▁Laur ie ▁M ains ▁had ▁returned ▁from ▁South ▁Africa ▁to ▁coach ▁O tag o ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁N PC , ▁and ▁after ▁Peter ▁Slo ane ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Blues , ▁M ains ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁High land ers ▁coach ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁Their ▁season ▁started ▁with ▁a ▁narrow ▁ 3 0 – 2 8 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁at ▁J ade ▁Stadium , ▁after ▁leading ▁ 2 8 – 2 7 ▁at ▁one ▁point . ▁That ▁year ▁the ▁High land ers ▁also ▁achieved ▁a ▁win ▁over ▁all ▁four ▁South ▁African ▁teams ; ▁a ▁Grand ▁S lam ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁not ▁achieved ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁The ▁closest ▁of ▁those ▁four ▁vict ories ▁was ▁a ▁ 2 1 – 2 0 ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁Storm ers ▁in ▁Cape ▁Town . ▁They ▁also ▁defeated ▁the ▁Br umb ies ▁ 2 5 – 1 8 ▁in ▁Can ber ra , ▁The ▁Gordon ▁Hunter ▁Memorial ▁Tro phy ▁was ▁also ▁introduced ▁that ▁season ▁to ▁be ▁cont ested ▁between ▁the ▁High land ers ▁and ▁Blues . ▁Gordon ▁Hunter ▁had ▁co ached ▁both ▁teams ▁before ▁dying ▁from ▁cancer ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁High land ▁prop ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁against ▁the ▁Blues ▁“ Wh ile ▁I ’ m ▁sure ▁G ord y ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁A uck land ▁during ▁his ▁time ▁co aching ▁up ▁there , ▁as ▁he ’ d ▁seemed ▁to ▁be ▁everywhere ▁he ▁went , ▁the ▁tro phy ▁meant ▁a ▁huge ▁amount