RobLev
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It does.
Discussed this late last year after SArefs got clarification from IRB re DBL to be treated the same as touch-in-goal line.
For the specific case of scoring a try by standing in TiG (or, by the clarification, beyond the DBL) and putting downward pressure on a ball in in-goal, under 22.4(g), being beyond the DBL is treated the same as being in touch-in-goal:
http://www.sareferees.com/News/deadball-as-for-touchingoal/2830205/
It doesn't seem to be generalisable.