Imagine you have been given the responsibility for ruling on a contentious try that could decide the result of a match and as you wait for the television producer to play the vision you requested, fans are banging on the window of your box in the grandstand, while viewers at home complain about how long it takes to make a decision.

With no control over which camera angles you see first, or ability to zoom in on what you want to scrutinise on the single monitor provided for you to watch the replays, it can at times be impossible to overrule an on-field call - even though you have doubts.

On the ball: Video referees Luke Patten, Tony Archer and Bernard Sutton use the new NRL video referee bunker at ANZ Stadium on Monday night. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

That is the environment in which NRL video referees operate. But the introduction of a central command centre, similar to those used in NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB, would enable them to make decisions faster and more accurately.

Fairfax Media was invited to sit in the video referees' bunker at ANZ Stadium on Monday night as Bernard Sutton used a touchscreen to call up footage from nine camera angles of the Roosters-Storm match for Luke Patten to scrutinise.