International ex-pros plan legal action over brain injuries
Steve Thompson, who can't remember any of England's ’03 World Cup win, is among those planning to sue World Rugby, RFU and Welsh Rugby Union
England's Steve Thompson during the training session at Carisbrook in Dunedin, New Zealand in 2011
A GROUP of former international players are planning legal action against rugby authorities for negligence over brain injuries, the firm leading the case announced yesterday.
Steve Thompson, who says he cannot remember being part of England’s 2003 World Cup triumph, is part of a test group for a potentially much larger action along with former England player Michael Lipman and ex-Wales international Alix Popham.
The planned action is against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union, for “failure to protect [the claimants] from the risks caused by concussions.”
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