2 ▁the ▁Gordon ▁Hunter ▁Memorial ▁Tro phy ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁be ▁cont ested ▁with ▁the ▁Blues , ▁and ▁the ▁High land ers ▁won ▁the ▁tro phy ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 0 – 1 3 ▁win ▁at ▁E den ▁Park . ▁They ▁did ▁this ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁finishing ▁fourth , ▁before ▁again ▁losing ▁to ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁in ▁their ▁semi - final . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁they ▁lost ▁their ▁first ▁match ▁at ▁Car is bro ok ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Super ▁ 1 2 ▁final ▁when ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁defeated ▁them ▁ 1 7 – 1 6 . ▁Co ach ▁Laur ie ▁M ains ▁res igned ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁that ▁season ▁after ▁a ▁dispute ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁senior ▁players , ▁including ▁Anton ▁Oliver . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁their ▁first ▁season ▁with ▁coach ▁Greg ▁Cooper , ▁they ▁finished ▁nin th ▁despite ▁scoring ▁more ▁tries ▁then ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁This ▁was ▁mainly ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁defence ▁as ▁they ▁conced ed ▁ 1 2 ▁more ▁tries ▁then ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁Despite ▁winning ▁six ▁consecutive ▁games ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁they ▁eventually ▁finished ▁e ighth ▁due ▁to ▁losing ▁their ▁last ▁three ▁matches . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 2 ▁to ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 4 ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁two ▁teams — one ▁each ▁from ▁Australia ▁and ▁South ▁Africa . ▁In ▁both ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6