FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup Final - Australia v England - Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia - 22/11/03 England's Steve Thompson and Neil Back with his daughter see Phil Vickery kiss the trophy after the game Mandatory Credit : Action Images / Andrew Budd/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Bill Sweeney, the head of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), said it had been "a very challenging week" in the wake of news that a group of former players are set to take legal action after suffering brain damage they say was the result of concussions.
England's World Cup-winning prop Steve Thompson said this week that he had no memory of the 2003 final and, along with several other former players, held the sport's various governing bodies responsible for their failure to adequately protect the players from long-term mental impairment.
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