Quins doctor suspended over 'Bloodgate' role

Wendy Chapman, the doctor involved in the Harlequins fake blood scandal, was suspended by the General Medical Council yesterday pending a formal investigation.

Chapman, who faces a full investigated by the professional body, has reportedly been given an interim suspension. The GMC has up to 18 months to consider whether to take action.

Chapman is alleged to have cut the mouth of winger Tom Williams after he had used a fake blood capsule to force a blood replacement substitution during the Premiership club's Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster last season.

Quins chairman Charles Jillings resigned from the club last month while former director of rugby Dean Richards was banned from the game for three years. Williams was banned for four months following the incident and the club's subsequent cover-up.