The full written decision with regard to the appeal by Tom Williams against the sanction imposed on him for Misconduct during the Heineken Cup quarter-final match between Harlequins and Leinster at the Twickenham Stoop on 12 April, has now been issued to all parties.
WIlliams' initial 12 month ban was reduced to four months on appeal, and the full decision of the independent Appeal Committee (Glasgow - 17 August), chaired by Rod McKenzie (Scotland) and also comprising Professor Lorne D Crerar (Scotland) and Mark McParland (Ireland), is now available on the disciplinary news section of ercrugby.com from Tuesday.
www.ercrugby.com/disciplinenews (See section below news stories with PDF versions of hearing decisions)
The original decisions of the independent Disciplinary Committee (2, 3 and 20 July) is also available. The written decisions concerning the four appeals lodged by the ERC's Disciplinary Officer, with regard to the sanction imposed on the club (Harlequins) and the Misconduct complaints against the three club officials, have not yet been completed and will be issued to all parties and published in due course.
