Seventy-seven stars suing the Rugby Football League over head injuries claim chiefs “negligently” relied on advice from a doctor at the centre of a plagiarism scandal.
In a letter of claim, players’ lawyers question the RFL’s guidelines and accuse it of taking the advice of Dr Paul McCrory “unquestionably”.
He is accused of using and misrepresenting the work of other experts. Nine articles written when he was editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine have been retracted.
