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RICHARDS ADMITS CAREER AT AN END

Published on: 13th September, 2009

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By Duncan Bech, Press Association Sport Former Harlequins director of rugby Dean Richards admits his career in the sport has effectively been ended by his three-year ban for masterminding ‘Bloodgate’. The most successful coach in English club rugby during the professional era believes he has been punished too harshly for faking a blood injury during last season’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster. The 46-year-old is dismayed by his treatment by rugby’s authorities and fears the length of his ban will prevent him from returning to the game. "There is still a part of me that is angry about things that have gone on," he told the Sunday Times. "I need to let the dust…

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