February 1, 1997: World Nines - Day one
Gorden Tallis and the video referee dominate discussions.
Just to be clear, day one of the 1997 Super League World Nines was January 31 - hence our post about the video referee turning 25.
And to be doubly clear, the video referee was used in Britain 10 months earlier - when Super League opened in Paris with PSG taking on Sheffield.
The director that night, Neville Smith, posted on Facebook today: “Having operat…
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