There is no reporting of single yellow cards for levels 5 to 12 and beyond. ALL dismissals of players must be reported on the “Society red card report” form below. Because players are banned until authorised to play by the County Disciplinary Panel, which cannot be done until the circumstances of the dismissal have been considered, it is a requirement that the report form is received by the County Disciplinary Secretary within 48 hours.
To facilitate this, referees should follow the procedure below.
Contact the Society Disciplinary Officer by telephone as soon as is practicable.
Complete the Report form and email it to the Disciplinary Officer.
The referee and the Disciplinary Officer will agree the final version of the report.
The Disciplinary Officer will forward the report to the Berkshire RFU Disciplinary Secretary, or the secretary of the appropriate body if the player’s club is not Berkshire.
For schools and club youth players who have been sent off, the report will be completed as above.
The report will be forwarded to the Headmaster of the player’s school or to the player’s club secretary and to the County.
The Headmaster or youth player’s club secretary (via the club disciplinary panel) shall be responsible for taking disciplinary action against him.
Any sanction applied to the player must be reported to the County, however the County do not have any further involvement unless the school or club applies an inappropriate sanction.
All cases of abuse must also be reported, on the “Match Official Abuse Report” (MOA) form, following the Disciplinary Report procedure above.