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noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rugby team</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Otago</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Otago_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Otago Rugby Football Union">Otago</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Southland_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Southland Rugby Football Union">Southland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Ground(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Barr_Stadium" title="Forsyth Barr Stadium">Forsyth Barr Stadium</a><br /> (Capacity: 30,748)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Coach(es)</span></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Captain(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><i>TBA</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Most <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="Aaron Smith (rugby union)">Aaron Smith</a> (185)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Top scorer</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lima_Sopoaga" title="Lima Sopoaga">Lima Sopoaga</a> (866)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">League(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby Pacific</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2024_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2024 Super Rugby Pacific season">2024</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Quarter-finalists <br /> 6th overall</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; 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class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Kit_socks_color_3_stripes_amber.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="25" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>1st <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_equipment" title="Rugby union equipment">kit</a></b></div> </div></td><td><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #EC0000;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Team colours"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Kit_left_arm_blackborder.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #EC0000;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div 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<div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #003060"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Kit_shorts_gold_stripes_adidas.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #003060"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Kit_socks_color_3_stripes_amber.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="25" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>2nd <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_equipment" title="Rugby union equipment">kit</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Official website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thehighlanders.co.nz/">thehighlanders<wbr />.co<wbr />.nz</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Highlanders</b> (<a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>: <i lang="mi">Kahupeka</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> formerly the <b>Otago Highlanders</b>) is a New Zealand professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a> that compete in <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby</a>. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower <a href="/wiki/South_Island" title="South Island">South Island</a> in the newly formed Super 12 competition, and includes the <a href="/wiki/Otago_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Otago Rugby Football Union">Otago</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Otago_Rugby_Football_Union" title="North Otago Rugby Football Union">North Otago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southland_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Southland Rugby Football Union">Southland</a> unions. The Highlanders take their name from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_New_Zealander" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish New Zealander">Scottish immigrants</a> that founded the <a href="/wiki/Otago" title="Otago">Otago</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Otago" title="North Otago">North Otago</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southland,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Southland, New Zealand">Southland</a> regions in the 1840s and 1850s. </p><p>Their main ground through the <a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Rugby_season" title="2011 Super Rugby season">2011 Super Rugby season</a> was <a href="/wiki/Carisbrook" title="Carisbrook">Carisbrook</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>, with home games occasionally being played in <a href="/wiki/Invercargill" title="Invercargill">Invercargill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand" title="Queenstown, New Zealand">Queenstown</a>. The Highlanders moved into Carisbrook's replacement, <a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Barr_Stadium" title="Forsyth Barr Stadium">Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Super_Rugby_season" title="2012 Super Rugby season">2012 season</a>; the stadium opened in time for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup">2011 Rugby World Cup</a>, but after the Super Rugby season. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crusaders (rugby)">Crusaders</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(rugby_union)" title="Hurricanes (rugby union)">Hurricanes</a> at <a href="/wiki/Westpac_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Westpac Stadium">Westpac Stadium</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Current Highlander, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="Aaron Smith (rugby union)">Aaron Smith</a> has played a record 176 games for the Highlanders, and 47 other players have played over 50 games for the team. The Highlanders' highest career points scorer is <a href="/wiki/Lima_Sopoaga" title="Lima Sopoaga">Lima Sopoaga</a> with 866 points, and highest career <a href="/wiki/Try_(rugby)" title="Try (rugby)">try</a> scorer is <a href="/wiki/Waisake_Naholo" title="Waisake Naholo">Waisake Naholo</a> with 45 tries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Highlanders" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Highlanders">History of the Highlanders</a></div> <p>The Highlanders' franchise was created as one of five New Zealand teams in the Super 12. Originally named the <b>Otago Highlanders</b>, the Highlanders' <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_franchise_areas" title="Super Rugby franchise areas">franchise area</a> encompassed the lower South Island of New Zealand, and was formed from the North Otago, Otago, and Southland provincial rugby unions.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith322_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith322-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1996 team was captained by <a href="/wiki/John_Leslie_(rugby_union)" title="John Leslie (rugby union)">John Leslie</a> and coached by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hunter_(rugby_union,_born_1949)" title="Gordon Hunter (rugby union, born 1949)">Gordon Hunter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their first Super 12 match was against the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Reds" title="Queensland Reds">Queensland Reds</a> at <a href="/wiki/Carisbrook" title="Carisbrook">Carisbrook</a> on 3 March 1996, whom they defeated 57–17.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith228_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith228-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith40_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith40-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After three matches the Highlanders were undefeated and leading the competition. However the following week at <a href="/wiki/Loftus_Versfeld_Stadium" title="Loftus Versfeld Stadium">Loftus Versfeld Stadium</a> in South Africa they were defeated 59–29 by <a href="/wiki/Blue_Bulls" title="Blue Bulls">Northern Transvaal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith41_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith41-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They only won two more games that season, against <a href="/wiki/Sharks_(Currie_Cup)" title="Sharks (Currie Cup)">Natal</a> at Carisbrook and against the <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crusaders (rugby)">Canterbury Crusaders</a> at Lancaster Park,<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith43_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith43-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they finished the season eighth on the table.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith235_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith235-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1997 was the least successful season ever for the Highlanders.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith322_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith322-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They finished last in the competition, and managed only three wins.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith243_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith243-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were now coached by Glenn Ross and captained by <a href="/wiki/Taine_Randell" title="Taine Randell">Taine Randell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their eight defeats that season included a 75–43 loss to Natal in <a href="/wiki/Durban" title="Durban">Durban</a>. The points scored by Natal included 50 points by <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Lawless" title="Gavin Lawless">Gavin Lawless</a> – a competition record.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith50_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith50-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following their last place in the 1997 season, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Gilbert_(rugby_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Gilbert (rugby coach) (page does not exist)">Tony Gilbert</a> was appointed as coach.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their first game under his guidance was an upset 26–19 win over the Queensland Reds.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith77-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders eventually became the first New Zealand side to defeat all four South African teams in one season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith77-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After defeating the <a href="/wiki/Bulls_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulls (rugby)">Bulls</a> at Loftus Versfeld they needed the Queensland Reds not to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Brumbies_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brumbies (rugby)">Brumbies</a> by a large margin. Queensland were defeated by the Brumbies 23–16 and the Highlanders finished fourth, thus qualifying for the semi-finals.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith82_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith82-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the semi-final, they faced defending champions the <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues (Super rugby franchise)">Auckland Blues</a> at Eden Park. The Blues were leading 20–16 at halftime, and were leading 30–26 before a controversial try to <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cashmore" title="Adrian Cashmore">Adrian Cashmore</a> pushed the Blues to a 37–26 lead. Joeli Vidiri had illegally taken out Highlander Stanley off the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlaith83_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlaith83-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following season in 1999 the Highlanders improved on their 1997 season record by reaching and hosting the tournament final. They opened their season with a 19–13 victory over the Auckland Blues at Carisbrook.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith253_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith253-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by a victory over the Northern Bulls, the <a href="/wiki/Stormers" title="Stormers">Stormers</a> at Carisbrook, and the <a href="/wiki/Lions_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lions (Super rugby franchise)">Cats</a>, before their first loss of the season to the Sharks.