No Bunker at RLWC2017

[morningstar]

One referee and video ref making the decision live at the ground....

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/...er-gets-the-boot-from-rugby-league-world-cup/

Old school footy fans will rejoice watching this year’s World Cup, to be shown exclusively on Channel 7.

Not only will all matches be officiated by a single referee, there will be no referrals to the Bunker.

The costly mechanism has been sidelined for the tournament, mostly for logistical reasons.

There is no communication available between several venues in Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia, and the Bunker’s base at Eveleigh.

The alternative would have been to construct a series of satellite bunkers, closer to those venues.

But that proved too costly. So we’ll now be headed back to video referees making their calls from each stadium live.

 

[adamkungl]

Wow a real pity that

 

[Burns]

Um. Well it is international rules after all?

 

[hutch]

So basically exactly the same thing except the video ref will be at the ground as opposed to a room in Sydney!

 

[roughyedspud]

If the video ref is at the ground why not do it like we do it in SL?

 

[langpark]

So basically exactly the same thing except the video ref will be at the ground as opposed to a room in Sydney!

Exactly. A bit of a non-story really.

But the one ref is important. I hope more international matches successfully officiated by one ref will help the NRL see the light on this issue!