Harlequins Bloodgate Scandal in 2009

www.rugbydump.com/2009/07/1010... | Harlequins have been slapped with a mammoth £215, 000 fine for faking an injury to their wing Tom Williams during the closing stages of the Heineken Cup quarter final.

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  • @schnozz87
    @schnozz877 жыл бұрын

    0:50 "who punched Tom Williams in the mouth, Tom Williams?" The most astute moment of Stuart Barnes' commentary career...

  • @markwither796

    @markwither796

    5 жыл бұрын

    he was the only one at the time that knew exactly what was going on lol

  • @OscarOSullivan

    @OscarOSullivan

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe Nigel Owens as well

  • @dtutssel
    @dtutssel5 жыл бұрын

    Funniest part of this was he pretended a bloody mouth made him limp

  • @Smithy250

    @Smithy250

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can easily happen

  • @CM-ue6bi

    @CM-ue6bi

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think he was faking a concussion more than faking a limp.

  • @schnozz87

    @schnozz87

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah he isn't winning an oscar any time soon...

  • @CptRumcan

    @CptRumcan

    2 жыл бұрын

    the wink.. the wink gave him away.

  • @thettguy

    @thettguy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CptRumcan do we see the wink here ?

  • @user-mw8um6mc3v
    @user-mw8um6mc3v5 жыл бұрын

    He winks as he comes off. It's pathetic. Shameless and all those concerned should have been banned for life. Stuart Barnes had it sussed immediately.

  • @saccerzd

    @saccerzd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the wink was innocent - Monye: I've never asked you this, Tommy, but why the wink? You look back and you just thought: 'Tommy, come on mate.' Williams: The wink was ironically quite innocent. It was someone asking me if I was OK and it was me saying: 'Yeah I'm fine.' That was it. Care: That's why it looks so bad because the wink looks like it was all part of the plot, but it wasn't at all.

  • @AM-jh7jg

    @AM-jh7jg

    5 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, the young guy who faked the injury, probably didn't have much say in the matter, if he wanted to stay in the squad

  • @gopr3117

    @gopr3117

    5 жыл бұрын

    You know nothing of rugby. This kinda shit was happening on a weekly basis at the time. Banning for life would have been completely unjust.

  • @alexanderdragolov3105
    @alexanderdragolov31055 жыл бұрын

    2:51 look how he looks away before the answer.

  • @busawulf

    @busawulf

    2 жыл бұрын

    A classic "tell". One would think HE of all people would know better....lol.

  • @Driver2616
    @Driver26165 жыл бұрын

    Even now, ten years later, I find this cheating to still be quite stomach churning. Just consider for a moment - all that year long hard work by what ultimately turned out to be the best team in Europe that season, Leinster, was almost rendered meaningless by some down in the gutter conduct! Thankfully Tom Williams conscience got the better of him and he came clean, even though it was alleged that some senior members of his club tried to buy him off with promises to pay off his mortgage!

  • @keithbbc3126
    @keithbbc31265 жыл бұрын

    00:36 that wink

  • @torquilmacleod2577
    @torquilmacleod25775 жыл бұрын

    Missed the kick in the end 🤪

  • @bigmoncrief6071
    @bigmoncrief60714 жыл бұрын

    Dean Richards, former policeman, lying through his teeth there. Classy. It is absolutely right that all those who were found guilty of misconduct in bloodgate should be remembered purely for that. No redemption. No healing over time. Forget the international caps, trophies, match winning performances etc. They are all just grubby little cheats who brought the game into disrepute. Their characters are forever stained.

  • @OscarOSullivan

    @OscarOSullivan

    Жыл бұрын

    Dealt with unlike football

  • @mrtoad1408

    @mrtoad1408

    2 ай бұрын

    @@OscarOSullivan "dealt with"? Bans of a few months to a few years? They should be banned for life. This wasn't the only time.

  • @robertmacphee5
    @robertmacphee55 жыл бұрын

    This could happen again now with a concussion sub as it would be a lot easier to fake

  • @robmcrob2091

    @robmcrob2091

    5 жыл бұрын

    @TheSmithersy no you get an hia and return to play protocols.

  • @RU4IRIgames

    @RU4IRIgames

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rob McRob Which is 3 weeks off of the HIA isn’t passed with return to play after that. Obviously in this situation you could probably be able to make the HIA last 5 mins.

  • @homeward34
    @homeward346 жыл бұрын

    Sure the wink said it all

  • @saccerzd

    @saccerzd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the wink was innocent - Monye: I've never asked you this, Tommy, but why the wink? You look back and you just thought: 'Tommy, come on mate.' Williams: The wink was ironically quite innocent. It was someone asking me if I was OK and it was me saying: 'Yeah I'm fine.' That was it. Care: That's why it looks so bad because the wink looks like it was all part of the plot, but it wasn't at all.

  • @JWex-jy7sk
    @JWex-jy7sk2 жыл бұрын

    Who else here from Secret Base’s “That’s weird” video?

  • @No-jp5mu
    @No-jp5mu3 жыл бұрын

    Anybody else here after reading Sean O'Briens book "Fuel"?

  • @finosuilleabhain7781
    @finosuilleabhain77815 жыл бұрын

    What a winker.

