Steve Diamond's season-ending ban was for profanity aimed at match officials

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• Newcastle director given six-match suspension last week
• He also told TMO at dinner later that he 'should retire'

Steve Diamond's season-ending ban was meted out because he called a group of matchday officials "cunts" before telling the TMO he should retire.

The Newcastle director of rugby was slapped with a six-match suspension last week after a disciplinary hearing into an incident that took place in the dying throes of the Falcons' late defeat by fellow struggles Exeter last month.