Highlanders (rugby union) Highlanders (rugby union) The Highlanders (formerly the Otago Highlanders and currently known as the Pulse Energy Highlanders for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition, and includes the Otago, North Otago and Southland unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago, North Otago, and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s. Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in
Carisbrook, Lane Cove Carisbrook, Lane Cove Carisbrook is an heritage-listed former private residence and now house and local history museum at 334 Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove in the Lane Cove Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1884. The property is owned by the Lane Cove Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. In 1980 Lane Cove Council sought a Permanent Conservation Order for Carisbrook. In view of its heritage significance a Permanent Conservation Order was gazetted oover Carisbrook on 26 June 1981. A single-storey, sandstone house,