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith255_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith255-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They returned to New Zealand to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiefs (Super rugby franchise)">Waikato Chiefs</a> and then the Crusaders.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith256_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith256-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After defeating the Reds, the Highlanders lost to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">New South Wales Waratahs</a> at Carisbrook. The next week they defeated the Brumbies at the same venue. In their next match, despite leading the <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise)">Wellington Hurricanes</a> 14–3 at half time, the Highlanders lost when Hurricanes <a href="/wiki/Scrum-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scrum-half (rugby union)">half back</a> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Spice" title="Jason Spice">Jason Spice</a> scored in the corner to give the Hurricanes a 21–19 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith101_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith101-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Had the Highlanders won they would have finished top of the table and hosted a semi-final at Carisbrook. Instead they then had to travel to South Africa where they defeated the Stormers 33–18.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith104_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith104-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders travelled back to Dunedin for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Super_12_Final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Super 12 Final (page does not exist)">1999 Super 12 Final</a>, which was against South Island rivals the Canterbury Crusaders, and was billed as "the party at Tony Brown's house" after Highlanders <a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">first five-eighth</a> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a>. The Highlanders scored first, and led 14–9 at half time. However the decisive try was to Crusaders <a href="/wiki/Wing_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (rugby union)">wing</a> Afato So'oalo, who chipped the ball then out-sprinted <a href="/wiki/All_Blacks" class="mw-redirect" title="All Blacks">All Blacks</a> winger Jeff Wilson to collect the ball and score.<sup id="cite_ref-Gifford175_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gifford175-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith106_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith106-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Highlanders scored a try to Isitolo Maka with three minutes remaining, the Crusaders won 24–19.<sup id="cite_ref-Gifford175_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gifford175-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Highlanders opened their 2000 season with a 50–13 victory over the Queensland Reds at Carisbrook.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith261_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith261-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They won their next three matches, against the Sharks, Hurricanes and Cats. However they then lost their following three; against the Crusaders, Brumbies, and Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith121_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith121-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They played the Crusaders at Jade Stadium in their semi-final, and were defeated 37–15 after <a href="/wiki/Marika_Vunibaka" title="Marika Vunibaka">Marika Vunibaka</a> scored two tries for the Crusaders in the last 20 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith124_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith124-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next season opened with a 23–8 victory over the Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith269_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith269-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their 39–20 defeat of the Waratahs at Carisbrook on 7 April was the first defeat of New South Wales by an Otago-based side since the Otago provincial team defeated New South Wales 5–0 in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith144_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith144-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders narrowly lost to the Hurricanes in Napier 35–33 before defeating the Brumbies at Carisbrook on 20 April. Although the Highlanders went undefeated at home for a second consecutive season, they finished fifth with six wins that season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith144_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith144-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg/220px-Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg/330px-Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg/440px-Highlander_vs_Hurricanes_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The Highlanders playing the <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(Super_rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricanes (Super rugby franchise)">Hurricanes</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> in 2005; their first win over them at that venue</figcaption></figure><p>Laurie Mains had returned from South Africa to coach Otago in the 2001 <a href="/wiki/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)" title="National Provincial Championship (1976–2005)">National Provincial Championship</a> (NPC), and was appointed the Highlanders coach for 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith158-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their season started with a narrow 30–28 loss to the Crusaders at Jade Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith159_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith159-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year the Highlanders also achieved a win over all four South African teams.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith159_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith159-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy was also introduced that season to be contested between the Highlanders and Blues. Gordon Hunter had coached both teams before dying from cancer in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith163_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith163-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match was played at Eden Park, and the Highlanders were ahead 15–3 at half time, and eventually won 20–13. Their last home match of the season was against the Reds at Carisbrook. The Highlanders' 40–26 win meant that they had gone three seasons undefeated at Carisbrook.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith158-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders finished fourth and played the Crusaders in Christchurch where they lost 34–23, although Jeff Wilson did score a try in his last match for the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith285_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith285-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2003 season started with a 29–16 win over the Chiefs in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Hamilton, New Zealand">Hamilton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith171_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith171-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They then defeated the Stormers and Bulls before losing to the Cats in Johannesburg. Their second loss occurred when the Crusaders defeated them 17–16 at Carisbrook. The Highlanders had gone three seasons, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and 16 games unbeaten at Carisbrook before that loss.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith175-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders then defeated the Blues 22–11 to retain the Gordon Hunter Memorial Trophy. In April that year it was revealed a rift had developed between coach Laurie Mains and some of the senior players in the squad.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith175-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anton Oliver was branded the ringleader by Mains,<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith176_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith176-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and after their final game of the season Mains resigned and was replaced by his assistant <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cooper_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Cooper (rugby union)">Greg Cooper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith176_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith176-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast to their previous season, in 2004 the Highlanders conceded 44 tries, twelve more than in 2003, but scored nine more tries then in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith198_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith198-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not only did they have a new head coach, but also thirteen new players in their squad.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This all contributed to them finishing the season ninth that season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith302_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith302-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders' 2005 season started with a loss to the Blues at Carisbrook.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith209_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith209-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this the side won six games consecutively, the first time the franchise had ever done so.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith212_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith212-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a draw with the Stormers and a bye, the Highlanders had gone unbeaten for eight weeks. Three weeks from the end of the round robin they were third, but after losing their remaining three matches fell to eighth for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith212_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith212-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After ten years the Super 12 was expanded to include two extra teams; the <a href="/wiki/Western_Force" title="Western Force">Western Force</a> from Australia, and the <a href="/wiki/Cheetahs_(rugby_union)" title="Cheetahs (rugby union)">Cheetahs</a> from South Africa. The expanded competition was renamed the Super 14. The Highlanders continued under Cooper in 2006. After losing their first match of 2006 to the Crusaders, they then won their next three. After only won two of their last six games, they finished the season ranked ninth.<sup id="cite_ref-Ninth2006_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ninth2006-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2007 ended with a similar result to 2006. The Highlanders again finished ninth on the table, and worst of the New Zealand teams.<sup id="cite_ref-2007SWrap_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007SWrap-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They finished the season with five wins and eight losses from their thirteen matches.<sup id="cite_ref-2007Review_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007Review-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Highlander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_Highlander.jpg/220px-The_Highlander.