Otago (National Provincial Championship)

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Otago
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Union Otago Rugby Football Union
Founded1881;144 years ago (1881)
Location Dunedin Central, Dunedin, New Zealand
Ground(s) Forsyth Barr Stadium (Capacity: 30,700)
CEORichard Kinley [1]
Coach(es) Mark Brown
Captain(s) Sam Gilbert
Most appearances Richard Knight (170)
Top scorer Greg Cooper (1,520)
Most tries Paul Cooke (73)
League(s) Bunnings NPC
2024 9th
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Otago are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin, New Zealand. The union was originally established in 1881, with the National Provincial Championship established in 1976. They now play in the reformed National Provincial Championship competition. They play their home games at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in the Otago region. The team is affiliated with the Highlanders Super Rugby franchise. Their home playing colours are navy blue and gold.

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Current squad

The Otago squad for the 2025 Bunnings NPC is: [2]

Otago squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Halfbacks (scrum-halves)

First five-eighths (fly-halves)

Midfielders (centres)

Outside backs

  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.
  • REP denotes a replacement squad player.
  1. 1 2 3 Broomfield, Elton & Nemec-Vial weren't named in the original Otago squad, but were announced in the side for Round 1. [3]

Honours

Otago have been overall Champions twice, winning the titles in 1991 and 1998. Their full list of honours include: [4] [5]

National Provincial Championship First Division

Current Super Rugby players

Players named in the 2025 Otago squad, who also earned contracts or were named in a squad for any side participating in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

PlayerTeam
Henry Bell Highlanders
George Bower Crusaders
Sam Gilbert Highlanders
Oliver Haig Highlanders
Nathan Hastie Highlanders
Fabian Holland Highlanders
Finn Hurley Highlanders
Christian Lio-Willie Crusaders
Saula Ma'u Highlanders
Cam Millar Highlanders
Jona Nareki Highlanders
Abraham Pole Moana Pasifika
Will Stodart Highlanders
Joseva Tamani Drua
Jake Te Hiwi Highlanders
Will Tucker Hurricanes
Thomas Umaga-Jensen Highlanders
Josh Whaanga Highlanders
Rohan Wingham Highlanders

References

  1. ↑ "Staff". Otago Rugby. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ↑ @otagorugbyteam; (14 July 2025). "2025 OTAGO BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE NPC TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT" . Retrieved 17 July 2025– via Instagram.
  3. ↑ @otagorugbyteam; (30 July 2025). "Presenting your Otago team for Bunnings Warehouse NPC Round One" . Retrieved 3 August 2025– via Instagram.
  4. ↑ "National Provincial Championship winners, 1976–2014". Te Ara. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mitre 10 Cup". Rugby Heartland. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Highlanders name squad for 2025 DHL Super Rugby competition" (Press release). Highlanders. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "2025 Crusaders squad announced". crusaders.co.nz (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Moana Pasifika name squad for 2025". Moana Pasifika (Press release). 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Fijian Drua unveil 2025 squad" (Press release). Fijian Drua. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Game Readiness and Maturity Key in 2025 Hurricanes Squad". Hurricanes (Press release). 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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