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I am sorting out the tackle-holding-on-a-ball situation. Here is a representative situation: A ball carrier (BC), Buck, in a Red (attacking) team runs into an opponent player, Rip, in a Blue (defending) team, who attempts to rip the ball. Buck resists and voluntarily drops to his one knee...

While discussing no-tackler tackle situations, I have just found the definition of Tackled player might be not correct for allowing such situations, or the situation might just not allowed. According to the 2019 (and before) World Rugby Law Book, tackle related terms are defined as follows...