In his first year out of school Withy played for Otago in the National Provincial Championship. First five-eighth Cameron Millar was another Southland product to star in the Highlanders under-20 victory over the Barbarians. Millar kicked 10 from 10 converting all of the Highlanders’ 10 tries and also impressed with ball in hand. Millar initially made his mark playing in Eastern Southland where he led Gore High School to win Southland’s under-18 competition in 2019. Last year he linked with Otago Boys’ where Millar yet again impressed and now is playing club rugby in Dunedin. Southland’s connection in the Highlanders-Barbarians under 20 game didn’t end there.
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Can you believe it? We’re just two days away from the footy season kicking off.
That means it’s time for the fourth and final piece in my preview series, where I’ll be examining last year’s top four. Share
A surprising fact I discovered while writing this piece is that 2020 was the first season since 2014 that a top-four side from the previous year
didn’t crash out of the finals altogether.
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For all the weirdness that was footy in 2020, here we are in a familiar place, with the seemingly indestructible Tigers ready to unveil another flag.
Seeking to become the third team in the AFL era to threepeat and the first to bag four premierships in five years, their list is still surprisingly young.
Jack Riewoldt, Shane Edwards and Big Game Bachar Houli are all on the downside of 32, but none of them is irreplaceable. Trent Cotchin and David Astbury are the only other Tigers older than 30.