Plymouth Albion case dismissed

Monday January 4, 2010
Issued by Dave Barton

THE charge against Plymouth Albion of conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Game was tonight dismissed.

The club appeared before an RFU Disciplinary Panel to answer a charge that they had 16 players on the field of play for a period of time during their Championship match against Nottingham on October 31, 2009 - a breach of Law 3.1 of the International Rugby Board Laws of the Game.

The panel comprised Christopher Quinlan (chair), Mike Curling and John Doubleday.

(Source: RFU.com)