England's World Cup winner Phil Vickery and former Welsh fly-half Gavin Henson are amongst greater than 200 retired rugby gamers suing three of the game's governing our bodies over neurological accidents, it has emerged.
It comes after London's High Court dominated the gamers should wait till subsequent 12 months for his or her software for a bunch litigation order (GLO) to be determined.
England World Cup winners Steve Thompson, who revealed in December 2020 that he had been identified with early onset dementia, and Mark Regan are additionally amongst these taking authorized motion.
Former Wales ahead Alix Popham, who has revealed how his life has ben "turned upside down" because of mind harm sustained whereas taking part in rugby, can also be on the checklist launched this night.
Rylands Garth, the regulation agency representing the 226 former gamers, have utilized for a GLO - which might imply the person lawsuits will be managed collectively - within the case towards World Rugby, England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).
The claimants allege the three governing our bodies didn't put in place affordable measures to guard the well being and security of gamers.
Their lawyer Susan Rodway stated in court docket filings the defendants "ought to have known of the likelihood of long-term neurological complications due to cumulative concussive or sub-concussive blows to the head".
This alleged failure is alleged to have brought on issues corresponding to motor neurone illness, early onset dementia, power traumatic encephalopathy, epilepsy and Parkinson's illness.
She added that a number of the particular person circumstances, the place gamers are suing for lack of earnings and the price of future care, might be valued "well into the tens of millions" of kilos.
World Rugby, the RFU and WRU didn't tackle the deserves of the lawsuits at Friday's listening to, however are defending the claims.
They stated in a joint assertion earlier this week that they have been unable to touch upon the case or contact gamers, as that they had but to obtain full particulars of the claims.
"We would want players involved to know that we listen, we care and continue to champion player welfare as the sport's number one priority," they stated.
"Players and parents can have confidence that rugby is as safe as a contact sport can be. Rugby will always be led by the latest science when taking any action on player welfare."
The rugby union case is certainly one of three related circumstances introduced by Rylands Garth, which additionally represents former rugby league and soccer gamers.
The full checklist of gamers taking authorized motion
Adam HughesAdam BlackAdam EustaceAdam PalfreyAlan AwcockAlexander CheesmanAlexander LundbergAlfie To'oala VaeluagaAlix PophamAndrew ClarkeAndrew CoombsAndrew LamertonAndrew MillwardAndrew SpringgayBen PegnaCallum WilsonCarl HamansCarl HaymanCarwyn JonesCharlie BeechChristian ShortChristopher ArnoldChristopher CracknellChristopher JonesChristopher PlanchantChristopher WhiteheadChristopher Simpson-DanielCraig HawkinsDafydd JamesDale RasmussenDaniel RobertsDaniel ScarboroughDavid CorkeryDavid JacksonDavid LlewelynDavid MaddocksDavid MerlinDerwyn JonesDominic RyanDuncan BellEmyr LewisFinlay BarnhamGareth CullGareth OwenGareth PriceGareth WilliamsGavin EvansGavin ThomasGeraint DaviesHal LuscombeHarry EllisHywel JenkinsIan GoughIan JonesInoke AfeakiJack CobdenJames CollinsJames GriffithsJames VossJamie CudmoreJamie RingerJamie RobinsonJason HobsonJohn CarterJohn Paul O'ReillyJonathan Ross CoombsJoseph BuckleJoseph CobdenJoseph TrayfootJustin BlanchetJustin WringKieran LowLeigh DaviesLenny WoodardLeo HalavatauLou ReedLuke FieldenLuke WishnowskyLyndon BatemanMark PeregoMark Regan MBEMark RobinsonMathew VaughanMatthew DwyerMatthew PewtnerMichael HookMichael LipmanMichael MyerscoughMichael PowellMichael WilsonMouritz BothaNeil ClarkNeil SpenceNeil WalkerNick WilliamsNigel BezaniOliver HayesOliver HodgeOliver PhillipsPaul BoulardPaul ClaphamPaul JonesPaul PookPaul SampsonPaul SmithsonPaul VolleyPeter ShortPhilip NilsenPhilip Vickery MBERegan KingRhys GillRhys JamesRhys ThomasRichard ThorpeRobert GreenRobert HoadleyRobert KyddRobson BlakeRoger WilsonRory PitmanRory Watts-JonesRussell KesleyRyan Jones MBESamuel BlanchetSaul NelsonSean LamontSimon GardinerSimon MasonSteve Thompson MBEStephen WinnTevita TaumoepeauTheo Brophy-ClewsThomas PierceThomas RockTimothy CowleyVaughan GoingAakesh RaiAdam FrenchAlexander AbbeyAlexander BarnesAlun GriffithsAndrew HerbertAnne Marie Livesey as Litigation Friend for Martin LiveseyBen PickettBen RiderCaer DaviesCeri JonesColin WoodCraig HarveyCraig ThomasDaniel NapierDavid RileyDeian ThomasDianne Williams as private consultant for Ivor Wyn WilliamsGerwyn DaviesGlen WebbeHugo DicksonIeuan CranswickJack YatesMartin Frost as Litigation Friend for James BatterhamJonathan PurnellJon Godson as Litigation Friend for Alan GodsonJoseph CookJoshua HosfordKristian TreziseKyle GreenLewis EdwardsMark CatterallMatthew ClementMeghan MutrieMichael DaviesMichael Lloyd Jones as private consultant of Peter Jones (deceased)Michael PowellMichael WatkinsClaire Riou as Litigation Friend for Nicolas RiouNon EvansOliver CavanaghPaul RingerPaul RuddPaul ThompsonRhys WatkinsRichard HowellsRobert CunninghamRobert JohnstonRyan GriffithsSean GilbertsonShaun DoughtonShaun GustardStephen WilliamsStephen ButcherSteven SugarTeresa O'ReillyTimothy GravesRuth Walters as Litigation Friend for Trefor EvansBen GerryBrendan LyonsBrett SheehanChristopher StevensColin CharvisDarren MorrisDavid BishopGavin HensonIan GreensladeJack StanleyJohn LeotaJordan DaviesJoseph GrabhamJoshua Rhys JamesLeighton JonesLewis RawlinsMark RidehalghMatthew JonesMichael PetersMorgan StoddartNathan StrongOliver CatterjeePaul KnightPaul WhittakerRichard ArmswoodRoss JohnstonScott CrosbyScott HicksSimon BuntingWayne BoothWilliam EvansWilliam Hurrell
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