Forget the enduring indignation over MPs' expenses. This was also the week when rugby mislaid its moral compass and forfeited any claims to sound governance, writes Paul Ackford in the Sunday Telegraph.
"Monday's topic was cheating. Tuesday delivered news of an Australian sex scandal. By Wednesday eye-gouging was high on the agenda. Thursday brought confirmation of another cock-up by the International Rugby Board over which laws applied where and to whom. And on Friday Wasps formally ditched Ian McGeechan nine days before he is due to lead the British and Irish Lions on their tour of South Africa. Has there ever been a week like it?"
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