Pre-binding onto ball carrier is it allowed?

[Jz558]

"Ball remains at the front" or Ball Carrier?...i.e. could the Ball Carrier be penalized for obstruction if they face the direction of their own in-goal with the ball and walk backwards towards the opposition's, such that they themselves are blocking the ball from the opposition?

Not unless you want to overturn years of convention.

 

[shep]

The ball hasn't left the lineout so therefore the lineout hasn't ended.

Is Pearce giving the secondary signal for ending the lineout and all the Australians move forward off the line pretty much when it's passed?

 

[didds]

Agreed but if the pod moves forward, or back off the line of touch we have open play so it's a flying wedge. Don't you just love the ambiguous laws!

ah! that was it! I thought I'd heard it somewhere!

 

[Decorily]

"Ball remains at the front" or Ball Carrier?...i.e. could the Ball Carrier be penalized for obstruction if they face the direction of their own in-goal with the ball and walk backwards towards the opposition's, such that they themselves are blocking the ball from the opposition?

No.

As long as the ball carrier is 'tackleable ' it's play on.
You are correct, "ball carrier must remain at front" is a better way of wording it.