Always a Wasp

General Category => Wasps Rugby Discussion => Topic started by: jamestaylor002 on April 11, 2019, 03:19:15 PM

Title: "Bloodgate" Scandal 10 Years Ago
Post by: jamestaylor002 on April 11, 2019, 03:19:15 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47882458 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47882458)

Quite an interesting article.

Title: Re: "Bloodgate" Scandal 10 Years Ago
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 11, 2019, 03:27:34 PM

One suspects that HIAs are potentially in use in the same way. Not often.

Title: Re: "Bloodgate" Scandal 10 Years Ago
Post by: jamestaylor002 on April 11, 2019, 03:54:03 PM

Possibly - I mean, we did see the French try that stunt in the 2018 6N.

Title: Re: "Bloodgate" Scandal 10 Years Ago
Post by: wasps on April 11, 2019, 04:47:07 PM

Bending the laws has been around forever.
Everyone has always done what they can to get an advantage in the heat of the moment.

The difference here was that it was completely pre-meditated.
They had a blood capsule handy in case the situation arose.

Who knows what other nefarious ideas they had for other scenarios.



I was always happy to justify breaking the laws when I played prop.
Personally though, I felt that Bloodgate was a whole different level cheating and I feel that Dean Richards got off lightly..... although he's unlikely to ever be genuinely considered for the England job now.