeks time "is going to help" Otago.
The last time Otago had two challenges in the same year was in 1921, when the side lost to Southland in the first challenge of the season, and then lost to Wellington in the last challenge of the season.
Otago challenged Wellington in the first match of this season on July 31, and after leading for more than 60 minutes, eventually lost 23-19.
Martin said that match would help when the side takes on Canterbury.
"The players would have learnt a few lessons from that game.
The way to take the chances when they come along and controlling the ball in the last 15 minutes."
After a convincing 29-7 win over Northland in Whangarei on Friday night, Otago has now moved up to fifth on the Air New Zealand Cup table, just one point above Auckland, which gave the previously unbeaten Bay of Plenty its first loss, at Eden Park yesterday.
Canterbury is the new leader of the competition, on points differential ahead of Southland.
Otago may have only won two games but scoring five bonus points has aided its cause.
Auckland has also been helped by picking up four bonus points.
Martin said the table was mostly irrelevant at this stage of the season, with so many unpredictable results, and would only take shape with two to three rounds left.
In other results over the weekend, Waikato climbed off the bottom of the table with a 30-8 win over Counties-Manukau, and Taranaki scored a narrow 12-10 win over Manawatu.
