Thaler clearly felt he was in a bind because of the on field decision, it looked a try but going by the letter of the law I'm not sure it was possible to overturn the on field decision because it's hit and miss whether you get a camera angle that conclusively shows downward pressure. It was the right decision in the end but only because common sense prevailed. Had we got the try instead of Hull we'd have been back to howls of "corruption" and the like. Glad we didn't reach the GF on the back of a decision like that.

The on field decision definitely needs scrapping though, I've said that from the start. It's an irrational policy to make the referee guess and then to give that guess such authority that most VRs can't overturn it. Bring back BOD and let the on-field and video referees both make the decision together, on-field ref has the final say.

as this thread perfectly demonstrates, people are now getting hung up over the try/no try decision from the ref, rather than considering whether it was actually a try or not in the first place. the system needs scrapping and the video ref system reverting to what it was before. also we need to stop using it for other things like knock ons restarts etc. games are finishing too late

It was clearly a try and you see similar ones regularly. Scrap the farce of the onfield decision and let the VR make the decision. Maybe put a limit on how much time he can take though

As tempting as it is to say scrap the on field decision, it did come in for a reason, to stop the video refs being obliged to look at every angle in case they got it wrong.

I think it would work if the refs were also allowed to send it up as unsure. They just can't tell at times, and that's what the technology is there for, don't make them guess.


RE: people saying it was a no try because he'd given Wigan's, surely he just had to rule on both, in case the first wasn't given.

FWIW, I didn't think it should be given, there was no control on it at all, although that only seems to matter these days if it's an Aussie ruling on a last minute possible England winner.

I think the majority of the time he'll be 90%, but just want to clear up for certain an infringement like obstruction, but it's ones like Hull's try, or where a winger borders the touchline where you can't expect them to decide.