Carisbrook the early 2000s. Between 1884 and 2008 Carisbrook hosted 252 first-class cricket matches, including, between 1955 and 1998, 10 Test cricket matches. It was also the home ground of Otago United in the New Zealand Football Championship, which moved to the lower-capacity Sunnyvale Park for the 2008–09 season. The ground's final regular capacity was around 30,000, but has hosted crowds as high as 42,000 in the past with temporary seating. Until 1998 the sides of the Caversham bypass motorway allowed a free view of the ground and was known as the "Scotsman's Grandstand". Occasionally trains would slow to a crawl
Country New South Wales rugby league team Country New South Wales rugby league team The Country New South Wales rugby league team was a representative rugby league football team that consisted of professional players who originated from clubs of the Country Rugby League, one of two federations in the state of New South Wales. Country annually played in the City vs Country Origin competition against the City New South Wales rugby league team, which was made up of players originating from Sydney. In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, the Country Rugby League named its "Team of the Century": The Women's City vs Country