I was thinking more about gareth blowing like a steamtrain 5 mins into a game.
Speed not essential but fitness to be able to take up correct positioning is vital
Put it this way...if i was a winger and found gareth hewer pacing up beside me....i would be seriously checking my accelerator pedal

Having just witnessed Robert Hicks guessing his way through Catalans v Warrington (and mostly guessing wrong)....i may have to revise some of my opinions!

Because he just proved that being in the right place counts for zilch if you are seeing an alternate reality to everyone else

The ref calls it how he sees it.

Presume that you're referring to the Mid8s game with Salford at LSV, Atomic. Yes, the video ref was Child that day and was flavour of the season for many on here after (quite rightly) scratching off a good few Divil scores.

A rudimentary knowledge of the rules of RL and several SkY camera angles are all that are needed to adjudicate in 80% of cases if, and its a big

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the main official asks the right questions. The real ref star that day was the man in the middle, Campbell IIRC.

Child is not admired by this party.

....and what a swell party this is!

Quite correct Bongser. Which leads me onto his video skills far outweigh his practical skills. As most often than not he,will send a decision to the video ref when in the middle,although not required. Something I think the RFL have finally picked up on.

Most of the SL games I've watched so far this season have seen very little of the Video ref being used. The officials actually making on field decisions backing themselves is a major improvement.