Adding my post from the other thread on this subject:
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Just did multiple testing of this in-game myself...
1a. Kicked directly over the dead ball line = 22m drop out
1b. Kicked over the dead ball line (via bounce) = 22m drop out (mostly) / scrum (occasionally)
2a. Kicked directly over the touch-in-goal line = 22m drop out
2b. Kicked over the touch-in-goal line (via bounce) = 22m drop out (mostly) / scrum (occasionally)
So I have seen a variation in decision for both in-goal lines - but never as an option for selection. Why would there be an inconsistency in the decision... are they trying to simulate the options chosen by the AI? ...if so, there is no option offered to the defending human player when it is a 1v1 match.
The rules themselves state that the defending team have the choice of either a 22m drop out or scrum from where the ball was kicked, whether the ball was kicked over either in-goal line (22.8 Ball kicked dead through in-goal)
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I've also found inconsistency with the rules for running the ball out over your own dead ball and touch-in-goal lines, that being I've had 2 different outcomes to passing/running the ball over the deadball line (scrum & drop out).