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The end of the TMO??

  • 15-02-2010 2:43pm
    #1
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    According to the latest issue of Rugby World, referees in South Africa are trialling watching video replays in the dead ball zone rather than having a separate TMO.

    It's also here http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,15999_5868505,00.html

    Any thoughts? Personally I think it will mean longer stoppages and disrupt the flow of the game.


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  • #2
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Anything new seems to slow down the game these days.

    So without thinking about it, I'm dead set against.;)


  • #3
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    I think the TMO works well. He's outside, and more impartial - less effected by the crowd's view of what happened.

    It would be a shame to change it now.


  • #4
    JustinDee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,684 ✭✭✭JustinDee


    athtrasna wrote: »
    According to the latest issue of Rugby World, referees in South Africa are trialling watching video replays in the dead ball zone rather than having a separate TMO
    No point and as you say would slow down game too much.
    TMO working just fine as it is.


  • #5
    PhatPiggins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭PhatPiggins


    Are the Saffers trying to save a few rand? I cant see any other merit in it.


  • #6
    Ryann Crashing Tackle
    Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭ Ryann Crashing Tackle


    PhatPiggins wrote: »
    Are the Saffers trying to save a few rand? I cant see any other merit in it.

    Are they trying to up the entertainment value,like in the NFL where the ref checks it?
    Adds a bit of spice and the TV can stream the same video and do a split screen thing.


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  • #7
    PhatPiggins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭PhatPiggins


    Zaiden Damaged Ax wrote: »
    Are they trying to up the entertainment value,like in the NFL where the ref checks it?
    Adds a bit of spice and the TV can stream the same video and do a split screen thing.

    NFL is very stop start anyway and the technology in the stadiums would shame NASA.

    Can you imagine Geaorge Clancy attempting to watch a reply on the dodgey screen in Musgrave Park but cant see it because the drunken Munster fan(probably me) is waving a flag in front of it!


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