In the roundball game they had to reword professional foul to a longer name (denying an obviousl goal scoring opportunity) so the fans could understand it better but the logic is the same, holding the player down deliberately in midfield after a breakaway is not a "professional foul" as its not likely to have stopped points being scored just stopped a roll on occuring (usually just gets a ticking off) but if it happens close to the try line its more lkelyto be a yellow as a try is being prevented if that makes sense.
Delaying a quick 20 metre restart as mentionned is a yellow by the proceedures laid out dlaying other restarts on the first occasion (i.e throwing the ball away at scrums / drop outs) is just time off, if they do it again then its a potential yellow.

I didnt see the incidents but this is just a generalisation based on whats said

And lets not compare kicking a player on the floor to standing on one eh

Fans are also complaining that in the vast majority of cases referees turn a blind eye to interfering with a 20m restart and that suddenly deciding to sinbin for it in a playoff game, even if that is technically the correct ruling, is inconsistent. Yet strangely the people who consistently defend refereeing inconsistency don't want to touch this point with a barge pole, I wonder if the irony of this goes right over their heads?

Its because there isnt a massive issue on the 20 metres from what I have seen over the year and whenever a player has deliberately batted the ball down he has been punished. If a player has got in the way when genuinely looking to get back in position then that is not a sin binning. Nameone time a player has batted the ball down on a 20 metre restart and got away with it

Who on these forums defends referees inconsistency?