Harri Morris red card ends in a five game suspension

The Disciplinary process related to Harri Morris Red Card in the rescheduled BKT United Rugby Championship Round 2 game against Ulster Rugby on Friday, March 13 has resulted in a five game suspension.

After an act of foul play, Edinburgh Rugby player Harri Morris was shown a yellow card by referee Federico Vedovelli. After an off-field review this was upgraded to a red card.

The Red Card was issued under Law 9.17 – A player must not tackle, charge, pull, push or grasp an opponent whose feet are off the ground.

In the Player’s responses to the Judicial Officer overseeing the disciplinary process (Mr. Declan Goodwin), he had accepted that he had committed an act of foul play which warranted a Red Card. Mr. Goodwin found that the incident met the Red Card threshold, with entry of mid-range warranting eight weeks. The Player received three weeks mitigation due to his acceptance of the Red Card, apology and remorse and full engaged participation in the disciplinary process which results in a five game suspension.