Rugby-England World Cup winners among ex-players suing over concussion


LONDON (Reuters) -Mark Regan and Phil Vickery, members of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team, and former Wales and British and Irish Lions centre Gavin Henson are among nearly 300 former rugby players suing three governing bodies over neurological injuries, it was revealed on Friday.

The case at London's High Court involves 295 former rugby union players suing World Rugby, England's Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union for allegedly failing to put in place reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of players.

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