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_Highlander.jpg/330px-The_Highlander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/The_Highlander.jpg/440px-The_Highlander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>The Highlander mascot performing before a match at <a href="/wiki/Carisbrook" title="Carisbrook">Carisbrook</a> stadium in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>While the fortunes of the franchise had been declining for a few years, they would bottom out with a player exodus following the <a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2007 Rugby World Cup">2007 Rugby World Cup</a>. The squad's entire <a href="/wiki/All_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="All Black">All Black</a> front row of <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hayman" title="Carl Hayman">Carl Hayman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anton_Oliver" title="Anton Oliver">Anton Oliver</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Dermody" title="Clarke Dermody">Clarke Dermody</a> left for lucrative contracts in Europe, while star first-five <a href="/wiki/Nick_Evans_(rugby_union)" title="Nick Evans (rugby union)">Nick Evans</a> moved north to Auckland to play for the <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby_franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues (Super Rugby franchise)">Blues</a>, and hugely talented young lock <a href="/wiki/James_Ryan_(rugby_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ryan (rugby player)">James Ryan</a> was forced to retire at age 24 due to injury problems. Joining the exodus were several other veteran starters, along with coach Greg Cooper who left the franchise to take up an assistant coaching position with the Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-CooperLeaves_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperLeaves-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coach for the 2008 season, Glenn Moore, was appointed 28 August 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-MooreCoach_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MooreCoach-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moore was left with a weak side of young and inexperienced players which would stumble to a franchise-worst record of only 3 wins against 10 losses during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Super_14_season" title="2008 Super 14 season">2008 Super 14 season</a>, and finished as the lowest-placed New Zealand team on the table. <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cowan" title="Jimmy Cowan">Jimmy Cowan</a>, one of the team's few bright spots through this period, was appointed team captain for 2009, but things would improve little over the following two seasons as the team again limped to the worst record of the New Zealand clubs. When Moore was released as coach following the 2010 season, the franchise had compiled a record of only 10 wins against 29 losses in three seasons under his leadership. </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/All_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="All Black">All Black</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a> was hired as coach for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Rugby_season" title="2011 Super Rugby season">2011 Super Rugby season</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Mackintosh" title="Jamie Mackintosh">Jamie Mackintosh</a> replaced Cowan as team captain. The campaign would prove to be the franchise's most successful in several years, as they raced out to a 3–0 start including a monumental away win over the <a href="/wiki/Bulls_(Super_Rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulls (Super Rugby)">Bulls</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a>. They remained in playoff contention for almost the entire season, sitting 8–4 at one juncture, before slumping under an injury cloud at the end of the year to finish 8th on the table. </p><p>Highlanders won the <a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_season" title="2015 Super Rugby season">2015 Super Rugby season</a> defeating the Hurricanes 21–14 in Wellington. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Gifford" title="Phil Gifford">Phil Gifford</a> called the win the "greatest Super Rugby comeback this century".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the Highlanders won over the <a href="/wiki/British_%26_Irish_Lions" title="British & Irish Lions">British & Irish Lions</a> 23–22 at Dunedin, during the <a href="/wiki/2017_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand" title="2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand">Lions tour to New Zealand</a>. </p><p>2018 was a season of ups and downs for the Highlanders. They started their season 3–0 including a win over the defending champions Crusaders in Dunedin and finished their season in 6th place. Despite this, they would suffer a shock loss to the <i>Waratahs</i> after leading 23–3 at one point, they lost 30–23 in Sydney. </p><p>2019 was another up and down season for the Highlanders. At the end of the overall season the Highlanders had won 6, drawn 3 and lost 7, which somehow put them into 8th for the playoffs. However, they would lose to the Crusaders in that game (38–14) </p><p>After 7 rounds of the 2020 Super Rugby season, the Highlanders were 11th overall and 5th in the NZ conference. They were bound to play the Jaguares in round 7 but the COVID-19 pandemic suspended play of that game and cancelled the rest of the tournament. However, domestic Super Rugby competitions started up, and the one in New Zealand was Super Rugby Aotearoa. The Highlanders finished 4th in Super Rugby Aotearoa 2020 winning only 3 games, 2 of which were against the Chiefs (28–27) and (31–33) and one against the Hurricanes (38–21) </p><p>The 2021 season of Super Rugby Aotearoa saw the Highlanders finish 4th again, with 3 wins. They beat the Chiefs (23–39), Crusaders (12–33) and the Blues (35–29). After the season of Super Rugby Aotearoa finished, the Highlanders will partake in Super Rugby Trans-Tasman (competition between the NZ and Australian teams) in which they won all 5 of their games against Australian opposition, and went to the final against the Blues, which they lost 23–15. </p><p>2022 was one of the worst years ever for the Highlanders. The Highlanders were winless until Round 8, when they beat Moana Pasifika 37–17. After two more losses, things began to look up for them, beating the Drua 27–24, the Reds (27–19) and the Force (61–10) which put them in quarter-finals contention, since they had many losing bonus points alongside that. However, they lost their last two games of the regular season, and despite the final round loss to the Rebels (31–30) they only just made it into the quarters thanks to their losing bonus point. They ended up getting heavily beaten by the Blues in the quarter finals 35–6, ending the Highlanders worst season ever, with 4 games won from 14 in the regular season. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Crusaders achieved the same feat one day later.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Prior to the Super 12 in 1996, Otago had played New South Wales in 1925, 1991 and twice in 1995.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_colours">Name and colours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name and colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OldOtagoHighlanders.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/OldOtagoHighlanders.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="75" data-file-height="75" /></a><figcaption>The logo of the <i>Otago Highlanders</i> before they changed their name</figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>Highlanders</i> was chosen after the early <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> settlers in the lower <a href="/wiki/South_Island" title="South Island">South Island</a>. These Scottish settlers were the founders of <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>—known as the "<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> of the South", and the city where the Highlanders are based.<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersHistory_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersHistory-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Highlanders official website: " The name and image of the Highlander conjures up visions of fierce independence, pride in one's roots, loyalty, strength, kinship, honesty, and hard work."<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersHistory_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersHistory-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The colours of the Highlanders formerly encompassed the provincial colours of North Otago, Otago, and Southland; yellow, blue and maroon. Blue is also the predominant colour of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland" title="Flag of Scotland">Flag of Scotland</a>, and is used by many sports teams in that country. </p><p>On 3 June 2011, the Highlanders introduced—controversially—a new predominantly lime green home kit.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was debuted in the Highlanders' final home match of the 2011 Super Rugby season. </p><p>Despite the resounding negative feedback from fans, this kit was initially confirmed for the 2012 season. On 6 September 2011, however, the club announced a change of heart—they would be returning to their traditional blue strip for home matches, and using the lime green kit for away matches during the 2012 Super Rugby season.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franchise_area">Franchise area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Franchise area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HighlandersTerritory.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/HighlandersTerritory.png/150px-HighlandersTerritory.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/HighlandersTerritory.png/225px-HighlandersTerritory.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/HighlandersTerritory.png/300px-HighlandersTerritory.png 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>The unions that encompass the Highlanders' region</figcaption></figure> <p>The Highlanders' franchise area consists of the region controlled by the North Otago, Otago and Southland Rugby Unions.<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersHistory_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersHistory-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Otago and Southland compete in the semi-professional <a href="/wiki/Mitre_10_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitre 10 Cup">Mitre 10 Cup</a> (formerly the ITM Cup and Air New Zealand Cup),<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and North Otago in the amateur <a href="/wiki/Heartland_Championship" title="Heartland Championship">Heartland Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stadiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carisbrook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Carisbrook.jpg/250px-Carisbrook.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Carisbrook.jpg/375px-Carisbrook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Carisbrook.jpg/500px-Carisbrook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption>Carisbrook stadium</figcaption></figure> <p>Starting with the 2012 season, the Highlanders moved into the <a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Barr_Stadium_at_University_Plaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza">Forsyth Barr Stadium</a>, opened in August 2011. It was built to replace their original home of <a href="/wiki/Carisbrook" title="Carisbrook">Carisbrook</a>, which was no longer suitable for international rugby, or as a venue for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2011 Rugby World Cup">2011 Rugby World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NewStadium_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewStadium-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Carisbrook Stadium Trust was established in 2006 to manage the planning and construction of a new stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-CarisbrookTrust_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarisbrookTrust-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new stadium is not on the current Carisbrook site, but instead near the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Otago" title="University of Otago">University of Otago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otago_Harbour" title="Otago Harbour">Otago Harbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StadiumWhere_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StadiumWhere-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a roofed, all weather stadium with a rectangular configuration, and permanent seating capacity of 25,000 that could be expanded to 30,748 if necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-StadiumDesign_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StadiumDesign-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Highlanders' original home ground was the 29,000 capacity Carisbrook in Dunedin. Carisbrook is also known as "The Brook", or as "The House of Pain" due to its reputation as a difficult venue to visit.