And laughing at us losing courtesy of an idiotic ruling that may be made obsolete next year, by all accounts.

The 8 point try (or lack of) was the worst decision of the lot. What’s the video ref looking at there?? Clear as day.

They conceded similar to us at home, so I'm surprised it wasn't given.

Exactly. He's 25 and he lacks basic rugby skills. Similar to a lot of the PNG team you see at every world cup. They never give below 100% and can hit hard but they're just not very good. He costs us tries by not being able to pass or beat a man. He needs to be a filler player and nothing more if we want to start winning things. I have no idea what Sam sees his value is when we have Lindop waiting in the wings. I just hope this was the last season before Lindop is brought fully through or he goes with Wrench and sorts his positioning out. It's a much easier fix then teaching someone what to do on a rugby pitch apart from tackle hard and run hard.

After a day to reflect, I agree with a lot of what's been said.
1. We got bossed on the middle in the first half. We did ok in the second as the game became looser.
2. Really don't understand why Vaughan didn't start unless there was an unreported injury. (And when he came on he was relatively quiet. Something isn't right there).
3. Ashton was immense and was so strong running in. My mom for Wire by a mile.
4. Frustrated that the Burgess try was given but it seems like the videoref rules now (always??) are that to overturn the refs decision there must be clear evidence to the contrary and as the videoref couldn't see the ball at all times that was deemed to be enough to fail the 'overturn' bar. Harsh. But were HKR worth a 10 point lead at half time? Probably.
5. We hauled ourselves back into the match and had chances to win, but couldn't take them. Fine lines.

If we'd have got to the final would I have feared Wigan more than HKR? No.
I always said HKR was the toughest one, but we'll never know.
It's a real shame the Wigan Leigh match was on terrestial tv. It was so one sided. Ours would have been far better.