The last thing Hicks had said to Gale was "I don't give a monkey's". Rightly or wrongly, Gale knew where he stood.

To defend Hicks I'll guarantee that 90% of us watching thought it was a try on first viewing.The linesman should have seen it and asked Hicks to check with the video ref.
Luckily it didn't affect the result and we got one back with French's late try.

It's still unacceptable tho imo. You need to be as angry with these decisions as what you would be if it did cost us the game - that's the only way things will change. Accepting it as it didn't have an impact in the end is wrong as it let's them get away with incompetence.

Again I'll point towards the CC final last year. Can we honestly sit here and say that Hicks has learnt anything from that mistake? He's got the ability to refer decisions to a video - why doesn't he do it? Please don't tell me because of the time it takes either. I'd happily add an extra 10mins to every game to make sure it's fair.

In Union all trys are checked whilst the process of taking the kick is lined up. I can't see why if something so blatant is spotted that it isn't referred up to the video ref. As ultimately the only side that doesn't benefit (including the ref) is the one that shouldn't be benefiting from it anyway.

In the NRL any situation like the Briscoe try they send it up to the Bunker,i think we need to bring that in here as well

The leagues seem to have literally switched their approaches. It used to be that we went for everything and the NRL refs would give try’s on the spot but that’s totally flipped now. Our refs are giving close calls and the NRL are going for pretty much everything. I must admit it does get tedious watching the NRL refs going to the VR for pretty much anything but you don’t want to be on the end of calls like that on Sunday. It just needs a balance and in the main I think we’re closer to that here than the NRL.