I know some decisions need the video ref, but I think a lot of the refs are bottling it and going upstairs

They are scared of the TV "experts" slated them if they get it wrong even in real time.

Thing is, som of them tonight, on another night, you can guarantee they'd be given.

In fact for another teaM, they'd be given,

What does Child do on a Sunday? Just run around guessing? May as well not take any results he's had without a video ref seriously because he hasn't got a clue!

in fairness to child, on field he awarded our first "non try"...it is the ten replays and the fact you know two dick heads in a box are arguing on whether they can overrule a try or not, that gets me annoyed.

as Wayne Bennett said the Video ref should just get 3 views at it, if they can't decide by then, then you go with the on field refs decision.

That's a great shout!

The people in the video booth should just move the pictures on the big screen on the refs instructions. Let the on-field ref have the final say.

Similar to what the legendary Sir Ian Botham says in cricket.

We need to have a look at the role of the VR. It's becoming a farce. They OVER ANALYSE everything.
Unless it's blatantly obvious it's not a try, GIVE IT

It spoilt what semblance there was of a professional rugby match tonight. By the end the video ref was clearly embarrassed and gave decisions on one or two viewings.

Like Hicks last week, Childs isn't good enough, confident enough or man enough to give a game like that to. His general decision making was horrendous, there were some horrendous play the balls tonight and players were making more metres after the tackle or held call that they did before it.

totally agree..what annoned me was the clark try it was clearly knocked out by a cheats hand(sorry saints hand) yet the try was not given and the cheats got the scrum..a similar incident at our ground saw a try awarded for golden boy...

this should be a new law

If you wear a shirt with a red vee you get the decisions - that is all. !!

Really? Which one would you have given the other way? They were all very blatant and obvious decisions I thought. I didn't see any the video ref got wrong. At least half of them should never have gone upstairs in the first place, he was going up just in case, rather than because he was genuinely unsure.

golden boys try at our place was no different to clarks...nowt wrong with 2 of pennys trys and the other was debatable..whilst we are on about dodgy decisions re-wind to some of yours this season widnes in cup knock on try given hudds at home another knock on try given....try at cas given despite player being off side from a kick..all on tv viewed by vid ref....if only we had them decisions tonight we`d have put 60 on you shower

out of interest, which tries penny had disallowed were "nowt wrong with em" and which was debatable?
although 1 or 2 could be seen as harsh i thought they were all right decisions