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Delight from Otago head coach Mark Brown after helping the province hoist the Ranfurly Shield for the eighth time in their history

Delight from Otago head coach Mark Brown after helping the province hoist the Ranfurly Shield for the eighth time in their history

21 September 2025

They've stormed back from 15 points down to hand Canterbury their first loss of the NPC season - pipping the red-and-blacks 38-36 in Christchurch.

Brown - a former co-coach with Canterbury - tells Gold Sport what makes his Otago side special.

The Log o' Wood has now changed hands for the fourth time this season - the first time that's happened in 75 years.

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14 Oct: Five people are injured - two seriously - after a crash just after 11am involving at least two vehicles on State Highway 79 - near the Mackenzie town of Fairlie

14 Oct: Otago halfback Dylan Pledger has missed out on the All Blacks XV development squad for their three-match northern tour in November

14 Oct: Central Otago District Council's addressing public concerns about a councillor from seven years ago

14 Oct: A coroner's backing Fire and Emergency's public safety campaigns, following the deaths of a mother and son in Southland

13 Oct: Invercargill's Aurora College remains in lockdown, after reports of an assault at the school

11 Oct: Bay of Plenty are using last year's NPC final heartbreak as motivation, as they look ahead to Otago in next week's semifinals in Dunedin

11 Oct: Otago have knocked out Waikato in the first NPC quarter-final, now it's the turn of Bay of Plenty and Tasman to tussle at Tauranga Domain today

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