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
Alhambra Union Rugby Football Club Alhambra Union Rugby Football Club Alhambra Union Rugby Football Club is a rugby football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Alhambra Union Rugby Football Club as we know it today was formed at the end of the 1986 season and first took the field in 1987. The two clubs in the north end of Dunedin had each operated in excess of 100 years and after years of informal discussions it was agreed to merge the clubs. Union had the numbers but lacked the grounds. After a season of training and playing, the picturesque North Ground was far from a