What about Wakey getting a drop out early on in the game when BJB is forced back by one Wakey player who was clearly offside from the grubber through??

You've gone from winning by 60 and 40 points to losing by 2.
That isn't down to some 50-50 decisions by the ref.

Maybe nobody has mentioned it because it didn't happen?

quite correct pop tart plus a good full back would not have got up so he could be tackled over the line

Granted just pointing out that for a Walters ball steal, a Wakey offside for a drop out can be a counter claim to the other poster's "he said she said" kinda argument.

The video ref is being over used ...and is killing the game.

Why not rewind the whole bluddy match at half time and look for other things originally 'missed' !!!? Techically it would be the right thing to do.

Agreed.
It's gone from helping the ref make a decision (eg whether a player grounds the ball) to overruling the referee.
Refs are now deliberately not making decisions in the hope a try is scored so that they can go to the VR.
Players would be advised now to get tackled after an incident (like the McGuire one) rather than attempt to score.

I was hoping McGuire got tackled 5m short because it'd looked certain it would be pulled back.

I doubt it'll happen but wonder if players start getting themselves tackled when they could've scored, suppose you shouldn't take that risk and always dive over and in the heat of the moment can't be thinking "are the Sky cameras here?" and "is the VR an option".

If I see one more perfectly good try chalked off because a pass was caught a fraction of a millimetre on the wrong side of a dummy runner’s shoulder I swear I’ll drive up to Beckett and stick those ref’s whistles in a place where they can only be heard after a meal of beans, prunes and cabbage.

....all made into a cake of course.

....all made into a cake of course.

But then it's not a "perfectly good try".

The obstruction rule has been improperly implemented. It's now being interpreted to the letter of the law, and pretty consistently. Fans can't have it both ways.

You can't scream for consistency, then when you get it kick off because it's not the decisions you want.

I'd no issues with the lad reffing Friday. Thought he did a pretty good job to be honest.

He was easily an improvement on Hicks from the previous week.

Had a pretty unpromising start, making a balls of his first two decisions IIRC.

Once he settled down, went okay although the ten metres was really short for both sides.