<sup id="cite_ref-HouseOfPain_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HouseOfPain-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium was also well known for Dunedin's large student population (known as "Scarfies") that occupied the terraces—an uncovered concrete embankment at the eastern end of the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-Scarfies_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarfies-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Highlanders usually play at least one regular season match outside of Dunedin, at either <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Park_Stadium" title="Rugby Park Stadium">Rugby Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Invercargill" title="Invercargill">Invercargill</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Queenstown_Events_Centre" title="Queenstown Events Centre">Queenstown Events Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand" title="Queenstown, New Zealand">Queenstown</a>. Prior to 2007 the regular season match was usually played at Rugby Park,<sup id="cite_ref-BackToQueenstown_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BackToQueenstown-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however in 2007 they played a match at the Queenstown Events Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-Queenstown2007_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Queenstown2007-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Highlanders have also played pre-season matches at <a href="/wiki/Centennial_Park,_Oamaru" title="Centennial Park, Oamaru">Centennial Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oamaru" title="Oamaru">Oamaru</a><sup id="cite_ref-2006Preseason_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006Preseason-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at the Showgrounds in <a href="/wiki/Balclutha,_New_Zealand" title="Balclutha, New Zealand">Balclutha</a>. </p><p>On 28 March 2009, the Highlanders played a home game at <a href="/wiki/Arena_Manawatu" title="Arena Manawatu">FMG Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Bulls_(rugby_union)" title="Bulls (rugby union)">Bulls</a>. This game attracted a crowd of 10,000; one of the Highlanders' biggest of the 2009 season. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="33%"><a href="/wiki/Invercargill" title="Invercargill">Invercargill</a> </th> <th width="34%"><a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a> </th> <th width="34%"><a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand" title="Queenstown, New Zealand">Queenstown</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Park_Stadium" title="Rugby Park Stadium">Rugby Park Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Barr_Stadium" title="Forsyth Barr Stadium">Forsyth Barr Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queenstown_Events_Centre" title="Queenstown Events Centre">Queenstown Events Centre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: 20,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 30,748 </td> <td>Capacity: 19,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg/200px-Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg/300px-Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg/400px-Rugby_Park_Invercargill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1344" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG/200px-Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG/300px-Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG/400px-Dunedin_Forsyth_Barr_Stadium.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2196" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg/200px-Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg/300px-Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg/400px-Queenstown-Events-Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1416" data-file-height="762" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_team"><span class="anchor" id="A"></span>Development team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Highlanders have fielded a development team in competitions such as the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rugby_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Rugby Cup">Pacific Rugby Cup</a> and in matches against other representative teams for several seasons. Known as the Highlanders Development XV, the squad is selected from the best emerging rugby talent in the Highlanders catchment area and is composed of Highlanders contracted players, wider training group members, under 20s, and selected club players.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Super_Rugby_(1996–Present)"><span id="Super_Rugby_.281996.E2.80.93Present.29"></span>Super Rugby (1996–Present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Super Rugby (1996–Present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Champions (1)</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_season" title="2015 Super Rugby season">2015</a> </p> <ul><li><b>Runners-up (1)</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/1999_Super_12_season" title="1999 Super 12 season">1999</a> </p> <ul><li><b>Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Runners-up (1)</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Trans-Tasman" title="Super Rugby Trans-Tasman">2021</a> </p> <ul><li><b>Playoff Appearances (11)</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/1998_Super_12_season" title="1998 Super 12 season">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Super_12_season" title="1999 Super 12 season">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Super_12_season" title="2000 Super 12 season">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Super_12_season" title="2002 Super 12 season">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Super_Rugby_season" title="2014 Super Rugby season">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_season" title="2015 Super Rugby season">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Super_Rugby_season" title="2016 Super Rugby season">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Super_Rugby_season" title="2017 Super Rugby season">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Super_Rugby_season" title="2018 Super Rugby season">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Super_Rugby_season" title="2019 Super Rugby season">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2022 Super Rugby Pacific season">2022</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2024 Super Rugby Pacific season">2024</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records_and_achievements">Records and achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Records and achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_standings">Season standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Season standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A season-by-season summary of Highlanders regular season results is shown below: </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"><b>Super 12</b> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><b>Super 14</b> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"><b>Super Rugby</b> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#faf884"><b>Super Rugby Aotearoa</b> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#90EE90"><b>Super Rugby Trans Tasman</b> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#87D3F8"><b>Super Rugby Pacific</b> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20">Season </th> <th width="20">Pos </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">W </th> <th width="20">D </th> <th width="20">L </th> <th width="20">F </th> <th width="20">A </th> <th width="25">+/- </th> <th width="20">BP </th> <th width="20">Pts </th> <th width="250">Notes </th></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Super_12_season" title="1996 Super 12 season"><b>1996</b></a></td> <td><b>8th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>329</td> <td>391</td> <td>−62</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Super_12_season" title="1997 Super 12 season"><b>1997</b></a></td> <td><b>12th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>299</td> <td>409</td> <td>−110</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Super_12_season" title="1998 Super 12 season"><b>1998</b></a></td> <td><b>4th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>343</td> <td>279</td> <td>+64</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby)" title="Blues (Super Rugby)">Blues</a> in semi-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Super_12_season" title="1999 Super 12 season"><b>1999</b></a></td> <td><b>2nd</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>280</td> <td>203</td> <td>+77</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> in final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Super_12_season" title="2000 Super 12 season"><b>2000</b></a></td> <td><b>3rd</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>320</td> <td>280</td> <td>+40</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> in semi-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Super_12_season" title="2001 Super 12 season"><b>2001</b></a></td> <td><b>5th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>284</td> <td>295</td> <td>−11</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Super_12_season" title="2002 Super 12 season"><b>2002</b></a></td> <td><b>4th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>329</td> <td>207</td> <td>+122</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> in semi-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Super_12_season" title="2003 Super 12 season"><b>2003</b></a></td> <td><b>7th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>287</td> <td>246</td> <td>+41</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Super_12_season" title="2004 Super 12 season"><b>2004</b></a></td> <td><b>9th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>299</td> <td>347</td> <td>−48</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6BD"> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Super_12_season" title="2005 Super 12 season"><b>2005</b></a></td> <td><b>8th</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>221</td> <td>214</td> <td>+7</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Super_14_season" title="2006 Super 14 season"><b>2006</b></a></td> <td><b>6th</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>228</td> <td>276</td> <td>−48</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Super_14_season" title="2007 Super 14 season"><b>2007</b></a></td> <td><b>9th</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>235</td> <td>301</td> <td>−66</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Super_14_season" title="2008 Super 14 season"><b>2008</b></a></td> <td><b>9th</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>257</td> <td>338</td> <td>−81</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Super_14_season" title="2009 Super 14 season"><b>2009</b></a></td> <td><b>11th</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>254</td> <td>269</td> <td>−15</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>26</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Super_14_season" title="2010 Super 14 season"><b>2010</b></a></td> <td><b>12th</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>297</td> <td>397</td> <td>−100</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>18</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Rugby_season" title="2011 Super Rugby season"><b>2011</b></a></td> <td><b>8th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>296</td> <td>343</td> <td>−47</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>45</b>*</td> <td align="left"><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_One"><a href="#endnote_One">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Super_Rugby_season" title="2012 Super Rugby season"><b>2012</b></a></td> <td><b>9th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>359</td> <td>385</td> <td>−26</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>50</b>*</td> <td align="left"><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_One"><a href="#endnote_One">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Super_Rugby_season" title="2013 Super Rugby season"><b>2013</b></a></td> <td><b>14th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>374</td> <td>496</td> <td>−122</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>29</b>*</td> <td align="left"><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_One"><a href="#endnote_One">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Super_Rugby_season" title="2014 Super Rugby season"><b>2014</b></a></td> <td><b>6th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>401</td> <td>442</td> <td>−41</td> <td>10</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Sharks_(rugby_union)" title="Sharks (rugby union)">Sharks</a> in qualifier </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_season" title="2015 Super Rugby season"><b>2015</b></a></td> <td><b>1st</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>450</td> <td>333</td> <td>+117</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>53</b></td> <td