Student rugby player who suffered brain damage sues school and hospital

A student who was injured after he got a knock to the head during rugby training but played in the final minutes of a schools’ match 17 days later sustained another head injury and ended up brain damaged, the High Court has heard.

Lucas Neville has now launched an action for €5m damages.

Mr Neville was on the second rugby team of St Michael’s College, Ailesbury Road, South Dublin, before he suffered the injuries on November 28, 2009, the court heard.