Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Fri May 22, 2015 3:20 pm  

I remember a couple of seasons ago at Cas they were deemed to have scored a try a try by the video ref for an advantage of doubt

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Fri May 22, 2015 6:20 pm  

GiantDee wrote:

Well there are a number of points there, some people believe his momentum was stopped other that the defenders actions put him over. Another point that seems to be missed is after the ball came off the boot you could not see any green between the ball and the line (the front of the ball not the side).

Ultimately it was sent up as try and there was no conclusive proof the ball did not touch the line even before the movement and nothing definitive about whom caused the movement. The flip side is of course that if sent up as no try it would not have been given, the video could support either view.

I believe that had there been no video ref that try would be given each and every time and not be seen as controversial. Watch it at full speed.

yep no video on a non televised game and they are given as a try all day long

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sat May 23, 2015 9:36 pm  

GiantDee wrote:

Well there are a number of points there, some people believe his momentum was stopped other that the defenders actions put him over. Another point that seems to be missed is after the ball came off the boot you could not see any green between the ball and the line (the front of the ball not the side).

Ultimately it was sent up as try and there was no conclusive proof the ball did not touch the line even before the movement and nothing definitive about whom caused the movement. The flip side is of course that if sent up as no try it would not have been given, the video could support either view.

I believe that had there been no video ref that try would be given each and every time and not be seen as controversial. Watch it at full speed.

That doesn't make it a try though. I watched it at full speed with everyone else and he pushes himself forward.

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sat May 23, 2015 10:34 pm  

Ref gave it a try

No VR and its a try with no fuss

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sat May 23, 2015 11:08 pm  

He doesn't push himself forward though the defenders do, which is why I think the video ref couldn't disallow it because there was no concrete evidence to support this

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sun May 24, 2015 9:49 am  

huddersfield were still winning the game.

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sun May 24, 2015 12:39 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

huddersfield were still winning the game.

That was my thoughts at the time - never felt we were going to let them get in front with only 5 min to go as our defence was awesome for long periods throughout.

Re: Castleford V Huddersfield (Thursday) : Sun May 24, 2015 4:37 pm  

devoniangiant wrote:

That was my thoughts at the time - never felt we were going to let them get in front with only 5 min to go as our defence was awesome for long periods throughout.

best defence in SL too by some way still