▁High land er ' s ▁captain ▁T ane ▁Rand ell ▁public ly ▁critic ised ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁jud icial ▁process . ▁Their ▁second ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁came ▁when ▁they ▁played ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁at ▁Car is bro ok . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁won ▁ 1 7 – 1 6 ▁to ▁record ▁to ▁first ▁loss ▁for ▁the ▁High land ers ▁at ▁Car is bro ok ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁final — which ▁was ▁also ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁Cr us aders . ▁The ▁High land ers ▁had ▁gone ▁three ▁seasons , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁and ▁ 1 6 ▁games ▁un be aten ▁at ▁Car is bro ok . ▁The ▁High land ers ▁then ▁defeated ▁the ▁Blues ▁ 2 2 – 1 1 ▁to ▁retain ▁the ▁Gordon ▁Hunter ▁Memorial ▁Tro phy , ▁and ▁inf lict ▁the ▁only ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁on ▁the ▁Blues ▁who ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Championship . ▁Following ▁the ▁High land er ' s ▁ 4 5 – 1 9 ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁Br umb ies ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁April ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁a ▁r ift ▁had ▁developed ▁between ▁coach ▁Laur ie ▁M ains ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁senior ▁players ▁in ▁the ▁squad . ▁Anton ▁Oliver ▁was ▁brand ed ▁the ▁ring le ader ▁by ▁M ains , ▁but ▁Carl ▁H oe ft ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁conflict ; ▁" Ant on ▁got ▁hung