More names added to concussion lawsuit
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4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
As more names are released in conjunction with the concussion lawsuit against rugby's governing bodies, Gareth Rhys Owen speaks to former Wales international Alix Popham, journalists Sam Peters and Andy Bull, Dr Izzy Moore and solictor Richard Boardman to detail the next steps in the case.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Garrelinika here with Alan Shearer and Mike Wicherichs to say the |
| 0:05.2 | match of the day top 10 podcast is back. We'll be ranking our footballing |
| 0:09.8 | top 10s and debaitin who is right. We've got quite a good list obviously there's an |
| 0:14.8 | exception. It's the top 10 euros golden boot winners. Now we're talking |
| 0:20.1 | that's all right. You're not going wrong. Really? |
| 0:23.4 | Definitely not. Oh, thanks. |
| 0:26.0 | Mash is the day, top 10. Listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.0 | You're listening to BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm so sorry to say that this is what I call the radical, the radical truth. |
| 0:38.0 | If you've played rugby and you've suffered 100,000 blows to your head, you've suffered brain damage, and it's only a matter of time symptoms will begin to manifest. |
| 0:48.0 | The voice of Bennett O'Malley on the Scramfire Podcast three years ago, Will Smith would eventually play his character in the film |
| 0:54.9 | Concussion discussing the battle between the former players in the NFL and |
| 0:59.8 | the authorities about the brain injuries they suffered. Rugby has come quite a long way |
| 1:05.2 | since that interview three years ago, yet his warnings seem as relevant as ever. |
| 1:09.9 | On Friday it was announced that almost 300 rugby players will be suing the rugby authorities over brain injuries. |
| 1:17.5 | The list contains the likes of former internationals, Colin Jarvis and Gavin Henson. |
| 1:22.6 | So what does this mean to those players and the game of rugby itself? |
| 1:27.6 | Now I'll be chatting to a number of key protagonists in this developing story, |
| 1:31.3 | former Wales Bakker O'A Alex Popum, was one of the first |
| 1:34.8 | to discuss his diagnosis with early onset dementia. And he is on the list. We'll also hear |
| 1:39.9 | from the solicitor leading the claim and journalists who have worked on this new story |
| 1:45.0 | for almost a decade. |
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