align="left">Defeated <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(rugby_union)" title="Hurricanes (rugby union)">Hurricanes</a> in final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Super_Rugby_season" title="2016 Super Rugby season"><b>2016</b></a></td> <td><b>3rd</b></td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>422</td> <td>273</td> <td>+149</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>52</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Lions_(United_Rugby_Championship)" title="Lions (United Rugby Championship)">Lions</a> in semi-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Super_Rugby_season" title="2017 Super Rugby season"><b>2017</b></a></td> <td><b>7th</b></td> <td>15</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>488</td> <td>308</td> <td>+180</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>51</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> in quarter-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Super_Rugby_season" title="2018 Super Rugby season"><b>2018</b></a></td> <td><b>6th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>437</td> <td>445</td> <td>−6</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>44</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">Waratahs</a> in quarter-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Super_Rugby_season" title="2019 Super Rugby season"><b>2019</b></a></td> <td><b>8th</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>441</td> <td>392</td> <td>+49</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>36</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a> in quarter-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#FFA6AA"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2020_Super_Rugby_season" title="2020 Super Rugby season">2020</a></b></td> <td><b>11th</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>91</td> <td>163</td> <td>−72</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td align="left">Season cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Two"><a href="#endnote_Two">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#faf884"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2020_Super_Rugby_Aotearoa_season" title="2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa season">2020</a></b></td> <td><b>4th</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>197</td> <td>227</td> <td>−30</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td align="left">No playoffs, round robin only<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Three"><a href="#endnote_Three">3</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#faf884"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_Aotearoa_season" title="2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season">2021</a></b></td> <td><b>4th</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>201</td> <td>226</td> <td>−25</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td align="left"><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Four"><a href="#endnote_Four">4</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#90EE90"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Trans-Tasman" title="Super Rugby Trans-Tasman">2021</a></b></td> <td><b>2nd</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>199</td> <td>96</td> <td>+103</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby)" title="Blues (Super Rugby)">Blues</a> in final<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_Five"><a href="#endnote_Five">5</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#87D3F8"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2022_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2022 Super Rugby Pacific season">2022</a></b></td> <td><b>8th</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>348</td> <td>345</td> <td>+3</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>23</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby)" title="Blues (Super Rugby)">Blues</a> in quarter-final </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#87D3F8"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2023_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2023 Super Rugby Pacific season">2023</a></b></td> <td><b>9th</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>362</td> <td>459</td> <td>−97</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#87D3F8"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2024 Super Rugby Pacific season">2024</a></b></td> <td><b>6th</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>305</td> <td>402</td> <td>−97</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>28</b></td> <td align="left">Lost to <a href="/wiki/ACT_Brumbies" title="ACT Brumbies">Brumbies</a> in quarter-final </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notes">Notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_One"><b><a href="#ref_One">^1</a></b></span> <small><i>Teams were awarded four points for a bye during the Super Rugby seasons from 2011 to 2013. Each team took two bye rounds each season. These additional 8 points are included in their season points tally.</i></small><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Two"><b><a href="#ref_Two">^2</a></b></span> <small><i>All matches after Round 7 were cancelled. the season remained incomplete and no champion was awarded.</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Three"><b><a href="#ref_Three">^3</a></b></span> <small><i>Super Rugby Aotearoa was announced as a stand-in replacement competition for Super Rugby, between New Zealand Super Rugby sides. It was played as a round robin competition, with no finals. All teams played the other four teams twice, with the title awarded to the highest ranked team at the conclusion of the round robin fixtures.</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Four"><b><a href="#ref_Four">^4</a></b></span> <small><i>Super Rugby Aotearoa adopted the same format in 2021 as the inaugural tournament in 2020, with the addition of a final between the top two ranked teams at the conclusion of the round robin stage.</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Five"><b><a href="#ref_Five">^5</a></b></span> <small><i>Super Rugby Trans Tasman was a crossover competition between the teams involved in <a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_Aotearoa_season" title="2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season">Super Rugby Aotearoa</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_AU_season" title="2021 Super Rugby AU season">Super Rugby AU</a>. Each team from Super Rugby AU played each team from Super Rugby Aotearoa once, and vice versa. A final was played between the top two seeded teams at the conclusion of the round robin matches.</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_per_opposition">Results per opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Results per opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Highlanders Super Rugby results vs different opponents <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lassen.co.nz/s14mat.php">Super Rugby Match Results</a> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:10%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Super Rugby </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:7%;">Opposition </th> <th style="width:7%;">Span </th> <th style="width:5%;">Played </th> <th style="width:5%;">Won </th> <th style="width:5%;">Drawn </th> <th style="width:5%;">Lost </th> <th style="width:7%;">Win% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby)" title="Blues (Super Rugby)">Blues</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2023</td> <td>42</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>25</td> <td>40.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(Super_Rugby)" title="Chiefs (Super Rugby)">Chiefs</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2023</td> <td>39</td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td>21</td> <td>43.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2023</td> <td>45</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>32</td> <td>21.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(rugby_union)" title="Hurricanes (rugby union)">Hurricanes</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2023</td> <td>40</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>25</td> <td>37.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/ACT_Brumbies" title="ACT Brumbies">Brumbies</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2022</td> <td>26</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>50.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Force" title="Western Force">Force</a></td> <td nowrap="">2006–2023</td> <td>15</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>53.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Rebels</a></td> <td nowrap="">2011–2022</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>63.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Reds" title="Queensland Reds">Reds</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2022</td> <td>25</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>60.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">Waratahs</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2022</td> <td>27</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>16</td> <td>40.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulls_(rugby_union)" title="Bulls (rugby union)">Bulls</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2020</td> <td>23</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>60.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cheetahs_(rugby_union)" title="Cheetahs (rugby union)">Cheetahs</a></td> <td nowrap="">1997–2017</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>81.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lions_(United_Rugby_Championship)" title="Lions (United Rugby Championship)">Lions</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2019</td> <td>22</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>59.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sharks_(rugby_union)" title="Sharks (rugby union)">Sharks</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2020</td> <td>23</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>39.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Kings" title="Southern Kings">Southern Kings</a></span></td> <td nowrap="">2013–2016</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>50.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stormers" title="Stormers">Stormers</a></td> <td nowrap="">1996–2019</td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>54.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jaguares_(Super_Rugby)" title="Jaguares (Super Rugby)">Jaguares</a></td> <td nowrap="">2016–2019</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sunwolves" title="Sunwolves">Sunwolves</a></td> <td nowrap="">2017–2019</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji"><img alt="Fiji" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fijian_Drua" title="Fijian Drua">Fijian Drua</a></td> <td nowrap="">2022–2023</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa"><img alt="Samoa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga"><img alt="Tonga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moana_Pasifika" title="Moana Pasifika">Moana Pasifika</a></span></td> <td nowrap="">2022–2023</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><b>Overall</b></td> <td nowrap=""><b>1996–2023</b></td> <td><b>381</b></td> <td><b>181</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>195</b></td> <td><b>47.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="100% style="><small>Updated to: <b>24 April 2023</b></small><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_records">Team records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Team records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2014 season set several new records for the team, that had stood since the 1998 and 1999 seasons. They scored their most ever points (425), and most ever tries (42) in a season. Lima Sopoaga set a franchise record for most points in a season with 178, becoming just the third Highlander to score 25 points in a game. The 2000 year saw perhaps their greatest victory ever with their 65–23 win against the Bulls, setting several records; most points in a match, most tries in a match with nine, and largest winning margin of 42.