University Oval
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand — opened disputed, 2 rugby league games hosted, home of no permanent rugby league tenant on file.
Ground facts
| Opened | disputed (Wikipedia infoboxes for this ground cite three different opening milestones (dates associated with construction, first cricket use, and a later redevelopment), and it is not clear which, if any, corresponds to the ground's earliest use. No single opening date is stated here as a result.) |
| Home club | no permanent rugby league tenant on file |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 2 |
| Top recorded crowd | 2,956 |
| Surface | grass |
| Years used | 1953–1954 |
| Location | Dunedin, Otago |
Name history
Rugby league history
University Oval in Dunedin, Otago, is New Zealand's southernmost first-class cricket ground and a University of Otago sports facility. It hosted two rugby league fixtures in 1953 and 1954, drawing a crowd of up to 2,956, during an era when the code staged occasional representative matches in the South Island outside its Auckland and West Coast strongholds.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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