The referee of the Heineken Cup 'Bloodgate' quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster last April has revealed that he has plenty of doubts about the way he handled the whole affair. Gavin Mairs writes in the Daily Telegraph.
"Owens has replayed the incident in his mind many times after he allowed the Harlequins wing, his mouth full of fake blood, to leave the field and to be replaced by a hobbling Nick Evans in Quins' unsuccessful attempt to win the match with a last kick at goal.
"..."Maybe looking back now I am a bit disappointed that I didn't [do more] but you didn't expect this sort of thing to happen, even though I had my suspicions as he had been warming up," Owens said."
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