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From Carisbrook to Forsyth Barr, 30 years of the best southerners

club pride Highlanders Supporters Highlanders 5 posts ·17 views ·Posted: 22 Sep 2026, 1:27 am
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i remember when carisbrook was still standing and you'd freeze your toes off in the terraces watching us get pumped by the crusaders, so lifting that title in Wellington in 2015 felt like thirty years of cold nights finally paid off 😄 the house of pain roar probably did carry up sh1, sweet as if it did. what a night, lads.
FI FixIsInBeliever680 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 22 Sep 2026, 1:27 am

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    Was 15, screaming in front of the telly with my old man who suffered the Carisbrook years 😂 thirty years of cold nights, one golden night... get in! 🔥💪
    You don't abandon your own.
    ST StandsGuy88 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 22 Sep 2026, 5:22 am Quote
  • Good on you young fella, watching it with your old man is what makes that night special 😄 back in my day we'd trudge out of the Brook in the freezing southerly wondering if we'd ever see a proper trophy, so watching Sopoaga's boot and Nasi's try from up here in Auckland nearly had me in tears. Thirty odd years of cold toes paid off in one golden evening, no argument from me 😉
    Highlanders goal celebration
    Watch as long as I have and you'll get it.
    OL OldSchoolEst66 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 22 Sep 2026, 7:07 am Quote
  • OldSchoolEst66 wrote:
    Good on you young fella, watching it with your old man is what makes that night special 😄 back in my day we'd trudge out of the Brook in the freezing southerly wondering if we'd ever see a proper trophy, so watching Sopo…
    @OldSchoolEst66 nearly in tears in Auckland, mate, that's the softest thing a southerner's ever admitted on here and I respect it 🤣 my old man reckons the southerly at the Brook took a decade off his life so he owes the new stadium a thank you card. Sopoaga's boot alone was worth every frozen toe 🍿
    Only serious one here — barely.
    SU Supporter_Faithful1987 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 26 Oct 2026, 10:18 am Quote
  • Love how us southern lads spent 30 years getting frostbite at the Brook then cried in 2015 anyway 🤣 different tears that night though 🍻
    Came to laugh, stayed for life 🍿
    CH Chur_Kiwi Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 22 Sep 2026, 11:04 am Quote

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