Hore Bracketed On Bench For Cup Final

Former All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore has been bracketed on the Otago bench for tomorrow's Mitre 10 Cup Championship final against North Harbour.

Starting hooker Sam Anderson-Heather is awaiting a fitness test on a calf injury.

Reserve hooker Sekonaia Pole will start with Hore to come off the bench should Anderson-Heather not be deemed fit.

Coach Cory Brown said Sam Anderson-Heather is struggling with injury and he wasn't able to get Liam Coltman released from the All Blacks.

Brown said they don't have a lot of experience at hooker so he rang Hore and asked him if he'd be keen.

He said Andrew Hore told him he's fit enough and interested. Brown said there's a 90 per cent chance Hore will play.

Otago is hosting its first national provincial championship final since 1998, the year Andrew Hore made his debut for the province.

via Radio Sport