Nock finds it out to Cooper who plays Hyland on the inside.

Cooper finds touch with his kick that goes just over the 10m line of Otago.

Goodhue carries early and Otago are penalised early for not rolling away.

Josh Ioane gets the game underway.

Both sides make their way out.

Kick off is moments away.

Welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of the Mitre 10 Cup semi-finals with Otago hosting Northland in the first Championship playoff. Otago finished second on the overall standings in the Championship winning 6 of their 10 but have lost their two most recent games in the competition. They went down 32-15 to Southland before losing 20-26 to Tasman. Otago front up against Northland who managed five wins from ten in their round-robin. The Taniwha managed to beat Waikato and secure a place in the semi-finals having suffered four straight losses beforehand. Stay with us for live updates and commentary as it happens.