Harry Ellis, who toured with the Lions in 2009, is one of 43 players taking legal action against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, and the Welsh Rugby Union over alleged brain injuries sustained from playing rugby. Lee Byrne, Gareth Cooper, Phil Greening, Heather Stirrup, and others from various national teams are also participating.
Harry Ellis, who toured with the Lions in 2009, is one of the 43 players taking legal action who can now be identified.Harry Ellis, who toured with the Lions in 2009, is one of the 43 players taking legal action who can now be identified.participating in legal action
against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, and the Welsh Rugby Union over allegations they sustained brain injuries playing the sport. Lee Byrne, Gareth Cooper, Harry Ellis and Phil Greening, who toured with the Lions between 2001 and 2009, are among a group of 43 who can now be identified when their lawyers withdrew their application for anonymity after a hearing to discuss the matter last week.
Also among the 43 are the England World Cup-winner Heather Stirrup, and a number of former internationals including Scotland’s David Denton, Wales’s Jonathan Thomas, Iestyn Thomas, Chris Horsman and Nic Evans, and the former England Sevens captain Kris Chesney. Two other players were seeking anonymity in advance of withdrawing their claims. The law firm Rylands Garth represents 394 rugby union players and they say a further 350 have signed engagement letters.
“Throughout the four years this legal case has taken to date, rugby’s priority has always been the welfare of the players. Whilst we cannot reach out to any of the individual players involved in legal action, what we would want them to know is that we listen, we care and we never stand still on player welfare,” said“The delays in this case and conduct of the claimants’ lawyers is a great cause of concern.
Boardman explained that the reasons for requesting anonymity were “entirely valid”, especially since several of those involved have been willing to speak in the media about their symptoms. “Many of the people we are representing have anxiety and depression, as our neurologists are prepared to attest to, and the anonymity application was supported by two doctors confirming these symptoms.
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