LEICESTERSHIRE club Coalville have been deducted 22 league points from the start of next season and have been suspended from all County and RFU cup competitions.
The sentences were imposed on the Midlands Three East (North) club by a Leicestershire RFU disciplinary panel after incidents at a women's game between Coalville Ladies and Oxford Ladies last November.
In the most serious incident, a Coalville member fired firework rockets across the pitch before kick-off.
The member, who admitted the offence, has been suspended from all involvement in rugby for 66 weeks.
Coalville, who were under a suspended sentence because of their poor disciplinary record last season, will start next season on minus 22 points. They have the right of appeal against sentence to the Rugby Football Union.
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment.
We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals.
We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards.
If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing
abuse@sportnetwork.net
