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
Shelford Rugby Club Shelford Rugby Club Shelford Rugby Club is an English rugby union football club based in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently played in London & South East Premier - the fifth tier of the English rugby union league system. They have reached as high a level as the fourth tier (National League 2 South), playing in this division between 2009 and 2015 when they were eventually relegated, having finished in 15th place. Shelford run five senior sides, a ladies team and twelve junior teams. Shelford Rugby Club was formed in 1933 following the formation of a rugby section of