Doctor ‘ashamed’ of Bloodgate role

THE matchday rugby doctor at the centre of the ‘Bloodgate’ fake injury scandal said yesterday she was “ashamed” of her role in the event.

Dr Wendy Chapman said she still could not understand why she succumbed to “huge pressure” from Harlequins winger Tom Williams, who asked her to cut his lip as a cover-up after he bit into a fake-blood capsule.

His so-called injury meant a goal kicker could come on to the pitch in the dying minutes of last April’s Heineken Cup quarter-final tie against Leinster, who held on to win 6-5.