Highlanders members will again have early access to tickets for the upcoming All Blacks test matches, before they go on sale to the general public. At midday on Monday 5 July, the presale window will begin for all Rugby Championship matches, one of which will be played at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday 25 September. Highlanders members will have presale access to all matches. Full details are included below for the Rugby Championship Starting September 11. Rugby Championship Schedule Saturday 11 September  - All Blacks v Argentina, Eden Park, Auckland, Kick off ..read more

The last round of the Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Competition has arrived and with it a blanket finish at the top of the table with three unbeaten teams; the Blues, Crusaders and Highlanders all in the box seat to secure a spot in the finals. However, there are no guarantees as a loss by anyone of those three teams opens up a number of permutations. The task for the Highlanders is made harder by the fact they take on the Brumbies at their stronghold in Canberra and they may well need five points to get into the top two, depending on results. The team welcomes back talisman halfback and All ..read more

SANZAR has confirmed that the Super Rugby Trans Tasman Final will be played on Saturday 19 June at Eden Park in Auckland. The hosts will be the Blues who finished on top of the ladder after the five round-robin rounds. They will play the Highlanders who finished second on the ladder. The kick-off is set for 19:05 New Zealand local time. The positions were determined by results in the last round (round 5) that ultimately saw three teams - the Blues, Highlanders and the Crusaders - all finish on 23 points at the top of the ladder. The Blues beat the Western Force in Auckland 31-21; while the Hi ..read more

The last round of the Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Competition has arrived and with it a blanket finish at the top of the table with three unbeaten teams; the Blues, Crusaders and Highlanders all in the box seat to secure a spot in the finals. However, there are no guarantees as a loss by anyone of those three teams opens up a number of permutations. The task for the Highlanders is made harder by the fact they take on the Brumbies at their stronghold in Canberra and they may well need five points to get into the top two, depending on results. The team welcomes back talisman halfback and All Bl ..read more

The Highlanders return to Forsyth Barr Stadium for their last round robin home game of the season knowing that nothing less than a win will do to keep them in the hunt for a finals spot.  Shannon Frizell is ruled out with an ankle injury sustained during the Rebels match that will sideline him for up to six weeks. After a heavy workload halfback and co-captain Aaron Smith gets a rest under the All Blacks load protocols providing Kayne Hammington with the opportunity to play his 50th game for the Highlanders. In other changes, Bryn Evans, returns to the pack and the well performed Kaz ..read more

Highlanders & Harraways Competition Terms and Conditions 1. Information on how to enter this Promotion and Prize details form part of these Terms and Conditions of entry (Terms). These Terms apply to the Promotion and entry into the Promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms. 2. The promoter is Speight’s Highlanders Limited, 130 Anzac Avenue, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand; Harraways Limited, 161 Main South Road, Green Island, Dunedin 9018 (Promoter) 3. The Promotion will commence at on 2:59PM on 1/06/21 and close at 11.59AM on 04/06/21 (Promotion Period). 4. Entries received outside these P ..read more

A tumultuous week will end with the Highlanders playing in the bustling western suburbs of Sydney rather than the  tranquillity of Queenstown. Due to the recently extended travel ban between NZ and Australia the Highlanders will be jumping on a plane, not a bus, for their third-round fixture against the Melbourne Rebels. A slightly refreshed look to the team sees Ethan De Groot, Josh Dickson and James Lentjes come into the starting squad while Jeff Thwaites and Manaaki Selby-Rickit come onto the bench. A rare start for Liam Coltman means inspirational leader Ash Dixon will make his i ..read more

Highlanders v Rebels match moved from Queenstown to Sydney   The Highlanders Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman match against the Rebels has been moved from Queenstown to Sydney due to the extension of a travel pause between Victoria and New Zealand triggered by a Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne. The Highlanders had been scheduled to play the Rebels at 2.35pm on Sunday, 30 May at the Sir John Davies Oval in Queenstown, but will now travel to Australia on Saturday to play their Round 4 match at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney. The match in Sydney will now kick-off at 5pm NZT (3PM AUT) and wil ..read more

After a strong performance against the Australian Super Rugby Champions, the Queensland Reds, the Highlanders have travelled to Perth to play their second round match against a Western Force side that was desperately unlucky to lose against the Chiefs.  The coaches have stuck largely with the winning combination from round one with the only changes to the starting team being Bryn Evans (rotating with Josh Dickson) and Shannon Frizell returning to take his place on the blindside with the well performed Kazuki Himeno moving to the bench. Josh Ioane returns to the match day team after recove ..read more

The Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition kicks off on Friday night with the Australian champions, the Queesnland Reds, in Dunedin. This will be the first time the Highlanders’ have played an Australian opposition since 28th Febraury 2020 when we played the Rebels at home.   There are only minor changes to the team that played in the last round of Super Rugby Aotearoa with lock Pari Pari Parkinson returning from injury and Hugh Renton coming into the starting XV.  In the backs, Michael Collins comes into the centre position pushing Patelesio Tomkinson out to the right wi ..read more