<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersRecords_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersRecords-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former first five-eighth Tony Brown holds the record for most career points with 857. His 857 career points included 144 conversions, 183 penalties, and six drop-goals. The most points in a single match is held by former fullback <a href="/wiki/Ben_Blair" title="Ben Blair">Ben Blair</a> who scored 28 against the Sharks in 2005. Most career tries is held by former player Jeff Wilson with 35. Wilson and Blair also share the record for most tries in a single match with three along with <a href="/wiki/Israel_Dagg" title="Israel Dagg">Israel Dagg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Howlett" title="Doug Howlett">Doug Howlett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Nicholas" title="Ryan Nicholas">Ryan Nicholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Stanley" title="Jeremy Stanley">Jeremy Stanley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/To%27o_Vaega" class="mw-redirect" title="To'o Vaega">To'o Vaega</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersRecords_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersRecords-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For player movements before and during the <a href="/wiki/2025_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2025 Super Rugby Pacific season">2025 season</a>, see <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_2024%E2%80%9325_Super_Rugby_transfers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of 2024–25 Super Rugby transfers (New Zealand) (page does not exist)">List of 2024–25 Super Rugby transfers (New Zealand) § Highlanders</a>.</div> <p>The squad for the <a href="/wiki/2025_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2025 Super Rugby Pacific season">2025 Super Rugby Pacific season</a> is:<sup id="cite_ref-Highlanders_name_squad_for_2025_DHL_Super_Rugby_competition_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Highlanders_name_squad_for_2025_DHL_Super_Rugby_competition-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; min-width:70%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="100%">Highlanders Super Rugby squad </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td> <p><b>Props</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Bartlett" title="Josh Bartlett">Josh Bartlett</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Ethan_de_Groot" title="Ethan de Groot">Ethan de Groot</a></b></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sefo_Kautai" title="Sefo Kautai">Sefo Kautai</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lienert-Brown" title="Daniel Lienert-Brown">Daniel Lienert-Brown</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saula_Ma%27u" title="Saula Ma'u">Saula Ma'u</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Wingham" title="Rohan Wingham">Rohan Wingham</a></li></ul> <p><b>Hookers</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bell_(rugby_union)" title="Henry Bell (rugby union)">Henry Bell</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(rugby_union,_born_2003)" title="Jack Taylor (rugby union, born 2003)">Jack Taylor</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soane_Vikena" title="Soane Vikena">Soane Vikena</a></li></ul> <p><b>Locks</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Dunshea" title="Mitchell Dunshea">Mitchell Dunshea</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Holland_(rugby_union)" title="Fabian Holland (rugby union)">Fabian Holland</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <p><b>Loose forwards</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nikora_Broughton" title="Nikora Broughton">Nikora Broughton</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Haig" title="Oliver Haig">Oliver Haig</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/TK_Howden" title="TK Howden">TK Howden</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Veveni_Lasaqa" title="Veveni Lasaqa">Veveni Lasaqa</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Michaels" title="Hayden Michaels">Hayden Michaels</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga"><img alt="Tonga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lui_Naeata" title="Lui Naeata">Lui Naeata</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Renton" title="Hugh Renton">Hugh Renton</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Stodart" title="Will Stodart">Will Stodart</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sean_Withy" title="Sean Withy">Sean Withy</a></li></ul> <p><b>Halfbacks (scrum-halves)</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/James_Arscott" title="James Arscott">James Arscott</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Folau_Fakatava" title="Folau Fakatava">Folau Fakatava</a></b></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Hastie" title="Nathan Hastie">Nathan Hastie</a></li></ul> <p><b>First five-eighths (fly-halves)</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ajay_Faleafaga" title="Ajay Faleafaga">Ajay Faleafaga</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cam_Millar_(rugby_union)" title="Cam Millar (rugby union)">Cam Millar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taine_Robinson" title="Taine Robinson">Taine Robinson</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <p><b>Midfielders (centres)</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Gilbert_(rugby_union)" title="Sam Gilbert (rugby union)">Sam Gilbert</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jake_Te_Hiwi" title="Jake Te Hiwi">Jake Te Hiwi</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tanielu_Tele%CA%BBa" title="Tanielu Teleʻa">Tanielu Teleʻa</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Umaga-Jensen" title="Thomas Umaga-Jensen">Thomas Umaga-Jensen</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outside backs</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finn_Hurley" title="Finn Hurley">Finn Hurley</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Lowe" title="Jonah Lowe">Jonah Lowe</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Manson_(rugby_union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Manson (rugby union) (page does not exist)">Michael Manson</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jona_Nareki" title="Jona Nareki">Jona Nareki</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens" title="Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens">Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Tangitau" title="Caleb Tangitau">Caleb Tangitau</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji"><img alt="Fiji" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Timoci_Tavatavanawai" title="Timoci Tavatavanawai">Timoci Tavatavanawai</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Josh_Whaanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josh Whaanga (page does not exist)">Josh Whaanga</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;"><div style="font-size:85%;"> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">c</a>) denotes team captain.</li> <li><b>Bold</b> denotes internationally capped.</li></ul></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_players">Notable players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Highlanders_(rugby_union)_players" title="List of Highlanders (rugby union) players">List of Highlanders (rugby union) players</a></div> <p>Most Games:<sup id="cite_ref-HighlandersRecords_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HighlandersRecords-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>181</b> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="Aaron Smith (rugby union)">Aaron Smith</a></li> <li><b>152</b> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="Ben Smith (rugby union)">Ben Smith</a></li> <li><b>138</b> <a href="/wiki/Liam_Coltman" title="Liam Coltman">Liam Coltman</a></li> <li><b>127</b> <a href="/wiki/Anton_Oliver" title="Anton Oliver">Anton Oliver</a></li> <li><b>124</b> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lienert-Brown" title="Daniel Lienert-Brown">Daniel Lienert-Brown</a></li> <li><b>108</b> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Cowan" title="Jimmy Cowan">Jimmy Cowan</a></li> <li><b>107</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_King_(rugby_union)" title="Chris King (rugby union)">Chris King</a></li> <li><b>102</b> <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Dixon" title="Elliot Dixon">Elliot Dixon</a></li> <li><b>100</b> <a href="/wiki/Ash_Dixon" title="Ash Dixon">Ash Dixon</a></li> <li><b>98</b> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hoeft" title="Carl Hoeft">Carl Hoeft</a></li> <li><b>91</b> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a></li> <li><b>89</b> <a href="/wiki/Lima_Sopoaga" title="Lima Sopoaga">Lima Sopoaga</a></li> <li><b>85</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Franklin_(rugby_union)" title="Tom Franklin (rugby union)">Tom Franklin</a></li> <li><b>84</b> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Bekhuis" title="Josh Bekhuis">Josh Bekhuis</a></li> <li><b>81</b> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hayman" title="Carl Hayman">Carl Hayman</a></li> <li><b>77</b> <a href="/wiki/Taine_Randell" title="Taine Randell">Taine Randell</a></li> <li><b>72</b> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wilson_(sportsman)" title="Jeff Wilson (sportsman)">Jeff Wilson</a></li> <li><b>69</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Lentjes" title="James Lentjes">James Lentjes</a></li> <li><b>68</b> <a href="/wiki/Siate_Tokolahi" title="Siate Tokolahi">Siate Tokolahi</a></li> <li><b>68</b> <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Frizell" title="Shannon Frizell">Shannon Frizell</a></li> <li><b>67</b> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Thomson_(rugby_union)" title="Adam Thomson (rugby union)">Adam Thomson</a></li> <li><b>67</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Mackintosh" title="Jamie Mackintosh">Jamie Mackintosh</a></li> <li><b>65</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Donnelly" title="Tom Donnelly">Tom Donnelly</a></li> <li><b>65</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wheeler_(rugby_union)" title="Joe Wheeler (rugby union)">Joe Wheeler (rugby union)</a></li> <li><b>65</b> <a href="/wiki/Malakai_Fekitoa" title="Malakai Fekitoa">Malakai Fekitoa</a></li> <li><b>62</b> <a href="/wiki/Waisake_Naholo" title="Waisake Naholo">Waisake Naholo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches_and_management">Coaches and management</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Coaches and management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In their first season the Highlanders were coached by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hunter_(rugby_union,_born_1949)" title="Gordon Hunter (rugby union, born 1949)">Gordon Hunter</a> before he joined the <a href="/wiki/All_Blacks" class="mw-redirect" title="All Blacks">All Blacks</a> selection panel.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith111_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith111-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Glenn Ross took over in 1997, and was not reappointed for the 1998 season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith61_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith61-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tony Gilbert was appointed for the 1998 season, and again coached the team in 1999 before being appointed co-coach for the All Blacks.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith77-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sloane" title="Peter Sloane">Peter Sloane</a> was appointed Gilbert's successor for the 2000 season,<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith111_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith111-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also coached them in 2001 before moving to coach the Blues. <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Mains" title="Laurie Mains">Laurie Mains</a> returned to New Zealand from South Africa to replace Sloane for the 2002 season.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith158-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mains resigned following the 2003 season after a rift between him and senior players.<sup id="cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIlraith175-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cooper" title="Greg Cooper">Greg Cooper</a> replaced Mains and coached the team from 2003 until 2007, when he left the franchise to take up the assistant coaches position with the Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-CooperLeaves_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperLeaves-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Moore_(rugby_union)" title="Glenn Moore (rugby union)">Glenn Moore</a> coached the club from 2008 through until 2010, when he was relieved of his duties after the club posted only 10 wins against 29 losses in his three years in charge. His replacement was former All Black flanker <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a>, who coached between 2011 and 2016. