Discipline

15 Aug 2024 | 10 min |

Constituent Body (CB) Match Official Abuse cases 2024-2025

Constituent Body (CB) Disciplinary Panels hear all discipline cases relating to the Community Game (Regional 1 and below, formerly known as Level 5 and below).

Cases which involve disrespect, verbal or physical abuse of a Match Official will continue to be heard by the appropriate CB Panel but the outcome of these cases will be reported to the RFU and published on this site for the 2024-25 season. 

For more detailed guidance on the different categories of Match Official Abuse please click here.

Cases involving Match Official Abuse (to include disrespect, verbal abuse, physical contact, threatening words or actions and physical abuse) from 1 Janaury 2024, will be subject to the Notice of Aggravation issued by the RFU Head of Judiciary, Richard Whittam KC. The full memoranda is available here - click here.

Name of CB Name of Club Name of Player, Individual, Coach or Team Role of Individual  Date of Match or Incident Charge details  Ban length  Details of any alternate sanctions
Yorkshire
Knottingley
Richard Earl
Player but was running touch 
26/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
10 weeks
 
Yorkshire
Hullensians
Jason Conroy
Coach
26/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 weeks suspended
 
Yorkshire
Huddersfield
Callum Thompson
Player
09/11/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 weeks
 
Yorkshire
Sheffield
Matthew Harris
Coach
03/11/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
Written warning 
Letter of apology
Yorkshire
Sheffield
Kathy Crampin
Support staff
03/11/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
Written Warning
Letter of apology
Somerset 
Imperial RFC
Kai Walsh
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
2 match ban 
Further suspended sanction for this season
Staffordshire
Uttoxeter RUFC
Callum Shaw
Player
09/11/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 weeks
 
Staffordshire
Leek RUFC
Nicholas Palmer
Player
09/11/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
7 weeks
 
Staffordshire
Burton RUFC
John Kirwan
Support staff
26/10/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
6 weeks, 1 week will be deducted upon letter of apology being sent to MO within 7 days.
Letter of apology to MO.
Lancashire
Burnley RUFC
Ryan Bradley
Coach
20/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
Caution
 
Lancashire
Blackpool RUFC
Matthew Rowley
Player
10/19/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
1 week
None
Lancashire
Blackpool RUFC
Bailey Turner
Player
19/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
1 week
 
Sussex
Midhurst RFC
Nuno Sequeira
Player
21/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 matches
 
Yorkshire
Huddersfield
Peter Walker
Spectator
19/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 weeks (1 week suspended)
 
Yorkshire
UCDONS
Tyson Lewis
Coach
09/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 matches
 
Sussex
Worthing RFC
Jolyon Mackew
Coach
27/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
12 weeks
Ban from all involvement in coaching.
 
Sussex
Bognor RFC
Nick Baker
Coach
26/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 weeks
Letter of apology to the Referee.
Cheshire
Port Sunlight
John Glover
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
9 matches
 
Cheshire
Stockport
Tom Eaton
Coach
12/10/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
6 matches suspended to April 30th 2025
 
Warwickshire
Old Coventrians RFC
Paul Wilkes
Player
17/08/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 matches
 
Yorkshire
Redcar
Chris Bloomfield
Coach
05/10/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
5 weeks (2 weeks suspended until end of 24/25)
 
Yorkshire
Halifax Vandals
Joshua Brown
Player
05/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
1 week
 
Yorkshire
Hull Ionians
Daniel Zgoda
Coach
21/09/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
5 weeks (3 weeks suspended until end of 24/25)
 
Yorkshire
Old Rishworthians
Richard Brown
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 matches
 
Staffordshire
Barton under Needwood RFC
Matthew Bayley
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
5 weeks
 
Leicestershire
Vipers RFC
Aaron Edwards
Player
05/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 matches
 
Sussex
Midhurst RFC
Stephen Adams
Player
21/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
7 matches
 
Sussex
Brighton RFC
Josh Salisbury
Player
14/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 matches
 
Lancashire
Mossley Hill RUFC
Anthony Jacobs
Player
19/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
1 week
 
Staffordshire
Stafford RUFC
Richard Corbett
Support staff
13/10/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
5 weeks pitch side suspension for verbally abusing a MO.
Must give a video recorded presentation to other parents/spectators on core values and TREDS ethos and his experiences of Club and CB Disciplinary processes. Video recording must be sent to CB Discipline Sec for review by the Panel.
Gloucestershire
Chosen hill 2
Dan Yeates
Player
28/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
4weeks
 
Buckinghamshire
Amersham & Chiltern RFC
David Francis
Spectator
26/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 match ban
Serve a 4 Match Ban - 2 Match Bans suspended to end of 2024/25 season. Required to send a letter of apology to referee.
Lancashire
Leigh RUFC
Samuel Holgate
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 weeks
 
Lancashire
Preston Grasshoppers RUFC
Connor Shelliker
Player
12/10/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
1 week
 
Yorkshire
Pontefract
Richard Maw
Player
28/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
5 weeks
 
Yorkshire
St Peters School York
Andy Fradgeley
Coach
25/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
 
Advice given and refereeing duties to be undertaken at York RUFC
Yorkshire
St Peters School York 
Chris McTurk
Coach
25/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
 
Advice given and refereeing duties to be undertaken at York RUFC
Lancashire
Burnley RUFC
Ben Uttley
Player
28/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
2 weeks
 
Lancashire
Manchester FC
Ben Ndlovu
Player
28/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 weeks
 
Durham
Blaydon
Steven Dryden
Player
21/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 weeks
 
Durham
Durham University (Counties 2 Durham/Northumberland)
Flynn Morrow
Player
28/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 3eeks
 
Lancashire
East Manchester 1
Mark Lee
Player
29/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
i week
 
Cornwall
Veor RFC 
Daniel Arthur
Player
14/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
3 matches
 
Oxfordshire
Bicester RFC 
Jake Sawyer
Player
07/09/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
5 matches
 
Oxfordshire
Didcot RFC 
Holly Silver
Spectator (injured player)
15/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
6 matches
 
Staffordshire
Lichfield Ladies RFC 
Fraser Goatcher
Coach
22/09/2024
5.12 - Bringing the Game in to Disrepute
3 weeks Match Day Activity suspension.
 
Cheshire
Caldy RFC 
Harry Bishop
Player
07/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 matches
 
Lancashire
Bury RUFC
Cameron Bagnall
Player
21/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official
5 matches
 
Lancashire
Ormskirk RUFC 
Neil Haberfield
Coach
14/09/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official
5 weeks
Plus 3 week suspension suspended for 1 year
Lancashire
Leigh RUFC
Jamie King
Player
31/08/2024
9.28 - Verbal Abuse of a Match Official 
5 matches
 
Cornwall
Launceston RFC 
Simon Stansfield
Coach
30/08/2024
9.28 - Disrespecting the Authority of a Match Official (Dissent)
4 weeks