Foward pass technology on it's way -to be trialed in training sessions

[King Salvo]

This should be interesting as who can remember or rather forget when the video refs could adjudicate on forward passes.- see the Warriors try off a forward pass vs Canberra - mmm the ref and touchy must have been the only ones that didn't think it was forward.

The 2000 Prelim Final against the Knights is one time I particularly remember - the pass from David Solomona to Anthony Minichiello.

They showed it so many times that at the ground we thought if they showed it any more some TV station would make it into a mini series - that was painful watching it- and the more they showed it the less likely you thought a a try was going to be awarded as a few were pulled back that night for the Chooks.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/03/29/...des-try-error/

[Frozen Chook]

Oh god no

[Mad_Rabid_Rooster]

No, this is getting ridiculous, there must be an investigation into this!

[Headless Chook]

This should be interesting as who can remember or rather forget when the video refs could adjudicate on forward passes.- see the Warriors try off a forward pass vs Canberra - mmm the ref and touchy must have been the only ones that didn't think it was forward.

The 2000 Prelim Final against the Knights is one time I particularly remember - the pass from David Solomona to Anthony Minichiello.

They showed it so many times that at the ground we thought if they showed it any more some TV station would make it into a mini series - that was painful watching it- and the more they showed it the less likely you thought a a try was going to be awarded as a few were pulled back that night for the Chooks.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/03/29/...des-try-error/

They gave us that try to make up for the legitimate one they took off us in the first half

[The Brain]

Great they will F this up too ...as long there is gambling you will never get proper results .

[zac]

potentially this is a great idea. nothing worse than a legitimate pass being called forward. hopefully they tweak it so it doesn't pull up miniscule forward passes and concentrates on stopping refs missing howlers

[Headless Chook]

potentially this is a great idea. nothing worse than a legitimate pass being called forward. hopefully they tweak it so it doesn't pull up miniscule forward passes and concentrates on stopping refs missing howlers

Yeah but is it going to be used for every play or just to adjudicate on tries scored?

I don't like this overreactive NRL. They are trying to strive for perfection when it's not possible because we have humans involved and humans make mistakes. There are far more pressing issues to be worried about then this

[zac]

Yeah but is it going to be used for every play or just to adjudicate on tries scored?

I don't like this overreactive NRL. They are trying to strive for perfection when it's not possible because we have humans involved and humans make mistakes. There are far more pressing issues to be worried about then this

sure - if it's going to be used it has to be used sensibly. i have my doubts the technology would work but i'm not a scientist and what would i know - fwiw i don't understand how aeroplanes can stay up in the sky.

if it does get up and running it will make more players pass backwards in the same way that increased camera angles and replays have made more players stay onside off kicks.

[OMR]

NO NO NO and hell Fkn NO ! Soon it’ll be like the NFL stoppages and replays ad nauseam . Enough Sir Peter, enough please.

[The Sack]

Souths will apply for an exemption.

[King Salvo]

As you can see on the Warriors try the touch judge was right in line with the pass and didn't say anything - the ref may have been in a poor position although should have seen it went forward though.

What is the role of the touch judges as they are in line with these passes - they only tip to ref sometimes or the bunker unofficially tips the ref as sometimes there is a delay in the call of a forward pass the same for the 6 again?

I assume this camera/camera's will be in operation all game - not sure if there will be a camera on each sideline going up and down on tracks or one?.

What about those passes that go back and float forward will this camera deem these as forward.

Can it be challenged as people have successfully challenged speed camera's for instance which are supposedly calibrated to an accuracy of 2% - will need to have experts in the field in the bunker to rule on these challenges perhaps?

How much will it cost to cover all 8 games though - in the BBL comps for instance they don't use DRS because of the costs involved.

Much more is wrong with the game than there is for any current need to adjudicate on forward passes via technology though.

The pace of the game is unsustainable long term and these rule changes are making a mockery of the fabric of the game as we all knew it. It's not the same game anymore including all those wrestling/judo or whatever tackling styles which are a blight on the game.

Now when someone tackles around the legs it's highly praised by commentators as it's a dying art form of tackling.

[QWERTY]

I’m starting to not like V’landys

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Its crazy to make it so complicated. Let em go unless on field ref thinks may be forward. ONE look by bunker to check direction out of passers hands. Yea or Nay....then play!

[zac]

hawk eye works well in tennis, works better than the naked eye, and it gives its decision immediately.

i've reffed soccer and it can be easier to judge off sides, as similarly tricky as league forward passes, if you're sitting in the stand. if you're moving. you lose your bearings.

[player 1]

Its crazy to make it so complicated. Let em go unless on field ref thinks may be forward. ONE look by bunker to check direction out of passers hands. Yea or Nay....then play!

Yes.

"We can all have debates about forward passes, but until we can get technology that absolutely gives us the answer beyond any doubt, there will always be a question mark over them."

What kind of technology does he have in mind? Because due to the physics of projectile motion the backwardly passed ball will very often end up in front of the position it's passed from. So cameras and lines on the field showing its start and end point will prove nothing. Bearing this in mind the warriors pass was probably just forward out of the hands but only just. I realise most people don't understand this.

But once again typical over reactive BS from the NRL.

A far, far greater influence on game outcomes is the completely subjective interpretation of how long a tackled player is allowed to be slowed down, compounded by the 6 again rule with one side getting fatigued by having to defend 24 tackles in a row as a result of the refs deeming their tackles "not dominant enough". What a crock. The other night our first half play the ball speed according to NRL stats was 1.5 seconds longer than our opponents. So Souffs were getting constant roll ons and we still got pinged 12-2 in the penalties/restarts.

Wanna introduce technology to make the game fairer? Have a play the ball clock. If you're not off the player you tackled in say 3 seconds, it's a penalty. And get rid of the "dominant tackle' rule all together as it gives the game managers far too much power over game (betting) outcomes, and is compounded by the 6 again farce.

I don't really want this technology, just giving the hypothetical.