A while back the VR system incorporated a 'benefit of doubt' call which effectively amounted to an 'educated guess' scenario in 50/50 calls. That system tended to provoke even greater howls of outrage from those on the receiving end of 'dodgy' calls.

The question surrounds the parameters of decision. What criteria has to be satisfied for a decision to be ratified one way or the other? If it becomes a case of there has to be complete evidence of a ball being grounded, that will most likely cause as many ructions as the current system does, with inconsistency and accusations of guesswork being floated around each week. This is especially true in cases such as last night where, unfortunately, the ball is shielded from camera view by a defender's leg at the precise moment of grounding.

I'm not sure any system is perfect here. Even if the VR rule is altered to 100% evidence = try awarded, 99% evidence = try disallowed, there will still almost certainly be any number of 'controversial' incidents, particularly around ball grounding which is always difficult to see due to the number of arms and legs in camera shot.

Leigh brining in their big game players for the semi. Asiata, Hardaker and Holmes all start

Knowing our luck Asiata will be sent off and get a four game ban.

He made a joke out of saying he’d definitely scored and then, more seriously, said the ball reached the ground but he didn’t know if it reached the line.

Hopefully we have about 8 pre season friendlies to chew up any bans

Impressive so far from Wigan.

I think this could get ugly for Leigh , they just been strangled with the ball and then stretched out wide without..

On this type of form nobody comes close to them

French toying with Leigh. Mental try.

Well that may well be, but watching Wigan tonight makes me think rovers march to the title might not be as straight forward as you seem to assume.

In fact, I would go as far to say that Wigan are capable of making life difficult for our nearest and dearest next Saturday!!

Wigan by far the best team in SL

I really hope Nsemba runs at (or over) Lewis as much as possible.

Wigan playing like that again beat Rovers by a few scores.
Don't blame Rovers players for celebrating at all last night, they've done brilliant to get to the final. But think how muted Wigan's pre match celebrations were in comparison to Rovers was quite telling. I can see the event overwhelming Rovers and the emotion getting to them. Wigan just know how to win finals.

make your bloody mind up