Otago at rock bottom

[Reformed]

What on earth is going on down there in Otago HQ???!!! Another loss... at home... to Taranaki 25 - 15... This is starting to look laike a habit forming problem...

The sodded poor Otago fans must be livid with the way things are going at the moment.

[ROAMER]

not livid, extremely dissapointed tough... we have been severely let down

[Reformed]

Well... I think commiserations are in order... tough luck chaps. Surely the tide has to turn eventually

[Strathen]

I'm pretty speechless. It's almost to the point that I don't want to watch anymore as it's so soul destroying. I'm not handling it very well to be honest.

[Reformed]

Well... how about something to cheer the Otago boys up... eh?

Here are some names to restore your pride... feel free to add onto the list as you wish.

Kronfeld... David Latta... Steven Bachop... Taine Randall... Goldie... Cooper... hell those are big names in rugby... 

[Old lock]

Thanks for the positive words Reffie.  As to adding to the list, what about Laurie Mains, who played 114 matches for Otago. Then one of the most underrated 10s in AB history, Tony Brown. And, there's Hayman, Hoeftie, Meeuws, Oliver, plus Bryon & Nick Evans, before they defected, just to name a few.  And, don't forget, two of my favorites, Simon Maling & Chucky Ryan.  But, Otago has produced a total of 156 All Blacks since 1881:

•P F Alatini 1999—2001
•J Allan 1884
•W R Archer 1955—57
•A M Armit 1897
•S J Bachop 1992—94
•J A S Baird 1913
•R C Bell 1922
•R H Bell 1951—52
•R Bennet 1905
•T Berghan 1938
•R S Black 1914
•K C Bloxham 1980
•E E Booth 1905—07
•I J Botting 1949
•H Y Braddon 1884
•N M Bradanovich 1928
•M R Brewer 1986—95
•T E Brown 1999—2001
•J R Burt 1901
•R G Bush 1931
•P S de Q Cabot 1921
•S T Casey 1905—08
•D W Clark 1964
•L A Clark 1972—73
•G L Colling 1972—73
•R J Conway 1959—60, 65
•G J L Cooper 1986, 92
•J E Cuthill 1913
•R A Dalton 1947, 49
•W A Davies 1960, 62
•E S Diack 1959
•G R Dickinson 1922
•D McK Dickson 1925
•T J S Donnelly 2009—
•J B Douglas 1913
•J Duncan 1897, 1901, 03
•W D Duncan 1920—21
•A G Eckhold 1907
•M C G Ellis 1992—93, 95
•R R Elvidge 1946, 49—50
•N J Evans 2005—07
•W R Fea 1921
•S T Forster 1993—95
•W D Gillespie 1957—58, 60
•C C Gillies 1936
•C M Gilray 1905
•F J Given 1903
•J B Graham 1913—14
•W G Graham 1978—79
•J S Haig 1946
•L S Haig 1950—51, 53—54
•S Harding 2002
•W A Harris 1897
•L R Harvey 1949—50
•C J Hayman 2001—02,04—07
•P W Henderson 1989—91, 93, 95
•C H Hoeft 1998—2001, 2003
•A W Holden 1928
•J Hore 1928, 30, 32, 34
•B A Hunter 1970—71
•J G Irvine 1914
•M W Irwin 1955—56, 58—60
•F E B Ivimey 1910
•J L Jaffray 1972, 75—79
•M W R Jaffray 1976
•W Johnston 1905, 07
•P Johnstone 1949—51
•J W Joseph 1992—95
•J C Kearney 1947, 49
•B T Kelleher 1999—2003
•D J Kenny 1986
•D E Kirk 1983—87
•E W Kirton 1963—64, 67—70
•A J Kreft 1968
•J A Kronfeld 1995—2000
•C R Laidlaw 1963—67, 70
•D D Lee 2002
•H J Levien 1957
•D F Lindsay 1928
•W A Lunn 1949
•F S McAtamney 1956—57
•W G McClymont 1928
•A McDonald 1905, 08
•J M McDonnell 2002
•D T M McMeeking 1923
•J R McNab 1949—50
•D G Macpherson 1905
•G Macpherson 1986
•L W Mains 1971, 76
•I Maka 1998
•T S Maling 2002,04
•J D Matheson 1972
•R G Mathieson 1922
•W A Meates 1949—50
•K J Meeuws 1999—2001
•P C Miller 2001
•N A Mitchell 1938
•G J T Moore 1949
•H D Morgan 1923
•T G Morrison 1973
•H G Munro 1924—25
•K Murdoch 1970, 72
•K A Nelson 1962—64
•C A Newby 2006
•J O'Donnell 1884
•A D Oliver 1996—2001, 03—07
•F J Oliver 1978—79
•O D Oliver 1953
•R W Orr 1949
•A A Parkhill 1937—38
•A M Paterson 1908, 10
•H Paton 1907, 10
•A R B Pene 1992—94
•A Perry 1923
•H G Porteous 1903
•A C Procter 1932
•N A Purvis 1976
•C E Quaid 1938
•T C Randell 1995—2002
•J Richardson 1921
•D J Robertson 1974—77
•G S Robertson 1884
•J A C Ryan 2005—06
•H P Sapsford 1976
•G A Seear 1976—79
•H J Simon 1937
•G S Sims 1972
•R G B Sinclair 1923
•K L Skinner 1949—54
•B Smith 2009
•C H Smith 1934
•I S T Smith 1961—64
•W T C Sonntag 1929
•R Souter 1929
•J B Stalker 1903
•D R L Stevenson 1926
•E B Stewart 1923
•J G Taiaroa 1884
•J M Taylor 1937—38
•A J Thomson 2008—
•J K R Timu 1989—94
•L J Townsend 1955
•D Trevathan 1937
•J S Turnbull 1921
•F H Vorrath 1935—36
•F G Ward 1921
•J M Watt 1936
•A L Williams 1922—23
•P Williams 1913
•T E Willis 2001—02
•C Willocks 1946, 47, 49
•B W Wilson 1977—79
•H W Wilson 1949—51
•J W Wilson 1993—2001
•N L Wilson 1949, 51
•G D Wise 1925

[Reformed]

 

Well that would make even the most down hearted Otago fan feel a bit better... and who knows Jamie Joseph seems very commited to grass roots rugby and re-building Otago up from the club level... Best of luck to him.

[ROAMER]

yup out of that lot about 20 guys in the last 10-15 years.. perhaps 10 or so in the last 10