Four games. Six teams. More than 100,000 fans through the stadium gates. Sports editor Hayden Meikle wraps up Dunedin's spectacular contribution to the World Cup.
Best game
England v Argentina. All four had their moments. But the first is often the best.
This was a tense, gripping clash between two limited but committed teams. Forsyth Barr Stadium (it's off World Cup duty now, right?) was full for the first time and the roof vibrated with the cheers of both England and Argentina fans. The game only featured one try, to English halfback Ben Youngs. But it was fiery and passionate and in the balance until the end.
Best crowd
Ireland v Italy. Wow. Everyone assumed the atmosphere for the opening game would be impossible to match. But Sunday night's epic battle, with more than 28,000 crammed in, turned everything up a notch.
Ear-splittingly loud and great fun, especially towards the end when the Irish supporters really got going.
Best try
Chris Ashton v Romania. The classy English winger completed his hat trick late in the 67-3 rout of Romania. Lock Tom Palmer flipped a one-handed reverse pass to James Haskell, and he found Ashton 35m from the line.
Best terrible kicking
Veteran English first five Jonny Wilkinson doesn't miss many. But he had a shocking night against Argentina, missing five kicks at goal. Was it the noise? The heat? The posts? No, must have been the ball.
Best conspiracy
It was the ball wot done it. Two weeks after Wilkinson's kicking struggles, the English were pinged for trying to replace balls for conversions.
Best conspiracy II
The English deliberately found some dodgy back-alley seamstress to attach jersey numbers that fell off within 10 minutes, thus making it difficult for the referee to see which player was lying all over the ball.
Best scandal involving booze, dwarves, a moralistic bouncer, a royal wife and a mystery blonde
Mike Tindall provided fodder for the media for days.
Best banner
Unveiled near Tindall's wife, Zara Phillips, in the style of a series of beer advertisements: "Zara, you're the one and only - yeah, right".
Best quote
'Rugby player drinks beer. Shocker.' - England coach Martin Johnson was eager to put a lid on the Tindall scandal.
Best quote II
'There were dwarves there, yes, but that was just the night the bar was having. It was nothing to do with us. We didn't bring them with us or anything like that.' - England winger Chris Ashton clears a few things up.
Best XV
Ben Foden (England), Chris Ashton (England), Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland), Gordon d'Arcy (Ireland), Tommy Bowe (Ireland), Toby Flood (England), Ben Youngs (England), Juan Fernandez Lobbe (Argentina), Sean O'Brien (Ireland), Tom Croft (England), Tom Palmer (England), Manuel Carizza (Argentina), Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy), Mario Ledesma (Argentina), Cian Healy (Ireland).
Reserves: Steve Thompson (England), Dan Cole (England), Paul O'Connell (Ireland), Dimitri Basilaia (Georgia), Conor Murray (Ireland), Marin Danut Dumbrava (Romania), Manu Tuilagi (England).