James Gallagher

And I think if that can be humanized and there can be dialogue between players and umpires, that's a really good thing.

And certainly our view is, you know, put the tribunal decision to one side, shouldn't have got there.

It should have been dealt with in the aftermath of the game, whether that's straight after or in the next day, it just should have been navigated.

The interested parties should have come together.

Oh, well, that, I mean...

Whether he can't speak to him on game day, there's ways and means to get around those things.

They could have been brought together.

I understand there was efforts to probably try and do that.

I think that should have just been made to happen.

I think with this one, when I first started in the role, almost about six months ago now, and it was really evident to me early that one of the major frustrations of our current playing group is

was around the, um, match review tribunal, um, processes, decision-making and the like.

Um, and I think what we've seen here, when you've got two players, respective players give evidence, it's not accepted.

Um, it, it does start to make players uncomfortable, you know, about the, um, about the tribunal system and we've all got to have confidence in it.

And that's the most important thing.

Um, and I do think, you know, this decision is, um, has, has impacted on that.

Yeah.

What about the lack of audio and how surprised were you by that?

I'm surprised, but I'm not a technical expert.

So, you know, I take that at face value.

I actually think for everyone, it would have been a lot better if the audio was available.