lee.D's Rhinos wrote:
I dont see why the video ref cannot make a call on forward passes as imsick of seei g so many passes creeping into the game i currently dont see the point in having touch judges because they are all bloody useless yes i know pot calling kettle black leeds fan complaining about forward passes when we have. Brent 'forward pass' webb but maybe toughening up on them will stop them creeping further into our game
You can't judge the direction of a pass based on a camera angle and we've seen many cases of passes looking forward on camera that have actually been fine from another angle. I think Leeds first try in the second half last Friday proved why the video replay shouldn't be used to judge forward passes though. I was stood bang in line with it and have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the pass was getting on for being 2m forward, yet on all the camera angles available (none in line) it looked ok. Unfortunately the touch judge wasn't in the correct position either and would've been unable to award it.