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Mixed report card for Television Match Official trial

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Post by Portnoy's Complaint Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:54 am

http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/171320.html

"I am fairly positive about where we are," Ed Morrison, the RFU's head of elite referee development, told The Times. "I think we're doing pretty well overall. We have made some mistakes in the first six weeks, when we have gone to a referral when we didn't need to and times when we should have gone to a referral and didn't. But tries which have been disallowed thus far would probably have been given in the past."

Morrison admitted that human error could not be entirely eliminated and that there was room for improvement in terms of relaying the decision. "We do have to communicate better, the referee to the TMO, the TMO to the [TV] director, the director back to the TMO. The key to success is how quickly we come to the decision. We are looking to get information back to the referee as soon as possible, without compromising the outcome of that decision."

Well mixed indeed is my impression.

Mostly because the officials call them and if they miss an infringement, they would be of no benefit and wouldn't see the sense of referrals.

If touchline referrals (one unsuccessful one per half akin to tennis/cricket formats) were allowed on a use it or lose it basis, then some good claims of 'foul' could be avoided and dubious game-changing outcomes could be avoided. e.g. Wales' Hand of ballboy win over Ireland or the ABs' claim that France's win in the 2007 RWC.
Used judiciously, touchline appeals could enhance the game.
But they will have to be registered with the TMO within 30 secs of a specific incident.

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Post by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:58 am

The system is now being extended on a worldwide trail, but based on the Currie Cup version where incidents going back 2 phases of play but no more can be reviewed.


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