Rugby gamers who allege they suffered mind accidents throughout their careers have been refused permission to enchantment towards a choice ordering them to supply all of their medical data.

Greater than 1,100 gamers – throughout each league and union – declare they’re affected by situations resembling dementia, Parkinson’s and motor neurone illness due to repeated impacts sustained all through their careers.

They accuse World Rugby, the Rugby Soccer Union (RFU), the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), the Rugby Soccer League (RFL) and others of failing to guard them from dangers. The governing our bodies deny legal responsibility.

In a earlier listening to, Susan Rodway KC for the gamers mentioned the order to supply medical data was “unimaginable, onerous and expensive”.

However a Excessive Court docket choose has refused the enchantment, saying the order is “not disproportionate, oppressive, irrational or legally perverse”.

Rylands Garth, the regulation agency bringing the case, mentioned it’s grateful to the choose for offering readability and that it might adjust to the courtroom’s orders.

Decide Dexter Dias mentioned orders issued in February 2024 and 2025 which required the claimants at hand over medical data and all paperwork from neurological testing have been proportionate and essential to handle the litigation.

World Rugby, the RFU and the WRU mentioned in a joint assertion that “participant welfare stays a central precedence for rugby and we will not stand nonetheless on this area”.

Steve Thompson, Mark Regan and Phil Vickery – a part of England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad – former Wales stars Gavin Henson, Colin Charvis and Ryan Jones and ex-England and British and Lions scrum-half Harry Ellis are amongst these looking for damages from World Rugby, the RFU and the WRU.

In November, former British and Irish Lions Lee Byrne and Phil Greening have been confirmed to have joined the concussion lawsuit.

Of their joint assertion, the governing our bodies mentioned: “The judgement expressed concern that there was a critical erosion of the courtroom’s confidence in the way in which the disclosure course of has been carried out, and famous that efficient and truthful disclosure of the related paperwork was ‘indispensable’ within the context of the case.

“As such many gamers within the case are prone to having their claims struck out.”

Rylands Garth is being investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over former England prop Will Inexperienced’s claims that the agency tried to pressurise him into becoming a member of the motion regardless of him acquiring a second, impartial prognosis that confirmed no signal of mind damage.

The case is scheduled to be reviewed once more in March 2026.