(08-14-2023, 12:20 AM)Lods date Wrote:... or even be confident enough to overturn the opinion of a goal umpire who was there on the spot.It's exactly as Goodwin stated, the person closest to the event in the best position to make a decision called touched.
If you watch the unedited video you'll see Marchbank signalling touched as he falls to the ground, his signal is instant.
Secondly, the side on footage the media outlets have stopped showing seemed to indicate the ball was not only touched by Marchbank's hand but also hit Marchbank on the knee on the way down well before it crossed the line.
Personally, I'd rather leave all decisions to the goal umpires and kybosh the sluggish momentum killing score review system altogether, it become an excuse to not make a decision, and a tool the likes of BT use to inject excitement in the absence of fundamental commentary skills!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"