Quote: bren2k "Given the stupid rule that forces the ref to guess on a decision before he refers it, Child did nothing wrong; he was unsighted, so he went with what looked like from his angle, a common sense interpretation. For Silverwood to fail to see what everyone else did - that it was never anywhere near grounded - is totally unacceptable.'"
Spot on, as i said previously, without a VR, child would have probably given the try based on his view ( or those of his touch/in-goal judges) at the time.
Subsequent replays would show that he got it wrong, but yet, i imagine, or would hope that most fans (even though one set would feel aggrieved) would accept that he had a second or 2 to make a decision based on what he sees at the time.
Silverwood, didn't, he had numerous camera angles, slow motion replays and more importantly, time to make the correct decision, he failed, not Child.