Dave T

Can a Captain's Challenge be made for an incident where the ref has made no decision, I.. E play on? Or is it only when the ref has stopped the game and made a decision?

Isn't that just how sport is on TV? All sports have replays, crowd shots, close ups of managers etc. I'm also interested in why you have only just decided this isn't for you, this has been standard for decades.

Really disappointing that following a home World Cup we haven't been able to drive an uplift here. But then I'm not sure the World Cup overall was inspiring for anyone.

My understanding is that they can only look bac to the actual PTB. Any knock on was prior to the PTB, it was in the previous tackle.

He couldn't go to the VR is my understanding. It was in the previous tackle.

The knock on didn't result in the loss of the game. My understanding is that Captain's Challenge wouldn't have done anything about that.

Wouldn't that be a cost for RLWC though? And instead of paying for NZ, they pay for Samoa?

Wouldn't that be a cost for RLWC though? And instead of paying for NZ, they pay for Samoa?

Just spent the last 2 and a bit hours finally watching Lost Highway. Now I'll have to spend many hours reading about it to make sense of what I watched.

If it's intrigue we're after let's go the whole hog and have a Masked player whose identity is only revealed when voted out.

Admittedly I don't watch much Union so I've probably missed plenty of poor instances but I've never seen an issue with it tbh. I think pacing of a Union game is very different to ours, so they could easily speed it up. I would prefer the VR and the ref to work together.

The 'for show' bit. The whole thing is for show, it's sports entertainment, but I don't think their system can just be dismissed as that. I acknowledged that some decisions will be incorrect under any system.

I'm not sure that's true. I think the process of keeping the on-field ref involved in the decision is a good one.

I don't think it's perfect, and in Union they are quite happy to amble round and take a while doing everything, much like the players, but I do find it much better to understand and appreciate rather than our process of the VR often just keep watching the same thing. I do think it's better though now we can hear the VR.

I think it's more the conversational style of the review. It's like they work in partnership and the VR helps the ref make the ultimate call.