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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2596516, member: 2221"] Completely disagree on the premise that Copley's try should be a no-try under the BOTD rule. You doubt whether he still had his right hand on the ball, but there is nothing to indicate he didn't, hence TRY. Remeber this is benefit of the doubt, not prejudice of the doubt. This is a perfect example of the validity of the current ruling, where the ref was probably the best positioned to see what happened, but wanted the video ref to verify his decision. The images didn't show clearly whether Copley did have the ball under control or not, so I'm happy to go with the refs original decision. There have been however, situations where the video is conclusive enough to justify a decision from the video ref to overrule the field ref, and that's where 100% certainty is going overboard, allowing for tries to stand while they shouldn't and vice-versa. [/QUOTE]

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