I agree about the drama, but in the case of the Wigan game, what on earth was the ref thinking referring the William's try to the video ref? It appeared to be that he was questioning whether he was in touch but he was nowhere near the line at any point. If there hadn't been a video ref there that night, he would have given the try and we'd have got on with the game straightaway. That was a classic example of using it just because it's there not because there was any doubt about the validity of the try.

As you rightly say,Sky pay for most of the cost of the full time Rugby League that we watch.
They have introduced many improvements that we now take for granted,the overall quality of presentation and debate being one of them.
They've also done some dumb things.
Punch and Judy,thanks Eamonn, is definitely dumb and needs to be changed.
They also need to agree with the RFL that the frequency of referrals is now damaging the spectacle rather than improving it

McManus is just the latest owner to complain about the video refs.
Someone who has suffered more than most passed comments earlier and there was a recent poll where the majority wanted to restrict the terms of reference for the video refs.

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I think the problem with the Williams referral is twofold. Firstly, if the reverse had been the case - i.e. Williams had gone into touch and the ref hadn't referred it - people would be asking why he didn't go to the screen, saying "if the technology is there, we should use it". If the officials were unsighted (as appears to have been the case) then they are pretty much obliged to go to the screen in order to prevent an outcry. We only have ourselves to blame for that. I think what made the Williams referral seem so egregious is that - secondly - he'd already gone to the screen a number of times previously. If he hadn't, the Williams referral wouldn't have seemed so bad, but he had and he'd done so because of the apparent clamp down on obstruction.

Like I say, it'll blow over.

Another weekend and another report about the sport in the national press

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When will it end?

Not a very big attendance to see a quarter final cup game at Wigan,home of the double-winners.

People must prefer to watch the televised coverage and decision making.

When does the support live sport protest get underway?

It's not only in our game.
The Sunday Times had a full page article on 'Referees spoiling our game '
And that was Rugby Union's very own Stephen Jones