▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Blues ▁at ▁Car is bro ok , ▁a ▁ 3 0 – 1 4 ▁loss . ▁Following ▁this ▁the ▁side ▁won ▁six ▁games ▁consec ut ively , ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁franch ise ▁had ▁ever ▁done ▁so . ▁They ▁first ▁defeated ▁the ▁Bull s ▁ 2 3 – 0 , ▁then ▁the ▁Sh arks ▁ 4 3 – 7 . ▁They ▁then ▁won ▁away ▁against ▁the ▁C ats ▁and ▁Red s . ▁They ▁returned ▁to ▁Car is bro ok ▁and ▁defeated ▁the ▁Br umb ies ▁ 1 9 – 1 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁won ▁in ▁Well ington ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 6 – 1 6 ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁H urr ican es . ▁After ▁a ▁draw ▁with ▁the ▁Storm ers ▁and ▁a ▁by e , ▁the ▁High land ers ▁had ▁gone ▁un be aten ▁for ▁eight ▁weeks . ▁Thus ▁three ▁weeks ▁from ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁round ▁ro bin ▁they ▁were ▁third , ▁but ▁after ▁losing ▁their ▁remaining ▁three ▁matches ▁fell ▁to ▁e ighth ▁for ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁Exp ansion : ▁ 2 0 0 6 – 2 0 1 4 ▁After ▁ten ▁years ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 2 ▁was ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁two ▁extra ▁teams ; ▁the ▁Western ▁Force ▁from ▁Australia , ▁and ▁the ▁C heet ah s ▁from ▁South ▁Africa . ▁The ▁expanded ▁competition ▁was ▁renamed ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 4 . ▁The ▁High land ers ▁continued ▁under ▁Cooper ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁Their ▁first ▁up ▁match