▁Athlet ic ▁Park . ▁Despite ▁leading ▁ 1 4 – 3 ▁at ▁half ▁time , ▁the ▁High land ers ▁lost ▁when ▁H urr ican es ' ▁half - back ▁Jason ▁Sp ice ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁corner ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁H urr ican es ▁a ▁ 2 1 – 1 9 ▁victory . ▁Had ▁the ▁High land ers ▁won ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁finished ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁table ▁and ▁hosted ▁a ▁semi - final ▁at ▁Car is bro ok . ▁Instead ▁they ▁then ▁had ▁to ▁travel ▁from ▁Well ington ▁to ▁South ▁Africa ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁Storm ers . ▁After ▁trailing ▁ 1 1 – 0 , ▁the ▁High land ers ▁finished ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁ahead ▁ 2 2 – 1 8 . ▁They ▁scored ▁a ▁further ▁ 1 1 ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁to ▁win ▁ 3 3 – 1 8 . ▁The ▁High land ers ▁travel led ▁back ▁to ▁Dun ed in ▁and ▁the ▁match ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Sunday ▁to ▁allow ▁an ▁extra ▁for ▁recovery . ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Super ▁ 1 2 ▁Final ▁was ▁against ▁South ▁Island ▁riv als ▁the ▁Can ter bury ▁Cr us aders , ▁and ▁was ▁bil led ▁as ▁" the ▁party ▁at ▁Tony ▁Brown ' s ▁house " ▁after ▁High land ers ▁first ▁five - e ighth ▁Tony ▁Brown . ▁The ▁match ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁a ▁sell out ▁ 4 1 , 5 0 0 ▁person ▁crowd ▁the ▁High land ers ▁scored ▁first , ▁and ▁led ▁ 1 4 – 9 ▁at ▁half ▁time