Frood (69), who has been a Carisbrook ground member since the early 1970s, watched her first game in 1966, when the Lions played the All Blacks.
"I remember it pretty vividly. It was an exciting game and Carisbrook was absolutely packed. But I watched it in the Rose Stand and I did not like viewing it from there," she said.
"From then on I always had to be on the halfway line. I didn't like looking straight down the field. At halfway you can have a good look at both teams."
She moved to the Main Stand and there she has stayed, watching countless games at club, provincial and international level at the ground.
For her, it was all about just watching the game, and sometimes the result was not the only thing that mattered.
"To me, it has always been about the game. I just love the game. The way the players give it their all. Sure, it helps if we win but the game is what it is about."
A supporter of Alhambra-Union, she said there were plenty of great games for her to look back on.
"When we played the Lions in 1977 and Rex Smith had a great game for Otago. Absolutely ran himself into the ground. My husband [Bob] was at the hospital at the time having an operation. I was watching the game actually, when he was having the operation. But I managed to see him later.
"There've been so many great games at the ground. Right from the club stuff to the big games. That game between Australia and New Zealand where [Christian] Cullen scored that great try was a fantastic game."
Carisbrook had never been the warmest of places, she said, although she had no problem with night rugby, saying it was just the way the game had gone.
Jeff Wilson was someone whom she always admired, because of his attacking ability and the way he played with so much emotion.
But with the ground closing up, it was time to move on and get to the new stadium.
"I've been down to have a look where my seat is and made sure it is around the halfway line."
Name: Jacqui Frood
Role: Long-serving supporter
Favourite Carisbrook memory: The 1997 Bledisloe Cup test.
