Aviva Premiership club Gloucester will face a Rugby Football Union hearing after selecting lock Mariano Galarza for their league game against Sale Sharks last month . The RFU has said Galarza should have been ineligible for the match . In a statement , the RFU said : 'In the Aviva Premiership rugby match against Sale Sharks on March 29 , Gloucester Rugby breached Aviva Premiership Rugby regulation 3.3 ( a ) by selecting a player ( Mariano Galarza ) who did not hold effective registration for Gloucester Rugby . Mariano Galarza played for Gloucester against Sale Sharks despite the fact that he 's ineligible . 'The case will be heard by an independent panel of Jeremy Summers , Bonike Erinle and Robert Horner on Monday , April 27 . ' Galarza was selected among Gloucester 's replacements for a game that they lost 23-6 at the A J Bell Stadium . He went on as a 54th-minute substitute for Tom Savage . Gloucester currently lie ninth in the Aviva Premiership , and it is feasible that they could be hit by a points deduction . The west country club have three league games left - against Newcastle , London Irish and Bath - while they are also through to next week 's European Challenge Cup final , when they will face Edinburgh at the Twickenham Stoop . The Aviva Premiership side now face the prospect of having points deducted for the misdemeanour .
Gloucester are in danger of being given a points deduction by the the A J Bell Stadium . The Aviva Premiership side played Mariano Galarza against Sale Sharks . The lock was ineligible to feature so they will now face a panel hearing .