You may be in a minority, but I'm in the same minority with you. Utterly pointless rule. If the video ref sees something which contradicts the on-field ref's indication, then it's the video ref who will have the final say. It would be bizarre to do otherwise. That is exactly the same as now. Strange and useless rule.

There should be a phone number with extensions. Type the number and add 01 for try, add 02 for not try. Imagine the extra income the game could make.

Video red rule is pointless. If anything maybe puts pressure on video red to go with the decision made by the red Instead of just calling it from the footage.
Again just following the lead of NRL.
same with shoulder charge would should never have been banned in UK.

To play devil's advocate, the video referee is only there at games shown on Sky. If a referee is unsure of a decision on a TV game he has the luxury of the video referee to make the decision for him. However, if the same incident from the same game wasn't shown on TV, the referee would be forced to make his own call...

By forcing the referee to make judgement first, it makes it more consistent across the board as the video referee is only able to go against the referees call if it can be clearly proven his decision is incorrect. It also means the referee still has a decision to make rather than taking the easy way out and handing things on to video red.

I personally think it's a good idea and will make it a lot more consistent (especially as video refs are only there at 2 games each week)

I'm going to agree here.

If the ref has to give an opinion then it will be easier to see those who get it wrong more often than they get it right.

The Aussies have had just as many issues with their referees and video refs, even with this rule.

The biggest problem for me has been the obstruction fiasco, so hopefully the change there will improve things.