Otago Gold Rush player Hannah Matehaere gets in some final study at Otago Girls’ yesterday. The 18-year-old will take a break from the books and join the Otago Gold Rush for a couple of critical games in Auckland this weekend. But as a kind of perverse benefit of Covid-19, the Gold Rush has had an extremely long pre-season so Matehaere should be able to slot back in seamlessly. The Gold Rush had a shoot around scheduled last night in preparation for tomorrow’s match against Capital and Sunday’s fixture against Auckland. She has accepted an academic scholarship at the University of Otago instead and will remain in Dunedin and play for the Gold Rush again next year.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 26, 2020 15:32 UTC