S. Canty thrashed
; Dunedin -An Injury-stricken Otago rugby' team drew on- its reserves of Character, stamina and imagination to overwhelm South Canterbury, 309, in the National championship match at Carisbrook on Saturday. Otago scored six tries, , including four in the last 12 minutes, to gain its first championship win of the season and inflict on South Canterbury its seventh consecutive loss.
? Otago led 4-nil at halftime, 10-nil five minutes later but three penalty goals by Tony Kelly, trimmed back
South Canterbury’s deficit to just one point with 14 minutes remaining.
The Otago side reacted to the emergency by playing its most relaxed,, fluent and authoritative rugby of , the season, and the hapless South Canterbury team was devastated during the final minutes.
Scorers: Otago, Tony Sissons, David Halligan, Alistair Wardell, John Cronin, Warwick Taylor and Richard Morgan tries, Halligan three conversions, 30: South Canterbury, Tony Kelly three penalties, 9. Referee: Mr Tom Doocey, Canterbury.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800811.2.172
Bibliographic details
Press, 11 August 1980, Page 32
Word Count
153S. Canty thrashed Press, 11 August 1980, Page 32
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in