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a> took over as head coach in 2017 he then left to join Joseph in Japan and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Mauger" title="Aaron Mauger">Aaron Mauger</a> who coached between 2018 and 2020. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a> again took over as head coach for 2021 and 2022. </p><p>On 21 June 2022, the Highlanders announced that Clarke Dermody had been appointed as head coach of the franchise for a period of three years (2023–2025).<sup id="cite_ref-Highlanders_support_local_with_head_coach_appointment_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Highlanders_support_local_with_head_coach_appointment-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024 it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a> would replace <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Dermody" title="Clarke Dermody">Clarke Dermody</a> as Head Coach with Dermody stepping back to an Assistant Coach role.<sup id="cite_ref-Joseph_Returns_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joseph_Returns-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Highlanders coaches by date, matches and win percentage<big><b>*</b></big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Coach </th> <th>Period </th> <th style="width:1.5em;"><abbr title="Games as coach">G</abbr> </th> <th style="width:1.5em;"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr> </th> <th style="width:1.5em;"><abbr title="Games drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th style="width:1.5em;"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Win percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hunter_(rugby_union,_born_1949)" title="Gordon Hunter (rugby union, born 1949)">Gordon Hunter</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001454500000000000♠">45.45</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Glenn Ross </td> <td>1997 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001272700000000000♠">27.27</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> Tony Gilbert </td> <td>1998–1999 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠">16</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001640000000000000♠">64.00</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sloane" title="Peter Sloane">Peter Sloane</a> </td> <td>2000–2001 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001120000000000000♠">12</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001521700000000000♠">52.17</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Mains" title="Laurie Mains">Laurie Mains</a> </td> <td>2002–2003 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001608700000000000♠">60.87</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cooper" title="Greg Cooper">Greg Cooper</a> </td> <td>2004–2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001480000000000000♠">48</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠">21</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001437500000000000♠">43.75</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Moore_(rugby_union)" title="Glenn Moore (rugby union)">Glenn Moore</a> </td> <td>2008–2010 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001390000000000000♠">39</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001290000000000000♠">29</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001256400000000000♠">25.64</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a> </td> <td>2011–2016 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7002101000000000000♠">101</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠">54</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠">47</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001534700000000000♠">53.47</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠">16</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001687500000000000♠">68.75</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Mauger" title="Aaron Mauger">Aaron Mauger</a><sup id="cite_ref-Match_Cancellation_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Match_Cancellation-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2018–2020 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠">47</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠">24</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001425500000000000♠">42.55</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(rugby_union)" title="Tony Brown (rugby union)">Tony Brown</a> </td> <td>2021–2022 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠">16</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001304300000000000♠">30.43</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Clark_Dermody_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clark Dermody (rugby union)">Clarke Dermody</a><sup id="cite_ref-Super_Rugby_Trans_Tasman_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Super_Rugby_Trans_Tasman-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2021 (interim) 2023–2024 </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001571400000000000♠">57.14</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a> </td> <td>2025– </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><span style="display:none">!</span>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Totals (1996–present)<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_super"><a href="#endnote_super"><big><big><b>*</b></big></big></a></sup> </th> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7002381000000000000♠">381</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7002181000000000000♠">181</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span data-sort-value="7002195000000000000♠">195</span> </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span><span data-sort-value="7001475100000000000♠">47.51</span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="100% style="><small>Updated to: <b>24 April 2023</b></small><br /> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b></p><div style="line-height:1.2em; margin-left:1.7em; font-size:88%;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_super"><b><a href="#ref_super">^<big><big><b>*</b></big></big></a></b></span> Official <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby</a> competition matches only, including finals.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Match_Cancellation-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Match_Cancellation_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">One match was cancelled and called a draw due to the <a href="/wiki/2019_Christchurch_Mosque_Shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Christchurch Mosque Shootings">2019 Christchurch Mosque Shootings</a> and is not included in the table.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Super_Rugby_Trans_Tasman-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Super_Rugby_Trans_Tasman_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dermody assumed the head coach role of the Highlanders during <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Trans-Tasman" title="Super Rugby Trans-Tasman">Super Rugby Trans-Tasman</a> whilst Tony Brown returned to Japan for international coaching duties.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Head coach</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Joseph" title="Jamie Joseph">Jamie Joseph</a></li></ul> <p><b>Assistant coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Dermody" title="Clarke Dermody">Clarke Dermody</a> (forwards)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Brown" title="Cory Brown">Cory Brown</a> (attack)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Smith_(rugby_union)" title="Ben Smith (rugby union)">Ben Smith</a> (attack)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Dillon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Dillon (page does not exist)">Dave Dillon</a> (defence)</li></ul> <p><b> Manager</b> </p> <ul><li>Mike Ferguson</li></ul> <p><b> Operations & Player Welfare</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nasi_Manu" title="Nasi Manu">Nasi Manu</a></li></ul> <p><b>S&C </b> </p> <ul><li>Andrew Beardmore</li> <li>James Holden</li></ul> <p><b> Physio</b> </p> <ul><li>Adam Letts</li> <li>Thomas Wardhaugh</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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Wilson Scott Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9582535-1-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9582535-1-X"><bdi>0-9582535-1-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Passion+%E2%80%93+The+Stories+Behind+125+years+of+Canterbury+Rugby&rft.pub=Wilson+Scott+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-9582535-1-X&rft.aulast=Gifford&rft.aufirst=Phil&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHighlanders+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowitt2005" class="citation book cs1">Howitt, Bob (2005). <i>SANZAR Saga – Ten Years of Super 12 and Tri-Nations Rugby</i>. Harper Collins Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86950-566-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-86950-566-2"><bdi>1-86950-566-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=SANZAR+Saga+%E2%80%93+Ten+Years+of+Super+12+and+Tri-Nations+Rugby&rft.pub=Harper+Collins+Publishers&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-86950-566-2&rft.aulast=Howitt&rft.aufirst=Bob&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHighlanders+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcIlraith2005" class="citation book cs1">McIlraith, Matt (2005). <i>Ten Years of Super 12</i>. Hodder Moa. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86971-025-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-86971-025-8"><bdi>1-86971-025-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ten+Years+of+Super+12&rft.pub=Hodder+Moa&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-86971-025-8&rft.aulast=McIlraith&rft.aufirst=Matt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHighlanders+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highlanders_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/47068">"Kahupeka – Te Aka Māori Dictionary"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kahupeka+%E2%80%93+Te+Aka+M%C4%81ori+Dictionary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmaoridictionary.co.nz%2Fword%2F47068&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHighlanders+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/69967843/Highlanders-upset-Hurricanes-to-claim-first-Super-Rugby-title-in-Wellington">"Highlanders upset Hurricanes to claim first Super Rugby title in Wellington | Stuff.co.nz"</a>. 5 July 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165107/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/69967843/Highlanders-upset-Hurricanes-to-claim-first-Super-Rugby-title-in-Wellington">Archived</a> from the original on 24 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Highlanders+upset+Hurricanes+to+claim+first+Super+Rugby+title+in+Wellington+%26%23124%3B+Stuff.co.nz&rft.date=2015-07-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Fsuper-rugby%2F69967843%2FHighlanders-upset-Hurricanes-to-claim-first-Super-Rugby-title-in-Wellington&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHighlanders+%28rugby+union%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith322-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith322_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith322_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 322.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith323-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith323_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 323.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith228-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith228_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 228.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith40-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith40_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith41-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith41_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith43-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith43_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith235-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith235_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 235.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith243-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith243_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 243.