ies ▁and ▁br ushed ▁them ▁aside ▁in ▁a ▁ 5 2 – 1 0 ▁demol ition . ▁They ▁next ▁played ▁the ▁High land ers ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁only ▁lost ▁one ▁match ▁in ▁the ▁season , ▁to ▁the ▁und efe ated ▁and ▁table - to pping ▁Storm ers . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁won ▁comfort ably ▁ 4 4 – 1 3 ▁in ▁Dun ed in . ▁The ▁next ▁team ▁they ▁played , ▁the ▁Sh arks , ▁had ▁like ▁the ▁High land ers ▁previously ▁only ▁lost ▁one ▁match ▁in ▁the ▁season ▁before ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁won ▁ 4 4 – 2 8 ▁at ▁T wick en ham ▁for ▁a ▁one ▁off ▁match ▁due ▁to ▁earth qu ake ▁damage ▁at ▁their ▁own ▁ground . ▁They ▁played ▁the ▁second ▁match ▁in ▁Tim aru ▁Al pine ▁Stadium ▁against ▁the ▁Bull s ▁in ▁a ▁sell ▁out ▁crowd ▁winning ▁ 2 7 – 0 . ▁Round ▁ 9 ▁they ▁played ▁the ▁Chief s ▁in ▁M t ▁Ma ung an ui ▁and ▁gained ▁four ▁tries ▁winning ▁ 3 4 – 1 6 ▁with ▁Rich ie ▁McC aw ▁returning ▁after ▁eight ▁weeks ▁off ▁with ▁injury . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁lost ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁Sun cor p ▁Stadium ▁to ▁the ▁Queensland ▁Red s . ▁Will ▁Gen ia ▁scored ▁a ▁cru cial ▁try ▁for ▁the ▁Red s ▁to ▁help ▁them ▁to ▁an ▁ 1 8 – 1 3 ▁win . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁season , ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁home ▁ground ▁of ▁Christ ch urch