RFL chief executive Ralph Rimmer has been found guilty of “unacceptable language” but escaped being sacked.
The governing body has investigated a complaint in relation to Rimmer’s controversial comments about the Fijian World Cup team at a recent event. The governing body has investigated a complaint in relation to Rimmer’s controversial comments about the Fiji team after they arrived in the UK ahead of the World Cup. There had been calls for him to quit after he told the audience at the Championship and League 1 awards dinner: “Fiji have already arrived. We don't think anybody has been arrested yet, do we?”
RFL chair Simon Johnson submitted a 21-page report on the matter to the RFL Board and Rimmer. But it has been deemed the CEO - who announced last month he would leave the RFL at the end of this year - would not face formal disciplinary action. Just two hours before England were due to kick-off against Fiji at Salford in their World Cup warm-up match, the RFL released a statement.
