Scarborough lost their appeal with the RFU to claim a losing bonus point from their match against Malton in December.
Full judgement is available on the RFU Discipline site.
Hopefully the link below will take you to it.
My summary :-
Malton made a substitution to bring on a goalkicker in order to take a penalty (Not allowed in the regulations).
Referee did not notice the substitution and allowed the penalty to be kicked despite the offence being brought to his attention.
Penalty was kicked in the 78th minute, eventually denying Scarborough a losing bonus point.
Scarborough appealed to the League Secretary "to remove the 3 match points" - He said he could take no action
Scarborough appealed his decision to NROC - they said it was "basically, a matter which the referee had managed"
Scarborough appealed this decision to the RFU which was turned down as the Appeal Panel did not consider that the outcome to take no further action was not one which a reasonable body would have taken.
From the judgement
"37. This was a game management decision which rests in the hands of the referee and was a decision which
had to be taken in the moment of the match, not by a regulatory body some weeks or months after the
event. An unfortunate error has occurred in this instance but that is the nature of rugby and other sports
and the particular error in this case is not one which is so exceptional that an organising committee or
regulatory body should step in to take action. While this Appeal Panel has great sympathy with
Scarborough's position, and concern by the action taken by Malton and Norton RUFC, it did not consider
that NROC came to a decision which no other body would have taken and, as such, this appeal is
dismissed. "
Seems to me Scarborough has been treated very harshly and Malton and Norton do not emerge with much credit.
https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/1f/1fdf475f-1683-41f9-84cc-7ddb32994062/ScarboroughRFCCompetitionAppealJudgmentFeb24.pdf