In short yes.


I quite like the way the NRL do it, if the ref is fairly confident they’ll award the try, the VR reviews whilst the conversion is being set up to confirm.  I think, if the VR spots something and needs more time they send a message to the ref.


Agree with the time limit, if they can’t decide within 2 mins then go with the refs call.

Give them full control of the camera angles they have available and allow them 90 (id prefer 60) seconds to review. After that, back to the ref

The video ref should only be used if the ref is unsighted and can’t see that tge ball has been grounded or if he has reasonable doubt that the ball was grounded correctly. Anything leading up to the grounding should be for the three officials on the pitch to control, they is what they are there to do.

The worry with a time limit is that another camera angle might come up 'just' after the time limit has elapsed which goes against the decision completely.  The decision is given and Sky show the new camera angle a dozen times on the big screen.


I dont know what the answer is, but it just all seems so much slicker in the NRL.