Warrington Wolves • Refs referring it to video as a try or not
Smiffy27 wrote:
There is no perfect system but I think I'd go with giving the ref. the option of try/no try/don't know. If he says try or no try/ ... the video ref. has to have have sufficient evidence to over-rule.
Whatever we do believe me it is better than the days without video when all sorts of awful decisions were made.
TBH I prefer the days of no video ref, yes you are right about shocking decisions made I have witnessed many over the years (Billy Thompson)but it was the talking point after the game. These days there is a lot more anger over decisions made by video refs because even though we can often see it he will go with the live call made by the on field ref.
You are right that there is no perfect answer but I would have at least preferred it if the video refs decision was a standalone and not driven by the on field decision. Let the video refs give is own decision.
March 13, 1983, quarter final
Warrington 4 Hull 10 (T: Phil Ford; DG: Eccles)
Attendance: 11,218
Referee Billy Thompson disallowed three tries.
Statistics: Posted by karetaker — Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:53 am — Replies 27 — Views 3694