Danny Cipriani has avoided further sanction despite the Rugby Football Union’s charge of conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game being upheld by an independent disciplinary panel.

The hearing held in Bristol on Wednesday night upheld the charge made by the RFU, but opted against imposing any further sanction in the belief the fines issued by the Magistrates Court and Gloucester were sufficient.

Cipriani, who attended the hearing accompanied by Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys and his solicitor, contested the RFU’s complaint but the three-man panel decided his conduct was worthy of reprimand.

“Danny Cipriani is expected to behave in line with the core values of the game which include respect and discipline,” the panel’s chair Gareth Graham said.

“Those core values are not empty words or slogans as the panel were reminded during the hearing.

“By his guilty plea before the criminal court, Cipriani accepts that he behaved in a way that, in the panel’s view, fell below the standard of behaviour expected of a rugby player.”