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Six-week ban for Sale boss Diamond
By Jack Davies
Sale Sharks coach Steve Diamond has been handed a six-week ban after he admitted verbally abusing match officials during an Anglo-Welsh Cup match earlier this month.
The incident occurred during Sale's victory over Harlequins on February 3, and Diamond will serve three weeks of his suspension immediately, with the remaining three suspended until the end of the 2018-19 campaign.
Diamond has also been fined £3,000, half of which will be suspended for the same period, and he will not be allowed to enter the technical area or talk to match officials.
The RFU Disciplinary panel said: "The panel deprecates any abuse of match officials regardless of the circumstances.
"Such behaviour is contrary to the spirit of rugby and the core values of the game and will be treated seriously by disciplinary panels."
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entirely irrelevant stats won't convince me, no. you'd do well to try to stay on topic!
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I think Ntamack was a better player at 21 than Marcus is at 25. I think his game will continue to develop, but I don't think either of them will get very much better. Dan Carter became an incredible game manager as he got older, but he never dominated the opposition more than he did aged 23. Wilkinson pretty indisputably hit his peak at 24. Not everyone is Johnny Sexton, and most players who are touted as prodigies turn out to have peaked young.
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no, England have generally looked like a good side when Smith isn't in the team.
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literally no one is arguing for Farrell.
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