Rugby? Not really.
New Zealand? Not on the map.
Highlanders? Never heard of them.
But for Matias Diaz, the Highlanders, Dunedin and rugby are now front and centre.
The Argentinian tighthead prop is slowly getting used to his new home and new digs in Dunedin in another path in a rugby career which is barely out of nappies.
Diaz (20) started playing rugby only five years ago and has come a long way in that time.
Speaking through his interpreter, Lina Lastra, Diaz said he did not often consider how much has changed in his life in the past five years.
''Because things have gone so fast, I do not stop and think how five years ago I was not even playing. But when I do think about it now, I find it quite amazing how things have changed,'' he said.
Diaz grew up in Mendoza, a city in the west of Argentina.
As a youngster, football and Argentinian rural dancing took up most of his time. He was introduced to rugby by a friend at school and slowly it become important.
''I did not like it straight away. But I started playing in the middle of the year as a way to spend time with my friends. Then when I went on holiday I missed it a lot. So I started to play more.''
The more he played, the better he got, and he started making representative sides. He made Argentinian junior national sides and last year cracked the national team, being picked for the squad to play in the Rugby Championship.
This season he had the option of going to play in France or New Zealand and opted for the latter, though it was a difficult decision.
''I knew it would be hard coming here. I would be by myself, the first Argentinian to come and play in New Zealand. I spoke no English, had no family or friends.
''The first two weeks were very tough. I was quite lonely and everything was new. But I knew it was going to happen like that . . . the most I had been away from home was four months.''
Diaz is living by himself but is looking forward to a friend and his girlfriend coming to visit shortly.
He said Dunedin was similar to Mendoza as there were hills around the city. Mendoza was a city of more than a million people and was a big wine-growing region.
Rugby-wise, Mendoza and Dunedin seem to be getting along.
''I am passionate about rugby and there are a lot of people here who are passionate about the game, too. And I really like that. All the decisions I have taken in my life are about rugby.''
Diaz, who stands 1.85m and weighs 115kg, started English lessons last week and hopes he will understand the language better. Until then, it will be the job of his interpreter, Lastra, to explain the game plan and the scrum moves to him.
Lastra, who jokes Matias is her third child, is Colombian and has lived in Dunedin for five years.
She is president of the Otago Hispanic Group.
