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
Delta Rugby Club Delta Rugby Club Delta Rugby Club, or just Delta, is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club, located in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province. The rugby union team currently plays in Primera División B, the second division of the URBA league system. Founded in 2009, Delta is the newest rugby club taking part in the union tournaments. After rugby union was introduced at the club San Fernando played at the highest level of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires championship until 2009, when after disputing the Top14 of Torneo de la URBA the club punished five players of the