Footage kept from public view shows the gruesome sequence that left Harlequins with no defence in the 'Bloodgate' scandal. Stephen Jones reports in the Sunday Times.
"The same technology that has contributed to a clean-up of rugby and made it a less violent sport has now damned it. Levels of dirty play are down considerably these days because of the batteries of television cameras at the big games. Output from cameras that was never transmitted can be examined by disciplinary officers.
"Footage unseen by the public and revealed by us today is what condemned Dean Richards, the Harlequins director of rugby, as well as player Tom Williams, physio Steph Brennan, the Harlequins club and rugby itself, in the Bloodgate scandal. Bloodgate, which continues to ripple through the game, has seen the guilty parties banned from rugby for fabricating a blood injury using capsules of red dye."
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