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
Rugby league in Serbia On the 27th of June 2016 Serbia played the England Lion-hearts a select group of players from Yorkshire the stronghold of English Rugby League. Serbia lost 14-16 a very courageous and proud effort from the Serbian team against a prestigious opponent, the venue was the Radnicki stadium in Belgrade, Serbia showed it is a Rugby League country in the making pushing the Lion-Hearts to the brink of defeat. Serbia has wasted no time producing good Rugby League players. Impressive youngsters Dalibor Vukanović and Soni Radovanovic had stints with English National League Two side London Skolars in 2005, National League Three