Petition updateFair and Just refereeing and citing within the 6 Nations and Rugby World Cup
On the right tracks!

Alan MarkCardiff, WLS, United Kingdom
Mar 23, 2016
Some good news!
You may remember that World Rugby will be carrying out a full investigation into the Marler situations, you may recall Joe Marler with his use of elbow and racial slurs that took the Citing Commissioner almost a week just to throw out the window? Well, World Rugby didn't like that. A full transcript was requested on how the decision came to light that no action would be taken against Marler.
Recently developments hot from the World Rugby office have told us that Joe Marler WILL face a misconduct hearing over the slur.
The elbow in Evans' face I presume will remain a non-issue, win some, lose some!
We sincerely hope World Rugby will take some action into providing a fair and consistent refereeing and citing system in the future and we're positive that the more we spread the word with this campaign, the more pressure we can put on the Six Nations to remain rugby a fair and professional game, a hooligans game played by gentleman and prevent these incidents from being raised again.
"World Rugby has confirmed that England’s Joe Marler will face an independent World Rugby misconduct hearing for comments made towards Wales’ Samson Lee during the RBS 6 Nations match at Twickenham on 12 March.
World Rugby is of the view that the comments amount to misconduct and/or a breach of the code of conduct under World Rugby Regulation 20 and should have been considered by an independent process.
In the absence of such a process by Six Nations Rugby, World Rugby is exercising its right to take appropriate action before an independent judicial committee.
The RFU (the player’s union) and Six Nations Rugby have been informed and the case will be heard by an independent judicial committee as soon as practically possible. Details will be announced in due course and the player is free to continue playing in the interim."
Here's the statement from World Rugby and please accept my apologies for the Wales Online link!
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