But that doesn't mean it was forward. Read Cherry.Pie's post you have quoted.

It was forward. If you look at the replay - look at where the Hodgson was when he passes the ball and then where Joel Monaghan was when he caught it. How anyone can say that wasn't forward is beyond me.

Read what Cherry.Pie wrote! It explains it very well.

It does yes. The pass was still forward though

I agree - but it doesn't change the fact it was forward

I'll check it tomorrow and get back to you.

Hodgson was about 13 or 14 metres from the try line when he passed the ball. Monaghan was about 6 or 7 metres from the line when he caught it. How is that not a forward pass?

I understand what cherry pie is saying but you could say if you knock on but run past the ball before it hits the floor it has gone backswards in relation to wear the player who knocked on is stood.

I'm not saying it was forward but Eli Manning would have been proud of that one!

I would say about 10 yards forward. The lines are there to help in stuff like this.

Wire certainly didn't need any help yesterday, as we were woeful. But I thought some of Gansons calls were awful.

But in particular this forward pass. What was the linesman thinking/doing ? He was right there, less than a couple of yards away, but failed to notice it.

Our refs are dire but the linesmen ?

It wouldn't matter a jot if they weren't there IMHO, as they do nothing except adjudge goalkicks.

The refs need the support of the linesmen, and they are not getting any.

same bloke didn't see hock elbowing the 'best second rower in the league' in the face either.

useless he was

Must be shocking to loose a game cos of a forward pass!!!

The only way to do this would be to have a very accurage GPS type of coverage for a ground with all players and the ball tracked and then a system to monitor the momentum of the players and the ball to calculate the relative travel of the ball to the player.

Clearly this couldn't be GPS as it's not accurate enough and would in effect end up being a system setup within the stadium. Cost anyone?

Maybe a (slightly!) more cost effective option would be to have a mobile overhead camera and use the wonderful geometrical power of modern technology to simply determine the angle of trajectory at the point the ball is thrown.

If the horizontal line is considered to be zero degrees and the pass is zero degrees or less then the pass must level or backwards.

This will also take into account the momentum rule and any angled runs made by the passing player...

Simples really!!

Officials could always do their job? I called it from my position at least 100 yards away behind the gosl.

I understand that there are tight margins in our game but that was obvious. It was as obvious as the Maradona handball and the Spurs goal at Old Trafford when Roy Carroll played basketball. How they get missed is beyond me.

Or the Jeff Lima try that probably won you the RL Cup last season?
I haven't seen yesterdays game yet, I was at the Olympics in London yesterday, but by the sound of things it was one of the all time great forward passes. There simply isn't a way to get this right, but I do think that refs should get more help from the men running the line.