Leicester are able to contest Chris Ashton’s crimson card that might rule him out of Tigers’ Gallagher Premiership play-off conflict in opposition to Sale.
The 36-year-old former England wing was despatched off for a excessive sort out on Harlequins’ Cadan Murley throughout Leicester’s 20-17 defeat three days in the past.
Ashton, the Premiership’s file try-scorer, will retire on the finish of this season, however he might now be banned by disciplinary chiefs.
If Ashton is suspended then his hopes of that includes within the play-off – and probably the Premiership ultimate on May 27 – can be over.
“When we get the date of the hearing, which I would have thought would be Wednesday, we will contest it,” Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth stated.
“It will be this week and if we get it turned around he will be available (for the play-off).
“The slipping and the dipping, there were mitigating factors in the tackle and the mitigating factors are why we think it is a yellow (card) and not a red.
“I am not calling anything dodgy. I know they have got a difficult job. We just want everything to be clear and obvious.
“If it is a high level of force and danger, then the red card is there to protect players. They have got to get it right, that is their job.
“We have got to get our tactics right, the players have got to get themselves right and they have got to get those decisions right.”
Wigglesworth would don’t have any downside, given the time frame, relating to Ashton’s readiness to face Sale on Sunday if he obtained a inexperienced gentle.
“Chris will know his stuff and be good to go,” Wigglesworth added.
“He is experienced and he will still have a training day knowing he is in the starting team, if that happens, so that wouldn’t be a problem for us.”
Premiership champions Leicester face a crew that completed one place and 10 factors above them throughout the 20-game common season.
Saracens meet Northampton within the different play-off, which means a repeat of final yr’s ultimate between Leicester and Saracens is feasible.
