Crossref, really good effort here, thanks. Re the Cavalry Charge - I am one of the few refs (or so I am told) to actually penalise this - in out age grade there is a general prohibition on attacking players being "in motion" to use the grid iron phrase before the tap is taken. I actually wonder if that would not be a good thing for all rugby. In other words, no steaming up at full chat to take the pop pass.
I have no problem at adult level with players in motion receiving a pass from a tap kick, only if there are several players in motion all charging at the same time. The Laws about Cavalry Charges are not about player safety, they are about fairness (in this case, a Cavalry Charge puts the opposition in the position of having to infringe to stop it)
Its the Flying Wedge that puts players in danger.
FWIW, I would also outlaw the practice of team-mates binding onto the ball-carrier before the ball-carrier is tackled in order to "drive" the ball carrier through the tackle. This practice is dangerous and has lead to some bad injuries, both of the ball carrier and any would be tackler.
As for the KO into in goal, for me the fundamental bit about getting a 22 DO from played in to IG is that it is legally played, eg carried in or kicked in. I can live with a distinction about the ball getting into the in goal by an infringement. I think the 2018 book is fine if you read the relevant law as legally played in to in goal.
Agree.
As soon as the ball is played into the in-goal by way of an infringement, or an infringement is committed in the in-goal, the sanction for either being a scrum, then the 22DO is off the menu, and a scrum becomes the only possible outcome unless the ball is
played out of in-goal by the defence. Touching the ball down is NOT playing it out of in-goal.