  • @okay1775

    @okay1775

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolute digrace

  • @JamesBrown-xq5nb
    @JamesBrown-xq5nb6 жыл бұрын

    The wink at 0:38

  • @saccerzd

    @saccerzd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the wink was innocent - Monye: I've never asked you this, Tommy, but why the wink? You look back and you just thought: 'Tommy, come on mate.' Williams: The wink was ironically quite innocent. It was someone asking me if I was OK and it was me saying: 'Yeah I'm fine.' That was it. Care: That's why it looks so bad because the wink looks like it was all part of the plot, but it wasn't at all.

  • @dylangiblin6394
    @dylangiblin63945 жыл бұрын

    I don't get what happend ? Someone please explain

  • @ThemeParkBoy

    @ThemeParkBoy

    5 жыл бұрын

    The team faked him having an injury so that they could make a substitution

  • @sonnyjohnson3561

    @sonnyjohnson3561

    5 жыл бұрын

    TSC why couldn’t they just make a normal substitute?

  • @ThemeParkBoy

    @ThemeParkBoy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sonny Johnson I’m not too sure lol. Not great on the ins and outs of rules sorry haha

  • @natedoggog4307

    @natedoggog4307

    5 жыл бұрын

    He couldn't come back on because he'd already been substituted off, referenced earlier in the video. The only circumstance he can come back on is due to a blood injury. Harlequins had given Tom Williams a blood capsule to fake the bleeding.

  • @dylangiblin6394

    @dylangiblin6394

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@natedoggog4307 why didn't they use a different substitute

  • @lambey6113
    @lambey61135 жыл бұрын

    Sorry I don’t have a clue what’s going on? Why isn’t he allowed to be replaced? Or was it because he was faking an injury?

  • @stevenfromleicester2529

    @stevenfromleicester2529

    5 жыл бұрын

    They'd used all their subs and they used a blood capsule to fake an injury to alllow a blood replacement on

  • @lambey6113

    @lambey6113

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for explaining!

  • @conish64
    @conish642 жыл бұрын

    In the full interview after the match dean Richard’s whinges about Leinster “cheating” at the breakdown. Pathetic. Should have been put out of rugby for life

  • @Jaacobbo8
    @Jaacobbo84 жыл бұрын

    Graande Tom!

  • @CAM16012
    @CAM160126 жыл бұрын

    Cheats

  • @rjws69
    @rjws696 жыл бұрын

    I don’t get it

  • @rjws69

    @rjws69

    6 жыл бұрын

    timmy thompson thanks for the explanation bud x

  • @martintheiss743

    @martintheiss743

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rjws69 the doctor who pushed the man off the pitch had a licensure removal hearing on the matter however the board formally cautioned him even though they did feel he put their occupation into disrepute for medically certifying this farce.

  • @alasdairduncan3
    @alasdairduncan36 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being so useless as a player that you need to cheat to get off the field.

  • @markwither796

    @markwither796

    5 жыл бұрын

    He was forced to do it by the team manager Dean Richards. That is why Richards ended up getting a 3 year ban from the sport.

  • @bodhid

    @bodhid

    Жыл бұрын

    He made it as a professional rugby player and was playing in one of the biggest games in the sport. You’ve probably no idea what that entails: a keyboard warrior nobody who’s probably achieved nothing of note with his life but had the arrogance to judge others.

  • @patrickkeane2067

    @patrickkeane2067

    Ай бұрын

    ​@bodhid he deserves to be judgeed. His dumbass.

  • @bentuber1
    @bentuber1 Жыл бұрын

    Harlequins forever will be known as cheats. FOREVER

  • @Booyabeatbox
    @Booyabeatbox6 жыл бұрын

    1:41 a typical uk person

  • @johnnythreebollocks3496

    @johnnythreebollocks3496

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol. He's Irish!

  • @spleenrz0116

    @spleenrz0116

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lsw5275 you are a typical UK person😂😂😂😂

  • @Cam-bv4ev
    @Cam-bv4ev5 жыл бұрын

    Surely they don’t take it that seriously that they cheat. Like it’s club rugby...

  • @newspaper9949

    @newspaper9949

    5 жыл бұрын

    Benji Bill rugby is the best sport in the world

  • @alanafurey7316

    @alanafurey7316

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s the biggest Professional rugby competition in Europe, of course they take it seriously

  • @connorclark8100

    @connorclark8100

    2 жыл бұрын

    its professional club rugby. this isnt the rugby club down the road

  • @mrtoad1408

    @mrtoad1408

    2 ай бұрын

    It's not surprising when you consider some people will cheat at literally anything. Let alone professional club rugby.

  • @gopr3117
    @gopr31175 жыл бұрын

    not “disgraceful” as many comments are saying. At the time, simulated blood subs were happening regularly. This was just the case that blew the whole thing open. Those involved here were unfairly treated and scapegoated for the entire sport.

  • @amantedellopera1681

    @amantedellopera1681

    2 жыл бұрын

    Of course its disgraceful,its cheating,your just annoyed because your team were caught out,pathetic

  • @blackbar9299

    @blackbar9299

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m not going to judge the individuals but it’s important to think about what would have happened if harlequins won this match. Leinster coach would probably have been sacked, no first HEC win, no breakthrough for sexton, possibly no Leinster dynasty?

  • @ZoofSkillzFishing

    @ZoofSkillzFishing

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amantedellopera1681 10 days rogue gets caught 1 day