It's moving from a flawed system to another flawed system. It's quicker as they can't look at as many things with the video, which means less frustration and more accountability for the referee. BUT, it only works until there is an incorrect decision in a big game they have to get wrong because they can no longer use the video for it. One of those is obstruction. You could have the Grand Final decided by an NFL style block and if the ref misses it but goes upstairs for the grounding, they wouldn't be able to rule on it.

A far better system would be a review system. Each team gets 2 reviews per game and if they get it wrong, they lose one. Get it right and they keep it. And then keep the reviews to 1 minute of video time with a multi angle bunker system so they can see all available angles on multiple monitors. Shot clock on drop outs, conversions and penalties.

I think all this video reffing is ruining the game , the i've got a try / no try is killing it .Also the constant stops in play when someone is down , fare enough if its serious but there is too much stoppage time making it more like american football . And another thing the ref stops play and the big screen plays any indiscretion over and over turning it into trial by video . There had my rant for the day.

Crusher tackle was accidental caused by other F.C players joining the tackle. Never a yellow; it’s the use of videos slowing game down changes the perspective.
Sadly DW should know better, cheap shot which he has previous, regardless of the treatment he received. He should be more subtle.

Fully agree with this.
Think after the Fev game some thing has gone on [we know how secretive the game is], the reffs have started to try to tidy the game up.

Head high automatic sending off that is till your tackled and on the floor then can for arm smash, elbow or gouge never seems to get punished.

Fully agree with this.
Think after the Fev game some thing has gone on [we know how secretive the game is], the reffs have started to try to tidy the game up.

Head high automatic sending off that is till your tackled and on the floor then can for arm smash, elbow or gouge never seems to get punished.

Fully agree with this.
Think after the Fev game some thing has gone on [we know how secretive the game is], the reffs have started to try to tidy the game up.

Head high automatic sending off that is till your tackled and on the floor then can for arm smash, elbow or gouge never seems to get punished.

Fully agree with this.
Think after the Fev game some thing has gone on [we know how secretive the game is], the reffs have started to try to tidy the game up.

Head high automatic sending off that is till your tackled and on the floor then can for arm smash, elbow or gouge never seems to get punished.

Are you sure?

K-Com freeze

I thought Thaler was far more tolerant in tonight’s Leeds Saints game than the other week. At one point I thought he was about to put Saints on a team warning for persistent high tackles but he did not. Definitely different agendas for different teams. Saints edged it deservedly.

Should have at least binned the Saints player who swung an arm that hit the Leeds player round the back of the neck and in fact put undue pressure on the neck which resulted in the injury. I thought he missed a couple of crucial forward passes leading up to Saints last try

Refs always seem to offer more penalties to the home team rather like tonight the crowd always scream for penalties and the ref seems to agree!

From were I sat it virtually looked as if every Wigan set had a forward pass.

They also constantly had dummy runners standing in our defensive line and/or actively obstructing defenders. It's something we don't do but should be as it makes defending much more difficult

I don't think hicks was too bad overall yesterday and didn't give many penalties for a change