ITM Cup

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Shocked but resolute. That about summed up the feeling in the Otago camp yesterday.

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Hawkes Bay will play premiership rugby next season after a pulsating 35-30 win in the ITM Cup championship final in Palmerston North last night.

Canterbury have clinched their fourth straight domestic title with a 12-3 victory over Waikato at Waikato Stadium.

Going back to a full 14-team domestic competition firstly has to be affordable, Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Reid says.

The rapid-fire ITM Cup comes to a conclusion this weekend with first the Premiership final followed by the Championship shoot-out. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the two matches.

The Manawatu team has been named to play Otago in an ITM Cup match in Dunedin tomorrow.

Brain explosions, dumb plays, a rush of blood; whatever you call them, Otago must get rid of them to get better.

Waikato are finals bound after rolling past traditional national provincial championship rugby rivals Auckland 26-19 at Hamilton today.