If the same incident had happened in the NRL or in State of Origin then it's a definite try, and the media over there would be talking about how it was a miraculous try to manage to put it down from that position.

Hardly sorted.

Same would apply.

French ref deemed incompetent and out of his depth by England or Australia or both.

Cue immediate abandonment of policy on neutral referees.

International RL wouldn't be the absolute joke it is today if it wasn't for the English and the Australians.

Oh goody, William needs attention



A NZ ref will do btw, we'll bemoan poor calls (nature of sport). In fact I'd rather have one, I reckon an English ref would be too worried about being accused of favouring England that he'd give the opposition more just to look impartial.

Incompetant or out of depth is better than biased or scared/corrupt

I am so used to seeing two video refs on Sky games.
Is there only one in internationals?
If so ...why?

We want two Sky video refs in internationals!

Perhaps you could start a campaign?

[url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/nov/15/australia-england-referee-four-nationsMeanwhile, in the real world...[/url

Thanks for providing a link that provides nothing to the debate.

Duly noted and all that.

Clearly NZ refs will not do.

Feel free to flap your wings again though.

I can't believe the number of people moaning about this picture CLEARLY showing a British finger on the ball who haven't once commented on the fact that an Australian finger is also CLEARLY on the ball.

Blaming the video ref and the penalty count just excuses away the woeful performance of our halves in the second half.

They were utterly outclassed in terms of tactical thinking, organisation and cool.

Inglis is touching it, but that is irrelevant. His touch is lateral, he's moving it across the grass. No downward pressure. Hall is on top of the ball, pressing down towards the grass (Or terra-firma to quote Stevo). Clear TRY. The point made about it being given in any other competition is very valid too. Almost identical groundings have been ruled perfectly acceptable in Origin games (In front of much larger crowds and TV audiences), NRL games and Super League games.