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Could a rugby injury be faked?

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Former Harlequins rugby director Dean Richards has admitted he ordered the fake blood substitution of Tom Williams that led to his own three-year ban.

The Leinster team doctor told the Today programme that he could spot the fake a mile off. Actor Nick Asbury, fight captain of the Royal Shakespeare Company, explains how one should go about faking an injury convincingly.

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