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Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:08 pm
by josie andrews
fozzie58 wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:01 pm
Mike wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:03 pm
fozzie58 wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:06 pm

Must admit I thought it was a shoulder charge too
VR blinded to everything else looking at the grounding only. How can you miss the shoulder charge?

Saints are pretty blunt in attack. They had most of the game against us and cats but can't get over the line.
Well that's the conclusion my wife came up with,the VR simply isn't interested in anything else bar the grounding seems odd to me.

Saints to me and I include the Good Friday game too,arent the side they where they seem as you say blunt in attack, bar Wesley who can create something out of nothing the rest of them are much of a muchness, their rebuild is coming and will be a serious test of Wellens's ability.
The video ref can only look at what the on field ref tells them to.

Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:57 pm
by Mike
josie andrews wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:08 pm
fozzie58 wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:01 pm
Mike wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:03 pm

VR blinded to everything else looking at the grounding only. How can you miss the shoulder charge?

Saints are pretty blunt in attack. They had most of the game against us and cats but can't get over the line.
Well that's the conclusion my wife came up with,the VR simply isn't interested in anything else bar the grounding seems odd to me.

Saints to me and I include the Good Friday game too,arent the side they where they seem as you say blunt in attack, bar Wesley who can create something out of nothing the rest of them are much of a muchness, their rebuild is coming and will be a serious test of Wellens's ability.
The video ref can only look at what the on field ref tells them to.
I'm not sure that's true anymore, is it? It used to be said that they should only look at what the ref asked, but they always looked at everything, are we back to that now?

Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:02 pm
by fozzie58
Must admit I thought the rules had changed because of there video ref being there at every match?

Not sure to be honest I know that was the case when it was VR at tv games only but of course happy to be wrong :)

Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:20 pm
by WarriorWinger
I think they generally look at everything, if the try is scored from a kick the ref may ask to check the grounding but the VR always checks for offside first regardless, then proceeds to check for anything else, maybe it is just the merits of a penalty try the ref has to ask for, whcih maybe the VR can't award without being asked, who knows anymore

Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:00 pm
by ddtftf
2 ref challenges is the answer like NRL it works and keeps the game genuine

Re: Catalans. vs. St Helens

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:03 am
by moto748
The camera-work and technology is so much better in the NRL, compared to the limited fuzzy angles we see on SL. Unless we had that technology, and it seems there isn't the money in the sport here to support it, I'm not convinced a challenge system is viable.