Otago 2022

[Tim]

How is that hot shot 1st Five from Auckland schools rugby going?

[SouthernMann]

@Tim played at 12 for Highlanders U20s. Grew into his game quite well over the tournament. I expect they will pick him in the provincial squad. The reports I've read say he has been playing with a bit of time and running his cutters well for the mighty Dunedin Sharks.

[Tim]

@SouthernMann Cheers.

[Grooter]

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[Stargazer]

@Kiwiwomble said in Otago 2022:

@macmanus oh, any idea why?

No reason given, but it was North Otago that cancelled.

[macmanus]

[macmanus]

@macmanus Hammington is out of contract.

[Grooter]

@macmanus big campaign ahead for Arscott then

[macmanus]

@macmanus Hastie has a long-term injury

[SouthernMann]

@macmanus said in Otago 2022:

@macmanus Hastie has a long-term injury

And yet last year Otago told Hotham, yeah nahh we are good. You can go elsewhere

[Grooter]

Any word on if Freedom will be sticking around this year? obviously excels at npc level

[macmanus]

@FakatavaFuture i don’t know. I expect he will be with the team.

[macmanus]

@SouthernMann i don’t know if he has a contract with Ta$man. He will be with Highlanders in 2023.

[SouthernMann]

@macmanus said in Otago 2022:

@SouthernMann i don’t know if he has a contract with Ta$man. He will be with Highlanders in 2023.

I'm 100% sure he is back with Ta$man this year. I won't believe he is signed and sealed with the 'Landers until there is a tile on the franchise's social media and a PR>

Here is an interesting quote from an article last year.

"Otago Rugby Football Union player development manager Paul Galland said the union had met Hotham last year but had decided against offering him a player contract.

Galland said the union already had some locally produced halfbacks they wanted to back so decided against signing Hotham."

https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/three-teams-calling-highly-rated-halfback

[SouthernMann]

@FakatavaFuture said in Otago 2022:

Any word on if Freedom will be sticking around this year? obviously excels at npc level

As for Freedom, he hasn't been sighted with Dunedin pretty much at all this season. It looks like his time in the south has come to an end.

[Kiwiwomble]

@SouthernMann said in Otago 2022:

@FakatavaFuture said in Otago 2022:

Any word on if Freedom will be sticking around this year? obviously excels at npc level

As for Freedom, he hasn't been sighted with Dunedin pretty much at all this season. It looks like his time in the south has come to an end.

and you would have thought if not with the Highlander he would be with the high performance squad

[SouthernMann]

@Kiwiwomble said in Otago 2022:

and you would have thought if not with the Highlander he would be with the high performance squad

I don't think this is a straight rugby decision. As in, I don't think he is playing rugby at the moment.

[Kiwiwomble]

@SouthernMann yeah, he did do that random post last month that kind of alluded to things changing, he seemed like a good bloke when i chatted to him in melbourne after the super round

[Stargazer]

@SouthernMann Freedom played for Harbour on 28 May. Harbour had the bye, last weekend.

[SouthernMann]

@Stargazer said in Otago 2022:

@SouthernMann Freedom played for Harbour on 28 May. Harbour had the bye, last weekend.

Interesting. I had no idea he had transferred away from the Sharks! Good Intel