Leicester Tigers head coach to appear before independent disciplinary panel

Leicester Tigers head coach Geordan Murphy will appear before an Independent Disciplinary Panel on Wednesday 29 May after being charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Union and the Game contrary to RFU Rule 5.12.

 
Murphy is alleged to have verbally abused a match official following the Leicester Tigers match against Bath Rugby on 18 May 2019.

 
The Tigers coach will face two charges. The first charge relates to verbal abuse of a match official and in the alternative for failure to respect the authority of a match official, contrary to Law 9.28.
 

The second charge is for failure to respect the authority of match officials, contrary to Law 9.28.