This week the legal firm Rylands Garth filed Letters of Claim to start the pre-action phase of a case against World Rugby, Wales Rugby Union, and Rugby Football Union on behalf of 55 former amateur players from England and Wales. These amateur rugby players have been diagnosed with a variety of neurological conditions, and they have linked these conditions to the impact of head injuries they received while participating in the sport. This comes after similar legal actions brought by 225 former professional athletes, which began in 2022. These cases, and many others, make the need for a change in…

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