I noticed something today and made a connection that I hadn't made before, so this might be really obvious to everyone else...
When the refs go to the video ref, the decision is shown on a screen with a big Harvey Norman advertisement on it. As fans, we have complained many times that the video referee is used way too much, so could it be that HN has a deal with the NRL with some clause about having to go to the video ref X amount of times in the game so that they are getting their money's worth? I wouldn't put it past the NRL to do something like that.
When the refs go to the video ref, the decision is shown on a screen with a big Harvey Norman advertisement on it. As fans, we have complained many times that the video referee is used way too much, so could it be that HN has a deal with the NRL with some clause about having to go to the video ref X amount of times in the game so that they are getting their money's worth? I wouldn't put it past the NRL to do something like that.