The Rugby Football Union (RFU) said it was seeking legal advice on the ruling.
Cooper was released after discussions involving Gloucester, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union.
The Rugby Football Union has confirmed that former Quins physio Steph Brennan, now with England, has been suspended.
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and its analytics partner IBM are to provide fans with real-time match insights.
The Rugby Football Union has charged Armitage with "conduct prejudicial to the interests of the sport" following the incident.
All that remains is for the Rugby Football Union to compensate Irish for the final year of Smith's contract.
The Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) had ruled out the use of Ravenhill earlier this month.
One report says Rohitha Rajapaksa has been suspended from the game but the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) denies this.
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"Danny has had a great second half of the season, " said the Rugby Football Union's director of elite rugby Rob Andrew.
Rugby Football Union chief executive Francis Baron and Welsh Rugby Union chairman David Pickering have held informal talks about the possibility.
The South Africa Rugby Football Union (SARFU) and International Rugby Board (IRB) have expressed shock and sadness in a joint statement.
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The decision dismayed the JRFU while the Asian Rugby Football Union asked the IRB to stage a re-run of the vote.
But the Irish Rugby Football Union does not use finishing positions in the Celtic League as the sole decider for Heineken Cup qualification.
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The Rugby Football Union say he has started his rehabilitation programme with a view to returning to action in five to six weeks.
Rugby Football Union chief disciplinary officer Judge Jeff Blackett had equated the offence to abuse of a match official, a position Armitage rejected.
The 61-year-old's current deal ends in December but Rugby Football Union chief executive Frances Baron says Ashton will be asked to stay on.
The Rugby Football Union offered Edwards the position of coach with England's second-string Saxons side but not a role within the senior England set-up.
Venter was handed the punishment by the Rugby Football Union for "making provocative and inappropriate gestures" during a match at Leicester on 8 May.
Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Francis Baron told BBC News the players were acting on legal advice by not speaking to the police.
Regan is not planning to turn his back on the game, but is set to take his coaching qualifications with the Rugby Football Union.
The plans, which are being put before the Rugby Football Union Council, call for National One to be cut to 12 teams and re-named 'the Championship'.
Greenwood is an ambassador for the Rugby Football Union's "Go Play Rugby" initiative, designed to bring back former players who have drifted away from the game.
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) hopes this double-header will provide the impetus to get more people involved in playing, and volunteering around, the game in England.
Redruth sit top of National League Two and, if Rugby Football Union plans are approved, they could be promoted into a fully-professional second tier in 2009.
Former Wigan rugby league star Farrell has endured a frustrating time since switching codes in a move funded by Saracens and the Rugby Football Union in 2005.
Former Sale forward Peter Anglesea was handed a 12-month ban for eye-gouging in 2001, though his punishment was overturned by a subsequent Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing.
The Rugby Football Union has agreed a new set of standards after four members of the England squad were accused of a serious sexual assault in New Zealand.
Gloucester's Olivier Azam has been cited for the kick, which he insists was accidental, and will appear before a Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel in Bristol on Tuesday.
The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), who lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 World Cup, has bid for the 2015 and 2019 events.
England are playing New Zealand on Sunday, but were only able to have their players available after the Rugby Football Union agreed a compensation package with the English clubs.
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