Newcastle boss Steve Diamond banned for six games after abusing match officials

Steve Diamond has been given a six-game ban - (PA Wire)

Steve Diamond, the director of rugby at Newcastle Falcons, has been handed a six-game ban after being found to have verbally abused match officials.

An independent disciplinary panel convened by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) found that Diamond had used language that was “inappropriate, abusive and entirely contrary to rugby’s core values”.