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Hundreds of rugby players have been left in limbo after the lawyer at the heart of the sport’s big concussion lawsuit quit the case.
More than 1,100 players have been involved in the lawsuit after legal action was launched in 2020. Those involved claim that the governing bodies of both rugby union and league – namely World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, the Welsh Rugby Union, the Rugby Football League (RFL) and the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) – failed to put in place reasonable measures to protect them from suffering serious brain injuries during their playing careers.
Around 50 former Wales internationals have been revealed to be part of the lawsuit, including Gavin Henson, Lee Byrne, Jonathan Thomas, Ian Gough and Colin Charvis. Meanwhile, Alix Popham, Ryan Jones and Dafydd James are among those to have gone public with their claims having all been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Full details here.
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