Chris71 wrote:I thought Livetts try should have been 'no try' as it was clearly grounded short and then lifted up to reach over therefore a double movement for one but he didnt get it down either. After rewatching the game the Savelio 'no try' he looks to be in line when the kick is made as his front foot is level with Sneyds and actually slightly behind the ball. Thought those 2 decisions were dire and can't say I was impressed with Hicks particularly. Its about time the Try/No Try call is got rid of and if the ref is unsure he simply hands the call to the video ref who then can adjudge yes or no without any preempting.
Livett's try was a joke, never down and potential double movement, but the real alarming one for me was the farce on half time which Hicks also sent up as a try despite a blatant offside and then a knock on into an offside player in the build up. Houghton (I think) came across and asked how on earth it had been sent up as a Try and Hicks replied to him "that's my decision mate I haven't seen it". Well that's reassuring isn't it, missed the incident entirely, send it up as a try anyway!
Kendall then had one look at the kick chase, which showed Ellis was miles offside as suspected. He then seems to ignore that without a second look and goes into several super slow mo of the blatant knock on, with Phil Clarke gleefully screaming "well there's insufficient evidence there to disallow it". I think they came reasonably close to awarding that despite two or three things obviously wrong with it. When stuff like that is going on you've got to look at the system.
