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Tuesday 01 September 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 01 June 2019 3:34 am

Richards to referee Quins

By: admindrupal

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RUGBY UNION: Harlequins’ bid to put the embarrassing “bloodgate” scandal behind them suffered an unlikely setback yesterday when a familiar name was selected to referee their first game of the new season.

Quins’ game against Wasps at Twickenham will be overseen by Dean Richards – not the club’s disgraced former director of rugby, but the 40-year-old official from Berkshire.

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