I made ‘bloodgate’ doctor a victim, claims Quins’ Williams

HARLEQUINS winger Tom Williams said yesterday he made the matchday doctor at the centre of the ‘Bloodgate’ fake injury scandal “a victim” when he persuaded her to cut his lip.

Williams said club medic Wendy Chapman was unaware he had bit into a fake-blood capsule on the field of play during a crucial Heineken Cup quarter-final tie in April 2009.

His so-called blood-related injury meant a specialist goal kicker could come on in the dying minutes of a Heineken Cup game against Leinster, who eventually held on to win 6-5.