Hundreds of rugby players win court battle for brain injury claims to proceed to trial

Hundreds of High Court claims brought against rugby’s governing bodies by players alleging they sustained brain injuries during their careers can proceed to trial, a judge has ruled.World Rugby, Welsh Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, the Rugby Football League, and the British Amateur Rugby League Association told a hearing last month that about 500 claims should be struck out prior to trial because their legal team failed to comply with court orders.The legal actions form part of a broader group filed by both professional and amateur competitors, who allege that the bodies breached a duty of care to protect them from injury.Their legal team states they suffered neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and early-onset dementia due to repeated blows susta