Brissie Kid
Bencher
RiverEagle said:When was the last time a touchie intervened to flag a forward pass...?
Anyone??
Since the intro of the 2nd on-field ref, it's clearly a directive to stay out of it (for touch-judges).
The single best change they could make is for the vidiots to be able to rule on them.
They are called on for everything else (including offside from kicks) so why they can't check for forward passes is ... ridiculous.
You're right. The silliest part is when the attack gets about 10m out and spreads the ball near the corner towards the team's outside backs and winger. At that point the touchie stops running and stands still to look down the touchline to see if the winger goes out and or gets the ball down. It is obviously what they are instructed to do by the NRL.
But in doing that though the touchie never sees the final pass.
To show how dumb the NRL is the video referee can overrule what the touchie says in regard to the touchline and try being put down but can't overrule a forward pass.
In other words the NRL has got the touchies looking at something that doesn't matter while not having him look at possible forward passes.
Laughable.