In his column in The Guardian, Wasps coach Shaun Edwards says that while he is angry with Dean Richards, he is more upset with those who have rushed to pass judgment on the game of rugby and those involved in it in light of ‘Bloodgate’.
“Make no mistake, rugby is under the microscope. Rightly or wrongly (and I believe wrongly) we are seen as a bunch of potential cheats and, with the momentum these things acquire, we will soon understand how footballers feel when their every indiscretion is monitored.
“The summer has been quite a journey. From the highs of spending two months with a remarkable group of men in South Africa playing against the world champions, when the Lions were lauded and returned heroes despite losing the series, to the current lows when a former Lion is (rightly) virtually drummed out of the game.
“I'm angry. Angry at Dean Richards for putting rugby in this position and even more angry at those who assume, on the evidence of one case, that you only have to look in any rugby dressing room to find capsules of fake blood and that rugby is a game running out of control. They won't and it isn't despite the evidence as to how it happened five times at one club in four years.”
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