Steve Thompson among ex-internationals taking legal action over brain injuries

England’s Steve Thompson is part of a planned legal action over alleged negligence by the rugby authorities (David Davies/PA)

A group of former internationals are planning legal action for negligence against the rugby authorities over brain injuries they have suffered, the law firm leading the case has announced.

Steve Thompson, who cannot remember being part of England’s 2003 World Cup triumph, is part of a ‘test group’ for a potentially much larger action along with another former England player, Michael Lipman, and ex-Wales international Alix Popham, according to Rylands Law.