Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at bloodgate.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Bloodgate.
Examples
-
Harlequins captain Will Skinner said players at the club - in the dock over 'Bloodgate' - were determined to put the scandal behind them.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
-
Team officials then tried to cover up the incident, which some called "Bloodgate."
NYT > Home Page By HUW RICHARDS 2011
-
That was the so-called Bloodgate episode during a quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster, when Quins wing Tom Williams was ordered to fake a blood injury in an attempt to get goalkicker Nick Evans back on the field during a game Quins lost 6-5.
-
Most obvious in all this was the incident now known as Bloodgate, the extraordinary saga of Harlequins winger Tom Williams and the vampire blood capsule.
-
And, alas, both cricket and rugby have recently tumbled quite a distance down from the moral high ground with ball-tampering scandals in Test cricket and in rugby the extraordinary case of "Bloodgate" - when Harlequins cheated in the most comprehensive and premeditated manner, supplying Tom Williams with a blood capsule and instructing him to chew on it so that he could be replaced, and then having the club doctor cut his lip to make the pretence more credible.
-
The counsel for Dr Wendy Chapman, the doctor at the centre of the "Bloodgate" hearing, has admitted that she cut the lip of the Harlequins wing Tom Williams with a stitch cutter because the player wanted to demonstrate a "real injury".
-
The firm works with a number of governing bodies, and led the 'Bloodgate' prosecution for European Rugby Cup.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
-
Harlequins to face Heineken Cup rivals for first time since 'Bloodgate' scandal
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
-
A doctor admitted today that she cut the lip of the player at the centre of the "Bloodgate" fabricated rugby injury scandal at his request.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
-
The doctor at the centre of the 'Bloodgate' scandal has reportedly admitted that she cut the lip of Harlequins winger Tom …
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.