Consistency in stopping the clock.

[north yorks trinity]

I was looking on BBC Sport for the times of the tries in the Wigan v Cas game. Six tries scored, all converted: two of them a minute after the try; three of them two minutes after the try and one was converted a full three minutes after the try was scored. Are we missing playing time by the ref letting the clock run on too long or is it just that the reported timings are inaccurate?

[Taffy Tiger]

Not certain, but I think that a lot of live score sites timings are automated from the start of each half and often don't take stoppages into account . That would appear to be the case if there was a three minute gap for one of the converted tries , as it took some time for video ref to confirm the try .

[M j M]

The clock is stopped at  set time after every try - I think it's  one minute. And there are different rules for the last five minutes of the game when it gets stopped for most things that happen.

These rules have been in place for quite a few years but you do still hear people at games shouting at the ref for stopping or not stopping the clock outside these times.

[V02]

3 hours ago, north yorks trinity said:

I was looking on BBC Sport for the times of the tries in the Wigan v Cas game. Six tries scored, all converted: two of them a minute after the try; three of them two minutes after the try and one was converted a full three minutes after the try was scored. Are we missing playing time by the ref letting the clock run on too long or is it just that the reported timings are inaccurate?

Inaccurate timings.

2 hours ago, Taffy Tiger said:

Not certain, but I think that a lot of live score sites timings are automated from the start of each half and often don't take stoppages into account . That would appear to be the case if there was a three minute gap for one of the converted tries , as it took some time for video ref to confirm the try .

Exactly this

1 hour ago, M j M said:

The clock is stopped at  set time after every try - I think it's  one minute. And there are different rules for the last five minutes of the game when it gets stopped for most things that happen.

These rules have been in place for quite a few years but you do still hear people at games shouting at the ref for stopping or not stopping the clock outside these times.

It’s 80 seconds before the clock is stopped prior to this year I believe. This year the video ref has up to 80 seconds to confirm the try, then 60 seconds shot clock.

[north yorks trinity]

6 hours ago, V02 said:

It’s 80 seconds before the clock is stopped prior to this year I believe. This year the video ref has up to 80 seconds to confirm the try, then 60 seconds shot clock.

Is the match clock ticking down for all of those 2 minutes and 20 seconds (it would be a lot of playing time to lose for each try scored) or just part of it? And what are the different rules in the last 5(?) minutes?

[Grimmy]

12 hours ago, V02 said:

Inaccurate timings.

Exactly this

It’s 80 seconds before the clock is stopped prior to this year I believe. This year the video ref has up to 80 seconds to confirm the try, then 60 seconds shot clock.

The video ref time and shot clock time are together not separate. i.e. It can be a minute maximum of game time, not 80 seconds or 140 seconds.

Also worth noting that the time goes back on after the conversion attempt until the touch judges are in position for the kick off. Except the last five minutes when time is stopped during this period as pointed out earlier (SL and CC only, not Champ, Reserves or Academy).

[Griff]

17 hours ago, north yorks trinity said:

I was looking on BBC Sport for the times of the tries in the Wigan v Cas game. Six tries scored, all converted: two of them a minute after the try; three of them two minutes after the try and one was converted a full three minutes after the try was scored. Are we missing playing time by the ref letting the clock run on too long or is it just that the reported timings are inaccurate?

Personally, I record times of conversions at the same time as the try.   Much clearer and easier to match up try and goal and I can't see any advantage in recording the actual time eighty seconds later.

I don't understand the three minute thing.  The timekeeper tells the referee when the kicker's time is up.

[Taffy Tiger]

The three minute difference is purely in reference to the OP who said that BBC scores page has one of the conversions shown as three minutes after the corresponding try was scored . I suggested that the reason there was this difference is that live score sites timings are often automated and start at the time of the kick-off for that half eg if a try is scored after 45 mins and then there is a video review delaying the conversion for three mins , then a live score site would show the conversion time as 48 mins . This isn't the actual time elapsed on the field of play . 

Edited April 20 by Taffy Tiger

[Padge]

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