Quote: shinymcshine "You think its "perfectly reasonable" for Childs to award a try when he didn't actually see the ball being grounded, yet unreasonable that Silverwood declined to make a call on the video that didn't conclusively show it either way ? '"
An on-field ref has to make an instant decision. In that situation, yes I think it's perfectly reasonable for a ref to think the ball touched the ground.
Yes, I think it's unreasonable, in fact I think it's unacceptable for a video ref, with access to numerous video clips, slow mo etc to see a video of the ball NEVER touching the ground, to give that as a try. The 2 situations are completely different.
The video was not inconclusive. It was 100% conclusive. You could see the ball, at all times, above the ground.
Quote: shinymcshine "Its only the video that Sivlerwood didn't see at the time (zoomed in from behind) that shows that the ball clearly wasn't grounded.'"
Silverwood did see that view, because he was looking at the same video as is shown on tv live. He was commenting on the same video I, and everybody else was seeing.
It was a monumental cockup from Silverwood and had nothing to do with Child.