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Otago Highlanders
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Established
1996 (28 years old)

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Forsyth Barr Stadium

(30,748 Capacity)

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Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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08 Jun Brumbies 32 - 16 Otago Highla
01 Jun Wellington H 41 - 14 Otago Highla
26 May Otago Highla 39 - 3 Fijian Drua
18 May Blues Super 47 - 13 Otago Highla
11 May Otago Highla 32 - 29 Crusaders Su


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The Highlanders (formerly the Otago Highlanders and currently known as the Speight's Highlanders for sponsorship reasons) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition, and includes the Otago, North Otago and Southland unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s.

Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin, with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown. The Highlanders moved into Carisbrook's replacement, Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, for the 2012 season; the stadium opened in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but after the Super Rugby season.

They finished the inaugural season eighth, and the following season finished last after winning only three of eleven matches. However, in the 1998, 1999 and 2000 seasons they qualified for semi-finals; hosting the 1999 competition final against fellow South Island team the Crusaders. They lost the match 24–19, and the following year were again knocked out by the Crusaders—this time in their semi-final. In the following fifteen seasons they would only finish in the top four once more, in 2002. But in 2015, they were crowned Super Rugby champions after beating the Hurricanes at Westpac Stadium .

Former Highlander, Ben Smith has played a record 129 games for the Highlanders, and thirteen other players have played over 50 games for the team. The Highlanders' highest career points scorer is Lima Sopoaga with 866 points, and highest career try scorer is Waisake Naholo with 45 tries. They are currently coached by Tony Brown and are captained by Ash Dixon and Aaron Smith.


Team Members




Ainsley





Alaimalo





Apisai





Ben-Nicholas





Collins





Coltman





Dickson





Dixon





Evans





Fakatava





Frizell





Garden-Bachop





Gilbert





Gregory





Groot





Hammington





Harmon





Himeno





Hohneck





Hunt





Ioane





Jackson





Johnstone





Koroi





Lentjes





Lienert-Brown





Makene





Misiloi





Nareki





O'Malley





Paea





Parkinson





Punivai





Regan





Renton





Selby-Rickit





Smith





Squire





Tavatavanawai





Thwaites





Tokolahi





Tomkinson





Tu'U





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Vahaakolo





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