Ronald,
I would apply rule 8.6.B(4) to this situation which says:
Runners ae entitled to advance without liability to be put out, when catcher's obstruction occurs.
Also logic would say that the runner cannot interfere on this play because if F6 does throw the BR out at 1st, then she would be awarded 1st anyway.
The tenet that "interferennce supercedes obstruction" generally only applies to an obstructed runner who interferes after she has been obstructed. IMO.
Samc
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