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side should take the third division title beating
Horowhenua 43-19 before an ecstatic crowd. 2003 and the challenges of Division Two was very much a daunting task. However, the team responded magnificently and finished in the top four but lost the semi-final to Hawke's Bay in Napier in controversial circumstances. The highlight of the season was a superb win against Counties-Manukau. 2004 saw North Otago once again playing above its weight making the semi-finals before going down to Nelson Bays.
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Country came down to play but they never got in the game and North Otago cruised out to a 52β5 lead. Wairarapa Bush tried hard and only just bet North Otago 15β7. One more pool match for North Otago to play and another home game. The crowd came to watch North Otago win but the win never came, Mid-Canterbury took the game and earned the 25β22 win.
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Division title in 2002 with a 43β19 win against Horowhenua-Kapiti, which took them into the 2nd Division for the 2003 season. And in 2007 North Otago won the Heartland Championship beating Wanganui 25β8, and also beat Wanganui in the 2010 final 39β18. All Finals were played at
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But the season was not over. North Otago had secured a home semi-final and it was against
Wairarapa Bush. Last time the teams faced it was Wairarapa who won, but this time (with the help of loyal locals) North Otago showed the public who was stronger and won the match 30β13. So it was into the finals
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but again losing in the semi-final. But 2007 was a new year and north otago were focused on making the final. North Otago's first game was against buller in Oamaru. Buller managed to get 20 points in but North Otago more than doubled their score taking it away 51β20. A trip to
Gisbourne and another
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21β25. 2001 looked like North Otago's season, winning all of its seven games. However, in the final it was a disappointing four-point loss to South
Canterbury 16β20. 2002 saw the North Otago Rugby Union celebrate its 75th jubilee and it indeed appropriate that in the 75th year of its existence the
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Shipton and Peter Cook. In 2000,
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Football Union was founded in 1927 and over the years they have had many highs and lows. In 1930 they hosted the All Blacks before the first test against the British and Irish Lions, In 1962 they hosted and beat Australia during their tour of New Zealand. In the NPC they had
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in a final. But North Otago provided way to strong winning the match 58β10. So North Otago secured a home final and had to play
Horowhenua-Kapiti. With conditions not quite what players and fans had hoped for, North Otago started pulling. Horowhenua-Kapiti tried to get back in the game but North
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defence against South
Cantbury, and continued in their winning streak beating SC 26β7. Another home game another win North Otago beating East Coast 38β5. It was then off to play Wanganui. The Wanganui crowd cheered their team on but their cheering could not prevent North Otago's 39β16 win. King
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for North Otago. The conditions were perfect and the local Oamaru people had come out in force to wish their team well. North Otago played hard but so did
Wanganui. And the game looked like it may have gone Wanganuis way. But North Otago stayed strong and then turned up the heat winning the
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was good for the boys and even better was the 40β0 at the end of the 80 minutes. Back home for their next two games and sitting nicely at the top of the standings they had nothing to worry about. Wanganui tried but failed to win, North Otago running away with the game 73β7.
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had the home advantage for the next match but North Otago were still haunted by the memories of 2001 and it showed, North Otago sealing the game 39-9 and also taking the Lochore Cup off them. Back home with the shields and cups, North Otago showed
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Otago were playing a higher grade of rugby and when the referee blew his whistle to end the match, North Otago had won the title they had been waiting more than four years to get, winning the match 43β19.
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challenge in 1993 when Auckland brought the trophy on tour. The crowd went delirious after 5 minutes when Brent McEwan scored a try from a set move to give North Otago a 5β0 lead. However, the talent of
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brought the trophy on tour. The crowd went delirious after 5 minutes when Brent McEwan scored a try from a set move to give North Otago a 5β0 lead. However, the talent of
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scored eight tries. The 1997 season proved to be a fairytale effort with the team having its best season yet in
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representative, had instant success with the side and only narrowly lost the final against
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challenges but both were unsuccessful. 1962 saw the province record a fantastic win over
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win north otago beating Poverty Bay 31β11. North Otago went back home for a
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who was boss and a 38β15 win was created. A trip up to Waikanae to play
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2008, Auckland 113 North Otago 3 (Nathan Cunningham penalty)
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then shone through and they scored 139 unanswered points.
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back to North Otago for the first time in 30 years.
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19:North Otago
2885:Categories
2727:Barbarians
2675:Schoolboys
2536:Carisbrook
2285:West Coast
2235:East Coast
1955:References
1897:Otematata
1791:Excelsior
1283:Club Rugby
1082:East Coast
987:West Coast
626:Mike Mavor
598:All Blacks
594:All Blacks
576:All Blacks
570:All Blacks
487:West Coast
352:Canterbury
252:Club Rugby
245:East Coast
190:All Blacks
154:All Blacks
150:All Blacks
2789:Meads Cup
2732:Cavaliers
2679:Defunct:
2504:Southland
2402:Meads Cup
2026:Rugbypass
1921:Speight's
1871:Duntroon
1778:Old Boys
1765:Athletic
1172:Meads Cup
1126:Meads Cup
1077:Meads Cup
1028:Meads Cup
928:Meads Cup
879:Meads Cup
829:Meads Cup
785:Semifinal
775:Playoffs
629:Barry Fox
610:Ian Hurst
590:Phil Gard
559:Meads Cup
451:Southland
305:Australia
261:Excelsior
178:Southland
174:Australia
116:Meads Cup
79:Ground(s)
38:Full name
2540:historic
2529:Stadiums
2280:Wanganui
2133:13 April
2107:13 April
2081:13 April
2056:13 April
1979:12 April
1912:Sponsors
1754:Outright
887:Wanganui
657:Tom Wood
588:Kurow's
515:to play
336:Wanganui
317:Auckland
273:Old Boys
264:Athletic
217:Auckland
213:Auckland
2870:History
2695:Women's
2294:Seasons
2101:Newshub
1845:Valley
1805:Maheno
140:History
64:Website
56:Founded
48:Colours
2707:Sevens
2665:Sevens
2230:Buller
1999:1 News
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1819:Union
1759:Shared
788:Final
496:Buller
338:25β8.
276:Valley
270:Maheno
2653:Men's
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1749:Total
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267:Kurow
194:Lions
186:Otago
182:Otago
2686:U-19
2681:U-21
2670:U-20
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2395:Cups
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2135:2016
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1981:2016
1744:Club
1233:2015
1184:2014
1138:2013
1092:2012
1065:+115
1043:2011
1016:+209
994:2010
962:+108
940:2009
894:2008
867:+162
845:2007
816:+178
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1249:189
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1200:174
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1010:345
971:2nd
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956:252
925:3rd
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910:169
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861:266
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