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith50-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith50_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith77-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith77_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith82-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith82_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlaith83-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlaith83_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith253-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith253_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 253.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith255-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith255_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 255.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith256-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith256_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 256.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith101-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith101_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith104-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith104_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 104.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gifford175-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gifford175_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gifford175_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gifford (2004), pg 175.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith106-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith106_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith261-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith261_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 261.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith121-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith121_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 121.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith124-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith124_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith269-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith269_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 269.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith144-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith144_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith144_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith158-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith158_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 158.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith159-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith159_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith159_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 159.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith163-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith163_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 163.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith285-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith285_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 285.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith171-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith171_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith175-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith175_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 175.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith176-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith176_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith176_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 176.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McIlraith198-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McIlraith198_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McIlraith (2005), pg 198.</span> </li> <li 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style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#19A1D3; color: white;">Current teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues_(Super_Rugby)" title="Blues (Super Rugby)">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACT_Brumbies" title="ACT Brumbies">Brumbies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_(Super_Rugby)" title="Chiefs (Super Rugby)">Chiefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusaders_(rugby_union)" title="Crusaders (rugby union)">Crusaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_Drua" title="Fijian Drua">Drua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Force" title="Western Force">Force</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Highlanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricanes_(rugby_union)" title="Hurricanes (rugby union)">Hurricanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moana_Pasifika" title="Moana Pasifika">Moana Pasifika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Reds" title="Queensland Reds">Reds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs" title="New South Wales Waratahs">Waratahs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#19A1D3; color: white;">Former teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulls_(rugby_union)" title="Bulls (rugby union)">Bulls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lions_(United_Rugby_Championship)#Cats" title="Lions (United Rugby Championship)">Cats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheetahs_(rugby_union)" title="Cheetahs (rugby union)">Cheetahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griquas_(rugby_union)" title="Griquas (rugby union)">Griquas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaguares_(Super_Rugby)" title="Jaguares (Super Rugby)">Jaguares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lions_(United_Rugby_Championship)" title="Lions (United Rugby Championship)">Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumas_(Currie_Cup)" title="Pumas (Currie Cup)">Pumas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Rebels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharks_(rugby_union)" title="Sharks (rugby union)">Sharks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Kings" title="Southern Kings">Southern Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormers" title="Stormers">Stormers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunwolves" title="Sunwolves">Sunwolves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Super 12 seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Super_12_season" title="1996 Super 12 season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Super_12_season" title="1997 Super 12 season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Super_12_season" title="1998 Super 12 season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Super_12_season" title="1999 Super 12 season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Super_12_season" title="2000 Super 12 season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Super_12_season" title="2001 Super 12 season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Super_12_season" title="2002 Super 12 season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Super_12_season" title="2003 Super 12 season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Super_12_season" title="2004 Super 12 season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Super_12_season" title="2005 Super 12 season">2005</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Super 14 seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Super_14_season" title="2006 Super 14 season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Super_14_season" title="2007 Super 14 season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Super_14_season" title="2008 Super 14 season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Super_14_season" title="2009 Super 14 season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Super_14_season" title="2010 Super 14 season">2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Super Rugby seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Rugby_season" title="2011 Super Rugby season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Super_Rugby_season" title="2012 Super Rugby season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Super_Rugby_season" title="2013 Super Rugby season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Super_Rugby_season" title="2014 Super Rugby season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_season" title="2015 Super Rugby season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Super_Rugby_season" title="2016 Super Rugby season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Super_Rugby_season" title="2017 Super Rugby season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Super_Rugby_season" title="2018 Super Rugby season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Super_Rugby_season" title="2019 Super Rugby season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Super_Rugby_season" title="2020 Super Rugby season">2020</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/2020_Super_Rugby_AU_season" title="2020 Super Rugby AU season">AU</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Super_Rugby_Aotearoa_season" title="2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa season">NZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Unlocked" title="Super Rugby Unlocked">SA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_season" title="2021 Super Rugby season">2021</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_AU_season" title="2021 Super Rugby AU season">AU</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Super_Rugby_Aotearoa_season" title="2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season">NZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Trans-Tasman" title="Super Rugby Trans-Tasman">TT</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Super Rugby Pacific seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2022 Super Rugby Pacific season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2023 Super Rugby Pacific season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2024 Super Rugby Pacific season">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Super_Rugby_Pacific_season" title="2025 Super Rugby Pacific season">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Super Rugby finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Super_14_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Super 14 Final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Super_14_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Super 14 Final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Super_14_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Super 14 Final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Super_14_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Super 14 Final">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Super_14_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Super 14 Final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Super Rugby Final">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Super Rugby Final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Super Rugby Final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Super Rugby Final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Super Rugby Final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Super Rugby Final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Super Rugby Final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Super Rugby Final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Super_Rugby_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Super Rugby Final">2019</a></li> <li><s>2020</s></li> <li><s>2021</s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Super_Rugby_Pacific_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Super Rugby Pacific Final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Super_Rugby_Pacific_final" title="2023 Super Rugby Pacific final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Super_Rugby_Pacific_final" title="2024 Super Rugby Pacific final">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Super_Rugby_Pacific_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 Super Rugby Pacific final (page does not exist)">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#213C7B; color: white;;width:1%;background:#2D449A; color: white;">Player transfers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2012%E2%80%9313_Super_Rugby_transfers" title="List of 2012–13 Super Rugby transfers">2012–13</a></li> 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