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Quote: Trainman "i have 2 issues with the current system, firstly the ref sending it up as a try/no try is nonsense, if the ref has to send it up it means he isn’t sure so let the VR make the decision. Secondly I think there should be a time limit on a VR decision, if he can’t make his mind up within a set period of time a try should be awarded.'"


Correct, and that should be it. The VR then goes back to the ptb, to see if there are any infringements leading up to, and the actual grounding of the ball,then make his decision.

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Quote: bramleyrhino "I've no issue with the field referee sending it up as a try / no try. What he is essentially saying here is "unless you can find evidence to the contrary, I am going to award a try". I think that's a better and more transparent system than the "benefit of the doubt to the attacking side" approach we had previously.

Most of the issues of the VR seem to be rooted in interpretation. The VR is great for binary questions ("did the player's foot go in touch?", "was the player behind the kicker?" etc). Where it becomes problematic is where the VR is asked to judge any shade of grey - things like obstructions or whether an aerial challenge for the ball was fair - because we're moving into one man's judgement over another. Football is experiencing the same issues with VAR.

Thursday night's game and Hull KR's disallowed try was a classic example, where the VR was asked to rule whether "Carl Ablett might have possibily, had he not been impeded (if indeed he was impeded), effected some sort of challenge on Danny McGuire that may have affected his kick". We'll see incidents like that referred to the video week after week, and different weeks the same referee will give different decisions.'"


That sums up my thinking completely. It’s the “shades of grey” decisions that are the most contentious and take the most time. I think a time limit should be in operation for those. If no decision is arrived at in say 40secs then go with the onfield ruling.

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I see it a bit differently. If there were no video referee at the match, the on field referee would have to make a decision. So he is really saying to the video ref, ' If you weren't here I'd give a try / no try - unless you can see I would be clearly wrong...?'

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Quote: Trainman "i have 2 issues with the current system, firstly the ref sending it up as a try/no try is nonsense'"


I tend to agree; sending it up is a clear indication that he doesn't know - so why weight it with a decision that, by inference, is a guess? Just send it up and ask the VR to make a decision, without the daft caveat of finding incontrovertible proof that the referees guess is right or wrong?

I also think it should be used for foul play - watching a player continue to have an influence on a game only to be banned afterwards is galling in the extreme, and hands the benefit of the ban to teams who haven't been victims of said foul play; if the technology is there, why not use it?

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Going slightly off on a tangent here, but does anyone else think that there should either be a VR at all games or none at all?

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Quote: caslad75 "Going slightly off on a tangent here, but does anyone else think that there should either be a VR at all games or none at all?'"


All games. In SL that is.

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Quote: Cokey "All games. In SL that is.'"


I’m not too fussed, but I just believe that it should be all SL games or no SL games. Not a VR at televised games only

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Shouldn't go to NO VR at all. It'll only take a few occasions especially in a big game possibly the GF where a try is allowed when it shouldn't be and people would be crying foul that the sport took a backward step in getting rid of technology when nearly every other sport has embraced it now.

Would get rid of the on field decision or tweak it where if the footage is inconclusive then the VR can send it back down to the on field ref who can then signal and decide what he originally thought. The VR shouldn't haven't one armed tied behind his back like he does now.

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Quote: Grimmy "I'm perhaps in the minority then, in that I think the video ref can make tries anti-climatic, and negatively impact the atmosphere at games. I'd reduce its use to a coaches' challenge system. Coaches can have 2 challenges each, which can only be used at stoppages. Let them keep challenging if they are shown to be correct. This would also hopefully reduce the amount of criticism they throw at refs, as the simple retort would be "Well why didn't you challenge it at the time?". Of course there is the chance that they could keep challenging correctly, thus undermining the on field ref, but that would probably deserve scrutiny, if it happened. I'd also extend use of video ref to include serious foul play (i.e red card offences only). We don't want players staying on the pitch, then getting long bans afterwards.

Other than that, leave it with the on-field team. Having a better atmosphere/product is more important than the odd difficult call the match officials may get wrong IMO, and we would do better to focus more on the action, and less on the refs.'"


My problem with the current system is that it's used too often. Does someone who watches all the sky games have a feel for what proportion of referee's decisions are overturned?
I would go with a captain's challenge (say 2 per game, lose one if you're wrong), but only when the referee is uncertain, as now.
So, if he awards the try directly, there is no challenge. If he goes to the screen with try/no try, it's effectively offering the choice to the captain. If he chooses not to challenge, it doesn't go to the screen and the referee's decision stands.
An example of this at the Wakefield - Salford game. Miller's try went to the screen as no try and it wasn't given. You saw miller shake his head when asked by the team, so he knew he hadn't scored. The no try wouldn't have been challenged and we would have saved a few wasted minutes.

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