Dean Richards faces a damning judgment on his handling of the 'Bloodgate’ affair according to Paul Kelso in the Daily Telegraph.
"In the judgments, details of which have been disclosed to Telegraph Sport, the ERC appeals committee declares that Richards abused his position, orchestrating a deception and subsequent cover-up and placing huge pressure on those under his authority.
"Richards’s defence is believed to be that the cover-up was motivated by a desire to protect the reputation of club doctor Wendy Chapman, accused of cutting wing Tom Williams in order to conceal his use of a fake-blood capsule in a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster last April.
"The judgment is understood to reveal that the only reason Harlequins avoided expulsion from this season’s Heineken Cup was evidence from chief executive Mark Evans that he was not aware of the scale of the cover-up until Aug 3."
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