But Otago penalised and Canterbury clear their lines.

Otago now on the attack, with a scrum in Canterbury territory.

15 minutes gone, after a poor opening 5 the last 10 have een great. canterbury looking very dangerous with ball in hand, Otago not without their moments too though.

TRY OTAGO! What a response from the visitors. Breen chips through for Fuatai, who hacks the ball on twive before dotting down in the corner. Parker nails the tricky conversion.

TRY CANTERBURY! The home side score first, after a poor first few minutes of rugby. From a turnover the Canterbury backs move the ball wide, and after some good hands Adam Whitleock races clear to score. Tom Taylor converts to give his side a seven point lead.

This old New Zealnd derby is underway, with Otago getting driven back a huge distance in the days first scrum. Very stop start beginning to the game, neither team being able to build phases.

Hello and welcome to this afternoon's ITM clash, which sees Canterbury take on Otago. This game take on importance for two sides in contrasting situations. Canterbury have two games in hand over the league leaders, but must convert these into points if they are to secure a home berth for the competition playoffs. Otago on the other hand are allmost certainly out of this years competition, playing only for pride. But as we all know, New Zealand teams have plenty of that! Kick off seconds away