Bloodgate her cutting of Williams's lip to hide his use of the blood capsule.. On 2 September 2009, it was reported that Harlequins had escaped being thrown out of the Heineken Cup following the scandal when the board of organisers European Rugby Cup (ERC) said it approved of the bans and fines already handed out. The affair was dubbed by many in the media "Bloodgate". Leinster won the game 6–5, going on to win the Heineken Cup for the first time. Mark Evans, chief executive of Harlequin FC has said: Richards resigned from his post at Harlequins over an incident in
Redcar Rugby Union Football Club Redcar Rugby Union Football Club Redcar Rugby Union Football Club known as Redcar Rugby Club or RRUFC is an English rugby union club for the local town of Redcar, Teesside, who currently play in Durham/Northumberland 2 following the clubs relegation from Durham/Northumberland 1 at the end of the 2017-18 season. RRUFC currently run two senior teams, the 1XV and the Mariners. The first mention of the club is to be found in a letter to the Evening Gazette dated 23 November 1920 when Mr H.L.De Roper, who was staying at the Coatham Hotel, wrote to the editor suggesting that it