Rugby: Much at stake in Carisbrook's finale
Rugby: Much at stake in Carisbrook's finale
Amid all the ceremony and occasion of the last game at Carisbrook there is actually a rather important rugby match today.
Carisbrook
Rugby: A seat in the stand forever
Rugby: A seat in the stand forever
Humphrey Skinner wanders out on to Carisbrook with his walking stick and surveys the empty grandstand.
Carisbrook - a truly multipurpose stadium
Carisbrook - a truly multipurpose stadium
You know all about the great rugby and cricket matches held at Carisbrook over the last 130 years. But what about the other stuff? Hayden Meikle offers an A to Z of the lesser known events held at the ground.
Helper in many capacities
Helper in many capacities
Carisbrook has been a second home for Mike Reggett.
The Top 10 Otago rugby players to have graced Carisbrook
The Top 10 Otago rugby players to have graced Carisbrook
1. Jeff Wilson (1993-2001): There was no more skilled all-round player than the Golden One.
My Carisbrook: more memories
My Carisbrook: more memories
For an 11-year-old, it was huge to be there in 1959 when Otago beat the Lions.
My Carisbrook: memories
My Carisbrook: memories
My favourite memory of Carisbrook is following the Otago team out of the tunnel on to the ground before the kick-off in the 1998 final against Waikato. The atmosphere was unbelievable. The terrace was a sea of blue and gold flags flying in the wind. We knew we were never going to lose.
- Former Otago manager Des Smith
Carisbrook memories
Carisbrook memories
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook rugby tests
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook rugby tests
1. 1993. All Blacks 25, Australia 10. The Bledisloe Cup has never been done better. Dunedin introduced Tent City and began a stretch as the rugby capital of New Zealand.
Architect of Otago and All Black glory
Architect of Otago and All Black glory
Laurie Mains has probably coached and played at Carisbrook more times than any other person.
Office at his field of dreams
Office at his field of dreams
For nearly 20 years, John Hornbrook called Carisbrook his office.
Vivid memories of near-disaster for helicopter
Vivid memories of near-disaster for helicopter
Keith Campbell can laugh about it now but he was terrified the day he nearly saw a helicopter crash at Carisbrook.
Great games will live on long after the gates close
Great games will live on long after the gates close
David Latta says they may get rid of Carisbrook but it will still live on in Otago.
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook characters
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook characters
1. Jimmy Duncan: All Black, later a referee. Credited with inventing the five-eighth system of back play and used to wear a hat to disguise his bald patch.
Second home became fitting resting place
Second home became fitting resting place
Carisbrook was Otago rugby legend Charlie Saxton's second home. He loved the ground.
From gristly pies to palace
From gristly pies to palace
If Otago ratepayers and rugby fans of the future go in search of the first nail in the coffin of Carisbrook and the spark that produced the Forsyth Barr Stadium, they might consider the events of June 2004.
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook cricket innings
The Top 10 Great Carisbrook cricket innings
1. 197 and 128: Bert Sutcliffe (Otago) v MCC, 1946-47. Scored back-to-back centuries on debut for the province.
The table, the sawdust and a No 11's angst
The table, the sawdust and a No 11's angst
Who could forget the drama-filled test against the West Indies at Carisbrook in 1980?
My Carisbrook
My Carisbrook
I enjoyed watching New Zealand athletic championships at Carisbrook in the 1940s and 1950s, before Dunedin's first all-weather track was laid.
Test match ambitions undone by rain
Test match ambitions undone by rain
Call it a curse. Call it bad luck.