Former players to launch legal claim against RFL over brain damage this week

Lawyers acting for 75 former players will this week launch a legal claim for negligence against the Rugby Football League. They say the governing body failed "to take reasonable action to protect players from permanent brain injury caused by repetitive concussive and sub-concussive blows". According to Rylands Legal, many players now suffer f

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