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(Reuters) – Exeter Chiefs’ Jack Nowell has been fined 10,000 pounds ($12,427) and directed to undertake a referees’ course after the England wing criticised a Premiership referee’s decision on Twitter, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Nowell was charged with committing “conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game” after tweeting criticism of a decision to send off Exeter’s Olly Woodburn during their 62-19 defeat at Leicester Tigers on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Woodburn had been sent off in the 42nd minute after receiving a second yellow card when he dived at Chris Ashton as the Leicester wing attempted to score at the corner, with referee Karl Dickson awarding a penalty try.<\/p>\n

Nowell, who did not play in the game, wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted: “I’m actually in shock, like shock shocked. What the hell is happening? That’s one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen. EVER.”<\/p>\n

The case was heard on Wednesday by an independent disciplinary panel, who directed the fine be paid to charity. <\/p>\n

“Mr Nowell accepted his tweet, which was viewed many hundreds of thousands of times, was not fair comment and crossed the line of what is acceptable by a person with his considerable status in the game,” said Matthew O’Grady, who chaired the panel.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.8047 pounds)<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

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