World Rugby, UK bodies seek to throw out ex-players' concussion lawsuits

LONDON, July 22 : World Rugby and England and Wales' governing bodies on Wednesday sought to throw out nearly 380 former rugby union players' lawsuits over neurological injuries, arguing their lawyers repeatedly failed to disclose key medical evidence.World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union are facing lawsuits from around 800 ex-amateur and professional players, who say repeated concussive and sub-concussive blows left them with serious neurological conditions.The claimants' lawyers allege the governing bodies breached their duty of care by failing to protect them from those risks, but World Rugby argues in its written defence that it had no such duty and that injuries are an "inherent risk" in rugby.The case began in 2022 but has been beset by delays over disclosur