Six Nations: Johnson set for hearing next week

England captain Martin Johnson’s appeal hearing will take place at Twickenham next Tuesday.

Wed, 27 Feb, 2002 - 14:20

England captain Martin Johnson’s appeal hearing will take place at Twickenham next Tuesday.

Johnson and his club Leicester have appealed against the jurisdiction of a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel that banned him for three weeks for punching Saracens hooker Robbie Russell in a Zurich Premiership game.

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Courts Rugby Heathrow Place: Twickenham Person: Johnson Person: Martin Johnson Person: Robbie Russell Person: David Pannick Event: Zurich Premiership Organisation: England Organisation: Leicester Organisation: Rugby Football Union Organisation: Saracens Organisation: France Organisation: House of Lords Organisation: European Court of Justice Organisation: European Court of Human Rights Organisation: Wales

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