Baron determined to tackle rugby’s image crisis

ENGLAND RFU chief executive Francis Baron yesterday vowed to confront the sport’s image crisis head on through the creation of a “heavyweight” task force.

Baron declared “no stone would be left unturned” in the attempt to re-establish the sport’s “core values” that he admitted have been damaged by a succession of scandals.

Bloodgate took a fresh twist on Tuesday when the appeal testimony of winger Tom Williams exposed the extent of the pressure he was put under by club officials not to reveal the full details of the incident.