RFU bosses say English rugby must rebuild its tarnished reputation after a series of high-profile disciplinary cases.
Former England forward Dean Richards was banned for three years this week for his role in faking a blood injury to wing Tom Williams during a Heineken Cup quarter-final in April while in his role as director of rugby at Harlequins.
That followed the nine-month bans handed out to former Bath players Alex Crockett, Michael Lipman and Andrew Higgins for missing two separate drugs tests and former England prop Matt Stevens' two-year ban for taking cocaine.
RFU chief executive Francis Baron says the issues involing 2 of their most successful clubs have harmed the image of rugby union in England and elsewhere.
He says they're moving to make sure that there is no repetition of those events and, in parallel, working to restore the image of rugby union to where we all want it to be.
