FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee hold news conference ahead of knockout matches - Tokyo, Japan - October 15, 2019. World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont speaks. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
(Reuters) - World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont says player welfare is the number one priority at every level of the sport after a group of former players claimed negligence over head injuries suffered during their careers.
A letter of claim from Rylands Law on behalf of nine former players, who are suffering from concussion-related health problems, was sent to World Rugby, England's Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union on Thursday.
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