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(e) he retires behind the point where the ball was last touched by one of his own team.
then you best get in touch with the RFL then to rewrite the rules we have one retired ref who state he's offside and two present refs who had went with being played back on side and was deemed to be out of play'"
Carry on further down the page. If a player is out of play then those scenarios you keep quoting are irrelevant. "Are not put “on side” in the manner described in para 3 above"
Ian Smith has apparently said that players being offside at the play the ball isn't in the video refs remit, which I wasn't aware of but it makes sense as to why the try was given. Thaler obviously missed it (mistakes happen), and the video ref couldn't rule on it.