The Rugby Football Union's investigation into Bloodgate has reported its findings but not all is as it seems, according to Paul Ackford in the Sunday Telegraph.
"Yet serious questions remain. When players, coaches and medics were asked, Have you ever seen or participated in faking a blood injury for whatever reason to create an unfair advantage for your team in international matches in England or overseas, five per cent of the players and nine per cent of the coaches and medics said they had.
"The RFU admitted that they have not been able to verify details of England's away matches because they do not keep that information. Nor have they tried to identify and interview the England player who alleged in the internal Harlequins report that England had faked blood injuries, or investigate the circumstances behind that specific allegation.
"To come out and declare England clean, given those caveats and the fact that a significant minority of players and coaches corroborated the original speculation, is a mighty leap of faith."
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