Discipline at the RFU

Headed up by His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett, the RFU Discipline department comprises of three full-time staff based at Rugby House, Twickenham.

The department caters for the discipline of levels 1 - 4 in the game and also hears extraordinary cases referred to them from Constituent Bodies.

Hearings take place all over the country in four locations on various dates throughout the year, these dates and venues can be found in the handbook.

All RFU judgments from cases are made available online. If you are having a problem finding these, please contact the RFU discipline department.

All panel Chairmen at Constituent Body-level hear cases over the course of a year in playing levels 5 - 10. These members attend the annual discipline conference in order to become accredited RFU discipline Chairmen.

Discipline Staff

Disciplinary Officer: His Honour Judge Jeff Blackett

Discipline Manager: Mr Bruce Reece-Russel

Discipline Case Officer: Rebecca Morgan