▁the ▁assistant ▁coach es ▁position ▁with ▁the ▁Blues . ▁The ▁coach ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁season , ▁Gl enn ▁Moore , ▁was ▁appointed ▁ 2 8 ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁High land ers ▁strugg led ▁in ▁Moore ' s ▁first ▁season ▁as ▁coach . ▁They ▁won ▁only ▁three ▁of ▁their ▁th ir teen ▁matches ▁and ▁finished ▁ele vent h ▁on ▁the ▁table . ▁Many ▁of ▁their ▁losses ▁were ▁by ▁seven ▁points ▁or ▁less , ▁including ▁losses ▁to ▁the ▁Red s , ▁Br umb ies , ▁War ata hs ▁and ▁H urr ican es . ▁The ▁team ▁did ▁not ▁win ▁a ▁match ▁until ▁the ▁e ighth ▁round , ▁when ▁they ▁defeated ▁the ▁L ions ▁in ▁Dun ed in . ▁Their ▁second ▁win ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁over ▁the ▁C heet ah s ▁Blo em f onte in ▁in ▁round ▁twelve . ▁However , ▁the ▁team ▁finished ▁their ▁season ▁on ▁a ▁high ▁— ▁defe ating ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁in ▁Christ ch urch . ▁The ▁Cr us aders ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁tournament ▁that ▁season . ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁season ▁was ▁similar ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁with ▁the ▁team ▁winning ▁four ▁of ▁their ▁th ir teen ▁matches , ▁and ▁again ▁losing ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁matches ▁by ▁seven ▁points ▁or ▁less . ▁After ▁losing ▁their ▁first ▁three ▁matches , ▁including ▁to ▁the ▁Br umb ies ▁and ▁H urr ican es ▁by ▁less ▁than ▁seven ▁points , ▁they ▁defeated ▁the ▁Cr