Bloodgate Bloodgate The Bloodgate Scandal was a rugby union scandal involving the English team Harlequins in their Heineken Cup match against the Irish side Leinster on 12 April 2009. It was so called because of the use of fake blood capsules, and has been seen by some as one of the biggest scandals in rugby since professionalisation in the mid-1990s. During the quarter final of the 2009 Heineken Cup against Leinster, Harlequins wing Tom Williams came off the field with what turned out to be a faked blood injury in order to facilitate a tactical substitution for Nick Evans to re-enter
Easts Tigers Rugby Union to win the Australian Club Championship in 2009 by defeating Sydney University. Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup) Runners-Up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy) Easts Tigers Rugby Union Easts Rugby Union Club, known as Easts or Easts Tigers, is an Australian rugby union club based in Brisbane. The club plays in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, and fields teams for males and females in several other grades and age-group competitions. Easts draws players mainly from Eastern and Southern suburbs of Brisbane, ranging from West End to Capalaba, and south to Mt Gravatt. The club's home ground is Bottomley Park at Coorparoo. The junior