▁final , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁met ▁the ▁Blues , ▁another ▁team ▁co ached ▁by ▁a ▁former ▁Cr us aders ▁assistant ▁coach , ▁Peter ▁Slo ane . ▁Hook er ▁Mark ▁Hamm ett ▁scored ▁two ▁tries ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁a ▁ 1 0 – 6 ▁lead ▁at ▁half - time . ▁The ▁Blues ▁hit ▁back ▁to ▁lead ▁ 2 1 – 1 0 ▁with ▁ten ▁minutes ▁to ▁go . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁managed ▁another ▁converted ▁try , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁enough , ▁and ▁the ▁Blues ▁won ▁ 2 1 – 1 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁Cr us aders ' ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁season ▁began ▁with ▁two ▁losses : ▁first ▁to ▁the ▁War ata hs , ▁then ▁to ▁the ▁Blues . ▁They ▁recovered ▁to ▁again ▁finish ▁second ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁with ▁seven ▁wins . ▁They ▁played ▁the ▁Storm ers ▁at ▁J ade ▁Stadium ▁in ▁their ▁semi - final , ▁and ▁won ▁ 2 7 – 1 6 . ▁They ▁met ▁the ▁Br umb ies ▁at ▁Can ber ra ▁Stadium ▁in ▁a ▁re play ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁final . ▁The ▁Br umb ies ▁domin ated ▁in ▁the ▁final , ▁scoring ▁ 3 3 ▁un answer ed ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁ 1 9 ▁minutes . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁managed ▁to ▁salv age ▁some ▁pride ▁by ▁narrow ing ▁the ▁loss ▁to ▁a ▁ 4 7 – 3 8 ▁finish . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁season ▁started ▁with ▁a ▁repeat ▁of ▁the ▁previous