Otago fielding a team made up of players from overseas competitions will simply not happen, a meeting was told last night. The Otago Rugby Football Union held its annual meeting in Mosgiel last night and the issue of players heading overseas and then coming back to play for Otago came under the spotlight. But he wondered as the connection with overseas competitions grew whether too many Otago players would end up playing overseas in places such as Singapore, not play any club rugby and then come back and play for Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup. Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Kinley said of a suggestion Otago would field 15 to 20 players from overseas competitions that it would ''never happen.'' Otago coach Ben Herring spoke at the meeting and said the opportunities overseas were great for players and coaches.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 27, 2019 14:37 UTC