In his post-match interview following the sport at Sandy Park, Diamond had been irritated with the officers, as he advised BBC Radio Newcastle: “Like the primary sport up in Newcastle it was a detailed sport – this one was determined by the officers.
“There was a transparent act of foul play within the try to I do not know for the lifetime of me why the VAR man would not take a look at it at the least.”
Diamond appeared earlier than the unbiased disciplinary panel and admitted the breach of RFU Rule 5.12 – conduct prejudicial to the pursuits of the sport and/or Union.
In abstract, Sam Hillas KC, the chair of the disciplinary panel described Diamond’s behaviour as “wholly unacceptable”.
Hillas stated: “The language used was inappropriate, abusive and fully opposite to rugby’s core values.
“There isn’t any place for abuse of match officers and this is applicable with equal pressure whether or not coping with the skilled or neighborhood sport.”
The panel deemed a six-match suspension to be a “proportionate” sanction.
Newcastle are backside of the Premiership and subsequent host Northampton at house on 18 April, earlier than video games towards Tub and Saracens away, Gloucester at house and Leicester away on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign.
