Unless we have Bentham reffing of course in which case Hudds will have no chance obviously...

nah, you only need to watch the shot from behind, which happened to be bang in line, to see the ball didn't deviate at all, it held a firm and straight line inside the post.





that would be a voluntary tackle, but not what we are talking about here. the rules say a plyer must regain his feet and attempt to play on. if he just stays down, then eventually he has to be penalised. of course that never happens, though it would, because the defenders eventually just can't resist placing a hand on, which effects the tackle and prevents a penalty. just like this weekend, and just like Joynt.

VR decisions often involve different camera shots which give different and sometimes contradictory views. One of the tries awarded on Sunday wasn't conclusive on some of the replays. They usually go with the replay that gives the clearest view, which surely was the one from behind Brough.

In some ways not, because that is a highly zoomed shot from behind the other posts, and therefore the significant foreshortening produces distortion. However, I do believe that ultimately the view from that camera would clearly prove that it was a DG, if only they would show it, as if you keep with that shot it would show where the ball landed, from that vantage point. And as I have shown on the VT thread that would clearly be on a line between the posts. I'm not sure why they didn't show that bit of footage at any point, but so far they haven't.

Maybe the VR's have been secretly instructed to spice things up a bit by introducing an element of poetic justice to their decisions?

We've got Bentham for our game on Friday





Let's hope it doesn't come down to a drop goal....

Both teams should try for one on Friday, should get a good cheer! I suspect Bentham won't be appointed a Shudds match for a while, like we had a rest from Ganson after MM.

Except that, whereas Ganson, along with his chum Klein, definitely made [more than one mistake, which were clear and undeniable on the video and he even admitted one of them publicly, there is no actual evidence that shows that Bentham [idefinitely[/i made a mistake.



As long as that remains the case, it is just one opinion versus another - and the ref's opinion trumps all.

That explains why Brough looks like he does then.

Made my day that comment.

Oh absolutely, I've seen it a few times and I'm not convinced either way, but no one has had a better view than the ref did on the day, so you've got to go with his call, shudds should just instal some bigger posts, I suspect it wouldn't have cleared the ones at headingley and the decision would have been easy.

5 match ban confirmed.... What a shock, player banned but not for showpiece rfl event, shows the rfl are predictable in some things at least.