As an aside has anyone got a link to this announcement from the RFL that the rules would be relaxed for the WCC? I've seen people saying this all week but didn't see it myself.

I think they've agreed to go by NRL interpretations, but since it's a British referee I'm not sure if that makes sense. He'll probably let [ieverything[/i go tonight.

Like tries that weren’t and one on one ball strips that were, poor very poor

I would get rid of the on-field call. If the referee wasn’t in a position to see the ball on the line, there should be an option to hand all control to the video ref to make a judgement. Otherwise it looks silly when things like last night happened. If Penrith had been awarded a try like that there’d be outrage from UK fans.

On balance I'd get rid of the on field call but what frustrates me more is decisions like the Wardle one it was clear it was a no try it was textbook double movement and should have been overruled by the video ref.