Hammett, now into his second year as forwards coach, said it had been a relatively seamless transition. We wanted to make sure the transition was smooth and there was not a lot of change for the players,'' he said. Aaron Mauger has come in as head coach, Glenn Delaney is the defence coach and Cory Brown is the high performance coach. Hammett said knowing Tony Brown was moving on early helped the change of coaches. Hammett said, in reality, with the intensity of the competition, the chances of a player not missing a game was remote.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 19, 2018 16:07 UTC