Trial by video has changed the spirit of rugby league from a free-flowing spectacle to a CSI episode. The reviewing of incidents in minute detail in order to get what NRL law-makers expect to be 100% correct rulings is laughable. That's because they only review incidents within one play of a potential try being scored. Two plays earlier there could have been a howler let go and yet there is no review of it. If you want perfection either review every second of action or play a video game.
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It's such a pity that the better team doesn't always win the match these days, and that the most influential persons in a result never touch the ball, score a try or make a tackle.
Spot on
@The Who.
If anyone could be bothered have a quick look at this game.
The Wests Tigers and Warriors face off in Round 20 of the 2021 NRL Telstra Premiership
www.nrl.com
8 minutes into the 2nd half (7.50 on the vid), Warriors on the attack 10m from Tigers line.
Bunty Afoa goes through the line and crashes into Liddle heavily, Afoa initiates the contact - he was never getting the ball and made no attempt to avoid the contact.
Liddle hits the deck, ( commentator Smith even briefly mentions it in passing ), gets up scrambles back to take his defensive spot the goal line and Afoa runs straight at him and scores.
Cummins was right there next to the play, no questions asked - a 400 game referee!
Does the bunker look at it? FIIK?
Why not a penalty to the Tigers instead of conceding six points in a game they ultimately lost by two?
When you see something like this let go because it didn't lead directly to a try but others pulled up for the minutest bump is why we lose faith in the product.
Does anyone else see this play differently to me?
I put this as an example to see without our Manly goggles on.
