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A sports lawyer has warned of the “significant hurdles” a group of former rugby league players will need to overcome to mount a successful legal challenge against the sport’s authorities over a failure to protect them against neurodegenerative disease. He also said the game may struggle to survive if the challenge succeeds.
Up to 10 retired players are understood to have approached Rylands Law, the firm that has launched action on behalf of a number of former rugby union players diagnosed with brain injuries, including the former World Cup winner, Steve Thompson.
Some of the league players in question, who it is understood have been retired for a number of years, are believed to be showing symptoms of dementia.
