Gold strikes wrong note with referee

LONDON IRISH coach Gary Gold could find himself in hot water with the English RFU following his furious condemnation of referee Sean Davey.

Gold went on the attack after Irish slumped to a 16-12 home defeat against Zurich Premiership rivals Leeds - but he might now face a disrepute charge.

Leeds, with flankers Dan Hyde and Colm Rigney in the sin-bin, survived five late scrums on their own line to deny Irish and prompt a verbal volley from Gold.