Gloucester facing sanction for fielding Galarza against Sale last month
Friday 24 April 2015 15:28, UK
Gloucester could be hit with a points deduction after being summoned to an Rugby Football Union hearing for selecting lock Mariano Galarza for their Premiership game against Sale Sharks last month.
The RFU says Galarza, who was among Gloucester's replacements for a game that they lost 23-6 at the A J Bell Stadium, was ineligible for the match
He eventually came on as a 54th-minute substitute for Tom Savage.
In a statement, the RFU said: "In the Aviva Premiership rugby match against Sale Sharks on March 29, Gloucester Rugby breached Aviva Premiership Rugby regulation 3.3(a) by selecting a player (Mariano Galarza) who did not hold effective registration for Gloucester Rugby.
"The case will be heard by an independent panel of Jeremy Summers, Bonike Erinle and Robert Horner on Monday, April 27."
Gloucester currently lie ninth in the Aviva Premiership with three games of the league season remaining against Newcastle, London Irish and Bath.
They are also through to next week's European Challenge Cup final, when they will face Edinburgh at the Twickenham Stoop.
