▁Ralph ▁and ▁former ▁captain ▁Re uben ▁Thor ne . ▁In ▁July ▁that ▁year ▁former ▁captain ▁Tod d ▁Black ad der ▁was ▁appointed ▁Cr us aders ▁coach , ▁and ▁his ▁former ▁team m ates ▁Mark ▁Hamm ett ▁and ▁D ary l ▁Gib son ▁were ▁appointed ▁as ▁assist ants . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁season ▁started ▁with ▁a ▁sole ▁win ▁and ▁a ▁draw ▁from ▁the ▁Cr us aders ' ▁first ▁five ▁matches ; ▁this ▁included ▁a ▁ 6 – 0 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁High land ers . ▁The ▁side ▁found ▁its ▁feet ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁season , ▁and ▁won ▁key ▁away ▁games ▁which ▁ultimately ▁saw ▁them ▁finish ▁in ▁fourth ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁– ▁just ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁War ata hs . ▁Both ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁and ▁War ata hs ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁ 4 1 ▁competition ▁points , ▁but ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁advanced ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁greater ▁' points ▁for ▁and ▁against ' ▁difference . ▁ ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁lost ▁their ▁semi - final ▁to ▁the ▁Bull s ▁ 3 6 – 2 3 ▁at ▁Lo ft us ▁Vers feld , ▁P ret oria ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁a ▁capacity ▁ 5 2 , 0 0 0 ▁crowd . ▁The ▁Bull s ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Super ▁ 1 4 ▁title ▁be ating ▁the ▁Chief s ▁ 6 1 – 1 7 . ▁Statist ically , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁had ▁the ▁best ▁def ensive