first five scored 21 points and TJ Ioane came off the bench and scored a try from a scrum 5 metres from the Waikato goal line. Tony Brown said of the team: "I think every one of my players left nothing in the tank and they emptied it for past Otago rugby players," The team made 158 tackles, turned the ball over at nine breakdowns and only had one lineout throw in miss its target. Otago's shield fever was short lived as Hawkes Bay defeated Otago 20–19 nine days later to take the shield in front of 20,000 supporters at the Forsyth Barr stadium. 2014 onwards 2014 was a bit of a downfall for Otago. They beat North Harbour (28-14), Southland (33-22) and Waikato (38-7) and lost a further seven games to finish second last in the ITM Cup Championship. With Corey Brown appointed coach, The 2015 Otago team finished 3rd in the ITM Cup Championship with six wins against Taranaki (34-27), Wellington (37-36), Southland (61-7) a record result against Southland, North Harbour (39-32), Northland (54-36) and Bay of Plenty (43-30) and four losses. Wellington ended Otago's premiership dreams with a 34–14 win in the semi final. James Lentjes and Adam Knight scored tries for Otago but the Wellington defensive effort easily overcame Otago at the Westpac Stadium. Mitre 10 Cup (2016 - Present) 2016 bought Otago some good results with seven wins and three losses. They beat Southland (40-17), Wellington (44-21), Northland (33-28), Bay of Plenty (33-32), Tasman (30-27), North Harbour (24-13), Manawatu (21-14), Otago defeated Bay of Plenty in the Semi finals (27-20) but sadly for Otago, North Harbour crushed Otago's dreams of promotion to the premiership by beating Otago (17-14). 2017 has been good for Otago as they made the semi finals, having beaten Manawatu (40-30), Hawke's Bay (64-21), Auckland (34-26) and Southland (43-19). Their dreams of promotion to the premiership were ended once again but this time by Bay of Plenty (32-48). 2018 saw Otago beat Manawatu (17-50), Northland (27-23), Southland (24-43), Auckland (29-34), Bay of Plenty (45-34) and Waikato 19-23. Otago defeated Hawke's Bay in a home semi-final 20–19 but lost to Waikato in the Championship final 36–13. 2018 Ranfurly Shield victory Otago and ended the round robin by winning the Ranfurly Shield against Waikato (19-23). Otago made a very good start to the game. They scored three tries in the first 20 minutes to