when you look at players like alix popham, what does that make you think about the way they were treated. you know, having coached alix when he was a 17, 18—year—old, to see him now, as a friend. _ suffering, struggling, it's very, very sad. i retired in 2011 and that was the attitude. a bang to the head wasn't classed as an injury, so you could just carry on. and now we know, i mean, that... we know. but they knew then. people knew then that the information, the research was there, but we weren't told. so it wasn't... world rugby, the governing bodies didn't filter down to the coaches, didn't filter down to the medical staff that these. . .that this existed. in december, alix popham and a small group of former players announced they were suing world rugby, the rfu and the welsh rugby union over brain damage. their lawyer believes this is just the beginning. well, based on everything we've seen to date, based on what our experts have read, we believe up to 50% of the rugby—playing community could be impacted by some kind of neurological impairment. that's not to say that everybody would