. ▁However , ▁the ▁decis ive ▁try ▁was ▁to ▁Cr us aders ' ▁wing ▁Af ato ▁So ' o alo ▁when ▁he ▁ch ipped ▁the ▁ball , ▁then ▁out - s print ed ▁All ▁Black s ▁w inger ▁Jeff ▁Wilson ▁to ▁collect ▁the ▁ball ▁and ▁score . ▁Although ▁the ▁High land ers ' ▁scored ▁a ▁try ▁to ▁Is it olo ▁M aka ▁with ▁three ▁minutes ▁remaining ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁won ▁ 2 4 – 1 9 . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁season ▁Peter ▁Slo ane ▁became ▁coach ▁after ▁Tony ▁Gilbert ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁All ▁Black s ' ▁for wards ▁coach . ▁They ▁opened ▁their ▁season ▁with ▁a ▁ 5 0 – 1 3 ▁victory ▁over ▁Queensland ▁Red s ▁at ▁Car is bro ok ; ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁the ▁Red s ▁had ▁conced ed ▁ 5 0 ▁points ▁to ▁the ▁High land ers . ▁They ▁won ▁their ▁next ▁three ▁matches , ▁against ▁the ▁Sh arks , ▁H urr ican es ▁and ▁C ats . ▁However , ▁the ▁then ▁lost ▁their ▁following ▁three ; ▁against ▁the ▁Cr us aders , ▁Br umb ies , ▁and ▁Blues . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁regular ▁season ▁they ▁had ▁won ▁six ▁of ▁their ▁eleven ▁games , ▁and ▁finished ▁third ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁superior ▁points ▁difference ▁to ▁the ▁fourth ▁placed ▁C ats . ▁They ▁played ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁at ▁J ade ▁Stadium ▁in ▁their ▁semi - final , ▁and ▁were ▁defeated ▁ 3 7 – 1 5 ▁after ▁Mar ika ▁V un