I think he must have

Must be a charitable offering, I,ve not known Ian Smith to give us anything these past 3 seasons.

How long for Cummings?

He does seem to be steadily decreasing the standards of refereeing in SL.

Ah well there you go. Roby would have given himself benefit of the doubt... No issue then!

"I'd have given me'self benefit of doubt"... What a douche.

I was a saints fan before the crusaders were here, and i agree with this 100%

I couldnt believe it, i was saying what a crap decision it was, and im a Saints fan.

Was one of the worst decisions i have seen in a long time.

Does the video ref still confirm to the match referee before pressing the decision button.

Compared to Gasniers for the other Saints it was a gem and I wouldn't have given Roby's
but people do make mistakes which is part and parcel of the game.

Still time to get rid of the video ref system as it is grossly unfair until all the games have it!!!

Mebbe he just wanted to make amends for denying Emmett's try?

The one that was clearly held up?

on field refs can make mistakes but he was the Vr and watched it time and again! how the hell can he make a mistake with something as blatant as that?

It is a typical Ref's decision where they go for the ''big'' team. It happens all the time

Yep. I'm perfectly willing to accept mistakes from on-field refs in the heat of the moment with only 1 viewpoint. I'm also willing to accept a "mistake" from a video ref if the video is inconclusive or ball cant be seen and he uses "benefit of the doubt". In this case, the video ref got it wrong with conclusive and obvious video evidence.

That is not acceptable with full time referees. Stuart Cummins should consider his position as this is not an isolated incident and there has been no discernible improvement in on-field refs consistency and in the accuracy of video ref decisions.