Otago with a cross kick, and Suckling did fantastically to jump and knock it back to Spence.

Ball lost forward by Fuatai in the first proper kicking battle of the match.

Second half underway. Let's see if Otago can take that first half form and see this game out.

A very open half of rugby at the Forsyth Barr Stadium. Otago showed a lot of confidence with the ball in hand, and a lot of determination on defense. Canterbury looked threatening in phases, but struggled to slip into a rhythm. Otago will want to keep up their defensive work to ensure that Canterbury do not gather any momentum, as we have seen this season what Canterbury can do when they are on fire. Can't wait to see what the second half has to offer.

Canterbury patiently build it up and eventually get over the line. The ref has gone upstairs as he believes there may have been a knock on in the process. It appears to have come off a foot.

Another offsides, another penalty. Even though it was definitely in range, Canterbury opt to go for touch.

Canterbury penalty in their own half due to offside. They find touch on the 22m.

Canterbury have started to gather some momentum again.

Due to the injuries in the Otago forwards, the scrums are uncontested.

After a deep kick into the Canterbury 22m, the ball pops out into no mans land, Barrett shows some great defensive skills to pick it up and kick for touch.