'How did I get to the stage where I thought that was acceptable?' Bloodgate cheat Tom Williams to leave Harlequins 10 years on from Heineken Cup incident that shamed rugby Tom Williams faked injury during Harlequins' 2009 Heineken Cup loss to Leinster He came clean, club were fined £360,000, Dean Richards banned for three years The wing retired in 2015 and has since worked as a 'transition coach' for the club Williams will now leave the club at end of the season to embark on new career
By Will Kelleher For The Daily Mail
Published: 06:15 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 06:16 BST, 11 April 2019
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On the 10-year anniversary of the 'Bloodgate' incident that shamed rugby, former Harlequins wing Tom Williams has announced he will leave the club at the end of the season.
Williams, who was corralled into faking an injury and bit on a blood capsule in Quins' Heineken Cup defeat to Leinster in 2009, is to pursue a career away from rugby having been a 'transition coach' since retiring in 2015.
He came clean after the saga a decade ago, having previously bowed to the club's wishes and kept quiet, and his evidence exposed rugby's dirtiest scandal.
