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Leigh lose 0.25 of their indicative score, because it was a bonus point for winning the cup last year that goes to Wigan this year

He also raised the arm after switching the ball from his left to his right hand, and immediately before contact.

No, that would be a mitigation. But that isn't what happened here. I don't think we can be accepting that action as a form of bracing for a collision, especially given it wasn't his ball carrying arm meaning he could've reached out with a normal fend off if he felt the need.

He raises his arm before the collision, at best it's a shoulder charge. But it seems that it is ok to hit someone in the head if you're carrying the ball, but not if you're defending.

Perhaps as well he can never referee Leeds games again.

Hasn’t he been going to fev for the last 4 seasons?

But doesn’t that happen anyway sometimes?

Don’t think you can use the cricket equivalent for all decisions. Not out is essentially play on. Unless the call is held up or short of the line, then play on would be to give a try.

There will be flaws with any system. In fact, I'd personally like to see us scrap the VR altogether, unless we actually get some more advanced technology that can provide the officials with some visual aids to help make decisions (e.g. offside lines, or circles to show who's within the 10). But some systems have more flaws than others, and this current one has plenty.

That would be much better than the current system.

I don't think this is true, purely because of the weight that is given to the on field call. Much better if the 2 referees can confer, and at least agree on who is best to make the call. Putting weight on the on field call is odd when the issue being looked at is either off the ball, or directly on camera.

In theory we do. I'm not convinced that the on field calls would always be the decisions given if there was no video ref. There would likely be more tries given, as more benefit of the doubt goes to attackers.

That would be an odd approach for the club to take though, as when Lachlan signed that contract, Adrian was only contracted to the end of this year anyway.

Sad news. RIP Bill

Bailey Hodgson confirmed signing for Leigh