Highlanders Rugby

Based in Dunedin, the Highlanders, originally known as the Otago Highlanders, are a professional rugby union team from New Zealand that plays in Super Rugby. The Otago, North Otago, and Southland unions are represented on the team, which was established  in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the recently established Super 12 competition. The Scottish immigrants who established the areas of Otago, North Otago,  Highlanders Rugby live   and Southland in the 1840s and 1850s are credited with giving rise to the epithet Highlanders. Throughout the 2011 Super Rugby season, Carisbrook in Dunedin served as their home field; on occasion, they also played at Invercargill and Queenstown.