Should a player interfere with taking a PK whether in touch or on the FoP it must surely be a YC, or as Dickie suggested a PT?
Thinking about it, I've given a PT, but no card for interfering with a PK.
Merit table game, played in good spirit. Less than perfect fitness prop laying on the ball 5m from the goal. Penalty, no card as it's obvious he's simply not good enough to be doing this deliberately.
As attacking side hurry to take a quick tap before the defence can get organised, retiring scrum half knocks the ball out of the opposition SH's hands.
No defenders in front of attacking SH, so clear that a try would have been scored (unless he'd dropped the ball which was unlikely). Penalty Try.
If I hadn't been completely certain (and I was) that the defending SH had batted the ball "for a laugh", he'd have gone to the bin. (I don't think he actually realised the how serious the tactical situation was until he saw me step under the posts.) He'd also have gone to the bin if the temper of the game had been more serious.
Rest of the game played in great spirit. Defending SH eventually awarded both the Man of the Match
and Dick of the Day!
Or if the 'walk' is just a substitute for a warning why not keep it at that?
The walk is effectively one of our "management tools". When there's a second offence, we can ignore it, "have a word", walk 10, upgrade from FK to PK, YC/RC or some combination of the above.