: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:58 am  

debaser wrote:

So...video refs at every game? Or at none?

Even a video ref would have had trouble deciding the Sheriffe one from what I've seen.

I think it was more of a "let's just accept there are some decisions that are just too damned hard and lay off the officials a little".

[Bulliac]

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:39 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

Even a video ref would have had trouble deciding the Sheriffe one from what I've seen.

I think it was more of a "let's just accept there are some decisions that are just too damned hard and lay off the officials a little".

I agree with that though given the history of VR decisions I don`t have great faith in them either to be honest.

I agree that some decisons are just too hard but there are procedures in place for this and I thought that these days, the idea was that benefit of the doubt (and given the angle and speed of the Sheriffe decision I don`t see how Mr Child could have been SO certain a try wasn`t scored when, on the replay I saw he was well behind play) was given to the attacking team.

I don`t really think that we`ll be laying off the officials anytime soon though, particularly when they don`t follow the official guidelines laid down by the RFL. In any case when results are so close decisions made by the officials are always going to be big talking points (as they have been throughout history) and big derbies are always going to bring up a few more.

: Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:10 am  

The linesman had to make an instant decision. The view from the camera is not far off being from the same angle, yet even with slomo and freeze frame there is no way you can see a try being scored. The TJ called it as he saw it, and I can't see why anyone would have a problem with him doing that.