Sale boss Steve Diamond's disciplinary hearing relating to two counts of verbally abusing match officials has been postponed.

Diamond is alleged to have verbally abused referee Wayne Barnes and his assistants Rhys Davies and Gareth Copsey after Sale's 21-19 loss to London Irish earlier in the month. The Exiles won the game thanks to a penalty from Adrian Jarvis in the last minutes of the match after Barnes adjudged the Sharks to have infringed at scrum time.

Steve Diamond: In the dock

The RFU charged Diamond under rule 5.12, "conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Union and/or game", and a disciplinary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday night. However, the hearing has been postponed and a new date has yet to be confirmed.

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