High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Highlanders (formerly known as Otago Highlanders) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The franchise represents the North Otago, Otago and Southland provincial Rugby unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s. Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin, with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown. The Highlanders will move into Carisbrook`s replacement, Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, starting with the 2012 season; the stadium opened in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but after the Super Rugby season.