Waching the Cowboys and Manley this morning and i have say i was very impressed with having 2 refs on the pitch at the same time the game seam flow better than the normal pace in Oz.
I hope and wish we could do the same in Super League i think it could really improve our game.

Serious head on here.

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In this mornings game, a Manly player took out a Bulldogs player (Brett Kimmorley), referee Brett Suttor who was the back play official saw this and told Ben Cummins who was the control official via the mic that it was a penalty to Canterbury.

The penalty was given inside three seconds, and the tap was taken after six seconds.

The two referee system has speeded up the game ten fold from the two games that I have seen this weekend.

In the past under the old system of one referee Ben Cummins would have asked the video referee who was Steve Clark today, to look to see if there was a late hit on Brett Kimmorley and should there be a penalty to Canterbury.

Which in return would of held up play for a minute or two while they would anaylise the footage.

The fans want action, action, action and the two ref system gives the fans what they want.

There aren't enough referees to officiate games on a one per game basis.

only in the NRL, not over here it wouldn't.


Does Cummins post on here?

yes i agree

you mean NRL

Not enough quality officials in the system in this country to cover the games that the RFL needs covering at the moment, never mind two officials refereeing one match

It's NRL, not ARL. I thibk the 2 refs needs to be introduced in super league, the only problem is there aren't enough refs to cover 7 games per weekend. The new system is working the NRL and has made the game a lot quicker.

noticed today in the eels v warriors game that when the players formed a scrum to stop the clock, the players had to stay in scrum formation rather than in the past when the first group of players just formed a fake scrum and then rearranged themselves after the clock had been stopped.

has this new inniciative been brought into super league as well?

One of the referees at the Bulldogs V Manly match was on debut.

no they don't but they do if they require the clock to stay stopped .....when/if they break up to form a "proper" scrum the clock goes back on

we don't need the 2 ref system


it was only brought in because of dirty,underhanded tactics around the ruck..we don't have that problem..or when we do it's nipped in the bud right away..

what about 2 refs in the 4 nations

no chance...

2 refs has worked fantastically.

the reason the football this year is back to where it was in 2006 is because of 2 refs.

theres no need for 2 refs in SL as they dont have the same problems with delaying the play the ball

their coaches havent worked out that trying to slow down the speed of the PTB is important in RL

why not

because more players and teams are playing with the 1 ref system than are playing with 2...

who cares about internationals?

as long as the footy is fantastic in the nrl, all else can do whatever they want

they have rediscovered the balance between attack and defence and getting rid of the VR from most of the game has been excellent

the RL has simply been scintillating this year

fredie cares seeing as it was him that brought up the 4nations

Aussies when they win.

They don't when they lose

so why should you care in your lifetime

aussies only care about the NRL and Origin.

the World Cup final ratings were half a single origin game.

or half the grand final ratings.

a test match will get around the same as a normal club game

theres no need for 2 refs in internationals.

and when australia & NZ start whinging about losing because we played with 1 ref i'll remind you of what you just said...

good comeback

ricky stuart isnt the only person in australia

on the footy show the other night the panel congratulated nz on their WC win