ChrisR
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I think the answer to that is 19.8(d):
[LAWS]When the ball is in touch, every player who approaches the line of touch is presumed to do so to form a lineout. Players who approach the line of touch must do so without delay. Players of either team must not leave the lineout once they have taken up a position in the lineout until the lineout has ended.[/LAWS]
which I believe specifically refers to lineout players, not participating players.
And 19.12, dealing with peeling off, sets the conditions upon which a lineout player may leave the LoT - which would be unnecessary if there were no general prohibition.
And the sanction for offending, including 'leaving the lineout, is a FK. Not a PK. So why is the sanction in the directive for a non-maul a PK?
Don't you think that the directive should reference actual Law and their proscribed sanctions?