i was just watching the cricket with all the action replays, they have the really slow slow motion and the picture is so clear you see everything defined, i was wondering could it be introduced in to the rugby for grounding and touchline calls,

That would be great and ideal.

Hawkeye would also be great.

you can't use hawkeye in rugby, except maybe for conversions.

Hawkeye is used to predict/copy the trajectory of a moving ball, it would be absolutely pointless for the video ref due to it being in the hands of someone, therefore its trajectory wouldn't be applicable.

I agree with the general idea of better cameras though, if the frame-by-frame pictures used by the VR were better quality it would make decisions a lot easier.

Not enough money in RL to support the extra funds needed i don't think though.

Could use it for a foot in touch

If Hawk-eye is used for trajectory... could it not be used to judge farrrward passess......???

Well in my opinion they should never be slowing things down to look at decisions "Frame by Frame". They should make decisions at Full Speed. If they can't make there mind up from that they give the try simple as that.

And I'd also argue that this Super slow mo wouldn't make a jot of difference. The thing with Cricket it is the camera focused on one man - i.e the batsmen or bowler. In rugby league there could be 4 or five men around an attempted try scoring. A wasted expense if you ask me. Unless these camera's have x-ray vision?

Refs and officials who are not retarded would also be great.

Dead right.

It seems to me the Video Ref these days spends his time looking for reasons not to give trys.

The super slow mo is usually only found on programmes being shown on HD and as a previous poster said theres not enough interest in rugby league for it to be shown in HD and for me video ref's should be at all games or none at all. It seems every decision is sent upstairs when its on the telly but non televised matches decisions are given by the naked eye by in goal ref/linesman

What are you talking about? Rugby League has been shown in HD by Sky since the beginning of 2007!!

hear hear

The RFL are currently experimenting with a new type of ball for next season, it has a chip inside and will work similar to sat nav. It will tell the 4th official exactly where the ball is on the pitch and whether its over the line or not.

It's not the 1st April today.