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One of the greatest sporting scandals happened in a Rugby Union match in 2009. The scandal involved a player, and the club's director and physiotherapist. On 12th April 2009, the English team Harlequins (was/were playing) against the irish team Leinster in a Heineken Cup match. The match wasn't going very well for Harlequins and they (were losing). Five minutes before the match (finished), one of the Harlequins players called Tom Williams came off the pitch because he (was bleeding) heavily from his mouth. The coach substituted him with a star player who (had been) injured earlier in the match but who was now well enough to play. While Williams (was walking) off, an assistant rushed to help him. However, the doctor from the Leinster team (noticed) that Williams (had been smiling) at his team before he came off the pitch. Later there was an investigation which discovered that the blood coming from William's mouth was not real - it was fake blood. Before the match Williams (had put) a fake blood capsule in his sock and then bit it so that the coach could make a 'tactical substitution' when the team was losing. Apparently, they (had used) this technique' in four previous matches. Leinster (won) the game 6-5. Harlequins were fined £260,000 and the club's director and physiotherapist were banned from rugby for three years. Williams couldn't play for four months.