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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
• The wing Tom Williams finishes his four-month ban • Ugo Monye, Gonzalo Tiesi missing against Northampton Harlequins were given permission today to delay naming their side to face Northampton at Franklin's Gardens tomorrow to avoid publicising the likely return of Tom Williams, who is available again after serving a four-month suspension for his part in the Bloodgate affair. The 26-year-old...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Jeff Blackett was shocked at some of the lies told • Gouging also discussed during Obolensky lecture The Rugby Football Union's disciplinary chief Jeff Blackett has revealed the Bloodgate scandal at Harlequins shook his faith in the game more than any other incident. Delivering the annual Obolensky lecture, Blackett offered his thoughts on rugby's wobbling moral compass - from the England...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
• 'People will try and push things further. It's human nature' • 'Of course' things like this happened when rugby was amateur The England rugby union team manager Martin Johnson says that it is "human nature" for players and coaches to push the boundaries towards outright cheating and insists money is not a motivating factor. Johnson told the Global Sport Summit in London: "How...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Lions head coach in talks with Harlequins about about becoming their director of rugby floowing the banning of Dean Richards.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Cardiff Blues 20-6 Harlequins Harlequins made a losing return to the Heineken Cup as they slumped to defeat in their Group Five opener at Cardiff Blues. It was Quins' first European appearance since the Bloodgate scandal led to bans for their former rugby director Dean Richards, ex-physio Steph Brennan and current wing Tom Williams. Their participation in this season's competition is a controversial...
Learning Through Experience (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Two radio news items captured my attention today and the Stranglers sang “ No More Heroes ” as I started to type this, which seemed fitting. The first news item was an interview with the UK managing director of Lego , who told us that the company name Lego was coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase “ leg godt ”, which means " play well ". The name could also...
ERE Blog Central | ERE Blog Network (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
If people assume that the 'building Bloodgate' Dean Richards believes that the Fifth Amendment has something to hide priority. Fake blood and I spoke at Thursday's hearing, Richard, that policy is argued that the sport is nothing new. RFU away, at least, to them, to clean up the game, while doing something to keep it clean, at least you can come. As they are, and continue the search, probably tell...
pr-media-blog.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
The word sportsmanship has traditionally had warm, positive connotations. However, recent indiscretions by the Harlequins rugby team and the Renault F1 team have put this into question. The reputation of Harlequins and its former Director of Rugby, Dean Richards, along with the Renault F1 and former Team Principle Flavio Briotore are firmly in the gutter [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
• RFU panel finds little hard evidence of cheating • Rolling substitutions among suggested remedies The Twickenham taskforce charged with investigating the English game in the wake of the Bloodgate affair today yesterday concluded that cheating was anything but endemic but still came up with 16 recommendations designed to eliminate it. The 13-strong taskforce, chaired by the Rugby Football...
BBC Sport - Rugby blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Twickenham's "Spirit of Rugby" bar was a fitting venue for the English game to be given a clean bill of health on Wednesday. After four weeks of investigations, the Rugby Football Union 's Image of the Game Task Force declared that cheating was "neither endemic nor systemic" in the sport. At the end of a summer when the 'Bloodgate' and Bath sagas have tarnished rugby's reputation,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Lawrence Dallaglio has rejected Dean Richards' claim that cheating in the game was rife.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Harlequins are stepping up their search for a new director of rugby to replace the disgraced Dean Richards, who left the club as a result of his haemoglobin habit and is currently in the early weeks of a three-year suspension.
icWales (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
HARLEQUINS boss Mark Evans has declared he has not approached Blues boss Dai Young to take over from the disgraced Dean Richards at the Stoop.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Mark Evans has revealed that Harlequins have had numerous approaches to succeed shamed director of rugby Dean Richards.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
The chances of the Heineken Cup suffering a second outbreak of fake blood chicanery over the next eight months may be about as remote as the nearest life-supporting planet – it is difficult to imagine any coach following the Dean Richards guide to touchline management, unless he is certifiably bonkers – but for reasons best known to themselves, the tournament organisers are still leaving...
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