The irony of the captains challenge is that if you think the on field ref got it wrong they go to the bunker to adjudicate - on more than a few occasions they've shown to have NFI too.
Is there another challenge if you think the bunker is wrong too?
Agree.
From nrl.com
...The
referee will be required to make a decision on the field and it will
only be reviewed by the bunker if a challenge is made....
It seems weird that the nrl have spent all this money on a bunker system, and have now basically said to the refs....don't use it!
Refs (in the trial game) are forced to make a decision and only then if the captain thinks there may be a mistake will it get sent upstairs!!
How much time do they have to send it upstairs? Cricket has 15 seconds I think. Is that enough time for a captain to talk to his players in a better position?
Lets face it...looking at any game, whenever there is a try scored the defending team all rush the ref bleating about something or other (fibbers mainly.)
This is a backdoor way of the nrl trying to force people involved in the game to accept the refs decision. ie "Well if you thought it was a no try...why didn't you challenge it?" - It is such a load of baloney when the captain can't use the bunker info to make his challenge or not.
All this will do (if used full time) is highlight the mistakes refs make. If they don't use the bunker....you can be sure the broadcasters will show replays of refs mistakes more times then 'your' and 'you're' are used incorrectly on here!
If the nrl want to tinker with this I can't see why:
If the refs make a try/no try call then the captain has the option challenge this call.
If refs have no idea...send it to the bunker without any of this...'duh i think it is a try/no try but check it please.' - and remove this "evidence to overrule" farce.
Also...limited to tries only? How does that help....say Manly in 2013 when a roster deliberately plays at the ball with his leg, kicks it out.....and yet roosters get the feed?
The level of incompetence of the nrl is, I'm sure, one of many reasons most people follow another sport or three!