: Fri May 01, 2009 9:13 am  

Chris.Taylor wrote:

It was def short, but your last try was forward (in which the ref wasn't going to give) until he looked his gormless touch judges.

The last try wasn't forward watch a replay! But your lad should've walked for swearing at the ref after he'd given it.

: Fri May 01, 2009 9:21 am  

Short Backward Square wrote:

The last try wasn't forward watch a replay! But your lad should've walked for swearing at the ref after he'd given it.

If Hicks was on the pitch as the ref he'd have gone

: Fri May 01, 2009 9:38 am  

Short Backward Square wrote:

The last try wasn't forward watch a replay! But your lad should've walked for swearing at the ref after he'd given it.

I was bang in line with it, but I was just frustrated at the time.

I hate Penkywicz he's too good!

: Fri May 01, 2009 9:40 am  

It was a joke but childs had to even it up, we looked like scoring every time we got the ball in the first ten or so minutes

: Fri May 01, 2009 9:58 am  

Chris.Taylor wrote:

I was bang in line with it, but I was just frustrated at the time.

I hate Penkywicz he's too good!

Momentum rule?

I saw pass after pass, for both teams which could have been called as forward.

I havent watched the game fully through yet, so I cant really comment on that, only looked at the Harris try so far.

: Fri May 01, 2009 10:02 am  

My initial reaction was that it was a try, but after several replays I wasn't sure.

I'd do away with the video ref anyway - more often than not, the camera angles just confuse everyone.

: Fri May 01, 2009 10:10 am  

I don't think he got it down over the line and obvioulsy Harris didn't either. However looking at the rule book this morning it says:

Referee unsighted
The Referee should not disallow a try because he was not in a position to see the grounding of the ball.

Video refs are classed as the referree for their decisions so i can only think he gave benefit of the doubt for it. I found it strange that all the fev players lined up for the play the ball and only Hicks thought it was a try.

Still thankfully we won and it's in the record books now, so i won't be dwelling on it.

: Fri May 01, 2009 10:18 am  

And according to that buffoon Ben Proe interviewing Daryl Powell it was FEATHERSTONE who were hard done by by the video ref!

: Fri May 01, 2009 11:29 am  

Think Harris is becomming another Jimmy Lowes - he never stopped having a go at the ref over every decision. It looked like his team mates were getting fed up of him towards the end

: Fri May 01, 2009 2:20 pm  

In this particular instance, I reckon he went with the "benefit of doubt to the attacking team" cop-out. No way was that ball anywhere near the money line.

If you notice the appointments on the RFL website for forthcoming fixtures it isn't usually a second tier referee who gets the video ref gig at live broadcasts. I wonder if Robert Hicks is being trialled as the next full time referee after the recent interviews took place ???? Just a thought, but think of it this way, if he gets promoted we won't see too much of him in future !!!