The crowd was closer to 9000 than 8000 (8709 I think) HKR fans filled up about 2/3 of the Princess Street side so just under 3000 of them is about right.

Just a minor thing, the replay shows clearly that Welham went to make the tackle and didnt play at the ball meaning Foxy's try was correct. Couldnt see the Westerman incident but I think it was the touch judge that was 100% he had touched the corner flag before grounding the ball.

All the talk about getting rid of Video Refs and in this game a VR would have benefitted both sides IMO.

On the replay it does look like Cooke was offside though didnt really notice that at the game.

I think your injuries through the game killed you, sure the ref wasn't good and the game would have been closer but at the end of the day when your walking wounded you cant play to your best as has happened with us this year and its not nice being told "injuries cant be used as an excuse"!!