Well, you may want to check your table property settings, because that push isn't default behaviour -- something in your setup is pushing it, or its position could be at the bottom of a page. Could be table position, widow/orphan control, or row property settings, or something else.
Second, yes, you can use a sequence of two tags to place a frame from the Reference page first and then text over it. I'd use Frame Below in the first tag, then a negative value in the space above of the second tag to place the text properly. It'll take some twiddling, but it'll work reliably once you have the tag team set up.
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