Saints V Catalan

Quote: Pie Eyed "It didn't affect the overall outcome (I don't think), but I had to turn it off at half-time.

The 2 biggest errors in the first half that may have affected the outcome though were glaring.

1. Saints carrying the ball out being missed. OK - MAYBE the Touch-Judge could have missed that, but it was fairly obvious.

2. The Catalans try that should have been referred to the VR and WOULD have been given if it had been.

However, my single biggest problem was with something that Cummings said about the aforementioned try

The catalans try that should have been refered to the video ref, I have issue with.

Sky used that all night to justify and poor ref calls in catalans favour.

The ref blew up. There is no way it could go to the video ref. I've got it on in front of me now. It hits the Catalan player who tips it on, now every day of the week were there is no video ref and it's called a knock on. You watch it on slow mo and it tips the wrist and is a line ball at best. But basically the catalan player does not gather the ball in. He sticks out a hand and the ball knocks his wrist.

I'm not going to say it was a knock on 100%, but neither can I say it's a 100% knock back. Certainly in the split second the ref looks at it, it's a call he has to make. He blows up and that's it. Then the ball is put down.

The camera from infront looks like it went back, the one from the side looks like it's level to forward.

It was by no means 100% a try, but they get it back from the blatant forward in about 3 minutes.

It was a poor set of officials, but it was all game, high shots and laying on too. I know high shots and lying on are not as eye catching but they still effect the game.