Highlanders

This article is about the New Zealand rugby club. For the Zimbabwean football club, see Highlanders FC

Highlanders

Full name	Highlanders
Founded	1996
Stadion	Forsyth Barr Stadium
Places	30,748
Trainer	Aaron Mauger
Homepage	www.highlanders-rugby.co.nz
league	Great rugby
2019	8th place
home Away

The Highlanders (formerly called Otago Highlanders ) are a rugby union team from the New Zealand city ​​of Dunedin . The team plays in the international super rugby league. She represents the regional associations Otagu RFU , North Otago RFU and Southland Rugby . The catchment area of ​​the franchise thus covers the southern part of the South Island . The home games have been played at Forsyth Barr Stadium , New Zealand's largest indoor arena, since the 2011 season. Team colors are royal blue , maroon and gold.

The name of the team was chosen because the Otago , North Otago and Southland regions , from which the fans are recruited, were predominantly Scots in the 19th century. The term "Highlander" is meant to symbolize loyalty, strength, honesty and hard work. The team logo depicts an exuberant resident of the Scottish Highlands , with a shield in one hand and a claymore in the other. This is to clarify the equivalence of defense and attack.

The team mainly plays in Dunedin. However, one home game per season is played in Invercargill at Rugby Park Stadium , and since 2007 one at the Queenstown Events Center in Queenstown .

In 2015 , the Highlanders won the Super Rugby tournament for the first time.

Player and coach

Current squad

The squad for the 2020 season:

pier  Ethan de Groot  Josh Iosefa-Scott  Ayden Johnstone  Daniel Lienert-Brown  Jeff Thwaites  Siate Tokolahi hooker  Liam Coltman  Ash Dixon  Ricky Jackson Second row striker  Josh Dickson  Paripari Parkinson's  Manaaki Selby-Rickit  Jack Whetton

Third row striker  Teariki Ben-Nicholas  Shannon Frizell  Dillon Hunt  Zane Kapeli  James Lentjes  Marino Mikaele Tu'u  Sione Misiloi  Jesse Parete Half of the crowd  Folau Fakatava  Kayne Hammington  Aaron Smith Interconnects  Bryn Gatland  Mitchell Hunt  Josh Ioane

Inner three quarters  Scott Gregory  Rob Thompson  Patelesio Tomkinson  Thomas Umaga-Jensen  Teihorangi Walden Outside three quarters / keepers  Michael Collins  Connor Garden Bachop  Chris Kuridrani  Josh McKay  Tevita Nabura  Jonah Nareki  Ngane Punivai

Records

Most of the points

	Surname	Points
1.	Tony Brown	942
2.	Lima Sopoaga	806
3.	Jeff Wilson	222
4th	Ben Blair	214
5.	Simon Culhane	212
6th	Willie Walker	203
7th	Colin Slade	182
8th.	Nick Evans	170
9.	Israel Dagg	133
10.	Mike Delany	105
	Ben Smith
	Adam Thomson

Most attempts

	Surname	tries
1.	Jeff Wilson	35
2.	Adam Thomson	21st
3.	Romi Ropati	19th
4th	Ben Smith	18th
5.	Byron Kelleher	16
	Aisea Tuilevu
7th	Isitolo Maka	14th
8th.	Hosea Gear	13
	Brian Lima
	Fet'u Vainikolo

All blacks

The following players were called up for the All Blacks during their time with the Highlanders .

Pita Alatini Tony Brown Liam Coltman Matthew Cooper Jimmy Cowan Simon Culhane Israel Dagg Clark Dermody Elliot Dixon Tom Donnelly Tamati Ellison Nick Evans Malaki Fekitoa Hosea Gear Sam Harding

Carl Hayman Jarrod Hoeata Carl Hoeft Andrew Hore Dillon Hunt Byron Kelleher Josh Kronfeld Isitolo Maka Simon Maling Joe McDonnell Jamie Mackintosh Kees Meeuws Waisake Naholo Craig Newby

Ma′a Nonu Anton Oliver Taine Randell James Ryan Colin Slade Aaron Smith Ben Smith Lima Sopoaga Paul Steinmetz Liam Squire Adam Thomson Luke Whitelock Tom Willis Jeff Wilson

National player

The following Highlanders players have been called up for other national teams.

Halani Aulika  Matías Díaz  Siua Halanukonuka  John Hardie  James Haskell  Jayden Hayward  Zane Kapeli  Johnny Leota  John Leslie  Nasi Manu  Seilala Mapusua  Lucky Mulipola  Anthony Perenise  Sale Piutau

Seru Rabeni  Romi Ropati  Mahonri Schwalger  Stephen Setephano  Pelu Taele  Fumiaki Tanaka  Kane Thompson  Hale T-Pole  Aisea Tuilevu  Josh Tuineau  To'o Vaega  Fetu'u Vainikolo  Telusa Veainu  Paul Williams

Former trainers

• Gordon Hunter (1996)
• Glen Ross (1997)
• Tony Gilbert (1998-1999)
• Peter Sloane (2000-2001)
• Laurie Mains (2002-2003)
• Greg Cooper (2003-2007)
• Glenn Moore (2008-2010)
• Jamie Joseph (2011-2016)
• Tony Brown (2017-2018)

Placements

Super 12

year	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points	space	Playoffs
1996	11	5	0	6th	329: 391	−62	6th	26th	8th.
1997	11	3	0	8th	299: 409	−110	5	17th	12.
1998	11	7th	0	4th	343: 279	+64	6th	34	4th	Semi-final loss to the Blues
1999	11	8th	0	3	280: 203	+77	3	35	3.	Final loss to Crusaders
2000	11	6th	0	5	320: 280	+40	8th	32	4th	Semi-final loss to Crusaders
2001	11	6th	0	5	284: 295	−11	5	29	5.
2002	11	8th	0	3	329: 207	+122	6th	38	4th	Semi-final loss to Crusaders
2003	11	6th	0	5	287: 246	+41	5	29	7th
2004	11	4th	1	6th	299: 347	−48	8th	28	9.
2005	11	6th	1	4th	221: 214	+7	1	27	8th.

Super 14

year	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points	space	Playoffs
2006	13	6th	0	7th	228: 276	−48	3	27	9.
2007	13	5	0	8th	235: 301	−66	7th	27	9.
2008	13	3	0	10	257: 338	−81	7th	19th	11.
2009	13	4th	0	9	254: 269	−15	9	25th	11.
2010	13	3	0	10	297: 397	−100	7th	19th	12.

Great rugby

year	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points	space	Playoffs
2011	16	8th	0	8th	296: 343	−47	5	45	8th.
2012	16	9	0	7th	359: 385	−26	6th	50	9.
2013	16	3	0	13	374: 496	−122	9	29	14th
2014	16	8th	0	8th	401: 442	−41	10	42	6th	Quarterfinal loss to the Sharks
2015	16	11	0	5	450: 333	+117	9	53	4th	master
2016	15th	11	0	4th	422: 273	+149	8th	52	5.	Semi-final loss to the Lions
2017	15th	11	0	4th	488: 308	+180	7th	51	7th	Quarterfinal loss to the Crusaders
2018	16	10	0	6th	437: 445	−8	4th	44	6th	Quarter-final loss to the Waratahs
2019	16	6th	3	7th	441: 392	+49	6th	36	8th.	Quarterfinal loss to the Crusaders

Web links

• Highlanders website
• Statistics from itsrugby.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Highlanders reveal refreshed squad for 2020. Highlanders, accessed December 2, 2019 .