Casualties from Rugby World Cup crowds in Dunedin have been few so far, and emergency planners are hopeful that will be the case this weekend.
Southern District Health Board emergency management service leader Murray Halbert said crowds across the country had been well behaved and the atmosphere had been "fantastic".
He was confident Sunday night in Dunedin was "going to be great".
In Dunedin, the community-based assessment centre (CBAC) will be set up again at the Student Health Service during the time of the Ireland v Italy game on Sunday evening, to cope with non-urgent injuries.
It was introduced at the first RWC game to ensure Dunedin Hospital's emergency department was kept for urgent patients, but it was hardly used. It was stood down for the next two games.
However, the multi-agency group involved with the emergency planning, agreed it should be available for the last game as Dunedin was expected to be much busier.
Mr Halbert said a larger number of tickets had been sold to students than at previous games.
Severe intoxication was not high on the list of conditions treated last week, with more patients showing up with medical conditions such as chest pains, "sore tummies" and sore backs, he said.
The assessment centre in Albany St will not be open to the public, with referrals only coming through St John after paramedics have provided initial assessment of the severity of a person's condition.
The centre will be run from 7.30pm to midnight.
Mr Halbert said the smooth running of RWC events around the country reflected the years of planning.
One of the spin-offs had been that the planning had pulled agencies together and there was increased collaboration and co-operation.
"We have a much better understanding of each other's agencies and what they are capable of ."
They were already planning to work together more over such events as the Elton John concert, on November 25, and the Otago Daily Times 150th celebration The Big Day In, on November 12.
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