Clubs agree code on blood injuries in wake of Quins’ furore

THE chairmen of England’s Guinness Premiership clubs have agreed a new voluntary code on blood injuries that will take immediate effect.

The code gives opposition team doctors an option to verify each blood injury that occurs during a game, starting with tonight’s Premiership season opener between Sale Sharks and champions Leicester.

It follows the damaging ‘Bloodgate’ fake injury scandal that saw ex-Harlequins rugby director Dean Richards banned for three years, former Quins physiotherapist Steph Brennan receive a two-year suspension and Quins wing Tom Williams land a four-month punishment.