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The 101 Welsh rugby players at all levels now taking legal action for brain injuries

Chris Horsman is one of many former Wales internationals to be named in the suit
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At least 101 Welsh rugby players have now been named as claimants in the High Court concussion lawsuit against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union.

An anonymity order has been lifted, meaning the claimants in the case have now be named and it has been confirmed by World Rugby that there are currently 390 players involved in the suit and suing the governing bodies. Of that total, 101 are definitely Welsh.

Among the ex-Wales internationals to be named are British & Irish Lions full-back Lee Byrne, former back row Jonathan Thomas, prop and ex-Wales Womens coach Chris Horsman and ex-Scarlets and Dragons lock Adam Jones. Former Wales Women stars Nic Evans and Jamie Kift are also named, along with several Welsh rugby league players.

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The likes of Gavin Henson, Ian Gough and former skipper Colin Charvis were revealed to be part of the suit last year, while Alix Popham and Ryan Jones are among those to have gone public with their claims.

The full list of players involved in the suit is publicly available to view. Below is every confirmed Welsh player that is involved in the suit, as well as the full list of claimants, which includes a number of former internationals.

An anonymity order has been lifted meaning the claimants in the are now named

Wales internationals are in bold.

The Welsh list in full

Adam Hughes

Adam Jones (lock)

Adam Palfrey

Alix Popham

Andrew Bishop

Andrew Coombs

Andrew Lamerton

Andrew Millward

Anthony Hodge (deceased) - Christine Hodge as personal representative for estate

Ashley Smith

Barry Davies

Ben Evans

Brendan Lyons

Carl Hamans

Carwyn Jones

Chris Horsman

Christopher Smith (rugby league)

Christopher Stevens

Colin Charvis

Craig Hawkins

Dafydd James

Darren Morris

David Bishop

David Fussell

David Llewellyn

David Maddocks

Dean Lloyd Fitzgerald

Deian Thomas

Derwyn Jones

Emyr Lewis

Gareth Cooper

Gareth Cull

Gareth Owen

Gareth Price

Gareth Williams

Gavin Evans

Gavin Henson

Gavin Thomas

Geraint Davies (rugby league)

Glen Webbe

Hal Luscombe

Hywel Jenkins

Ian Gough

Ian Greenslade

Ian Jones

Iestyn Thomas

Jacob Emmitt (rugby league)

James Griffiths

Jamie Kift

Jamie Ringer

Jamie Robinson

Jonathan Pritchard

Jonathan Ross Coombs

Jonathan Thomas

Joseph Grabham

Joshua Rhys James

Lee Byrne

Leigh Davies

Leighton Jones

Lenny Woodard

Lewis Rawlins

Llyr Lane

Lou Reed

Lyndon Bateman

Mark Perego

Mathew Back

Matthew Dwyer

Matthew Jones

Matthew Pewtner

Michael Hook

Michael Powell

Mike Watkins

Morgan Stoddart

Nathan Budgett

Nathan Strong

Nicola Evans

Nigel Bezani

Non Evans

Owen Evans

Paul Clapham

Paul Pook

Paul Ringer

Paul Smithson

Rhys Gill

Rhys James

Rhys Thomas

Robson Blake

Rory Pitman

Rory Watts-Jones

Ryan Jones

Saul Nelson

Scott Hicks

Scott Williams (ex-Newport and Wales U21 centre)

Sean Gilbertson

Shaun Gustard

Simon Gardiner

Stephen Winn

Thomas Cheeseman

Thomas James

Trefor Evans - Ruth Walters as litigation friend

Wayne Booth

The full list of players

Aakesh Rai

Adam Billig

Adam Black

Adam Eustace

Adam French

Adam Hughes

Adam Jones

Adam Palfrey

Aiden Colvin

Alan Awcock

Alan Godson - Jon Godson as litigation friend

Alexander Abbey

Alexander Barnes

Alexander Cheesman

Alexander Lundberg

Alfie To'oala Vaeluaga

Alistair Peacock

Alix Popham

Alun Griffiths

Aly Muldowney

Andrew Bishop

Andrew Clarke

Andrew Coombs

Andrew Herbert

Andrew Kershaw

Andrew Lamerton

Andrew Millward

Andrew Oliver

Andrew Pook

Andrew Smith

Andrew Springgay

Andrew Stewart

Andrew Thornley

Anthony Bowman

Anthony Hodge (deceased) - Christine Hodge as personal representative for estate

Antony Evans

Ashley Smith

Ashley Thomas

Barry Davies

Ben Atkins - Hayley Atkins as litigation friend

Ben Evans

Ben Gerry

Ben Pegna

Ben Pickett

Ben Rider

Brendan Lyons

Brett Sheehan

Brian Edwards

Caer Davies

Callum Wilson

Carl Barker

Carl Hamans

Carl Hayman

Carl Powley

Carwyn James Wooldridge

Carwyn Jones

Ceri Jones

Chad Eagle

Charlie Beech

Christian Short

Christopher Arnold

Christopher Bailey

Christopher Cracknell

Christopher Horsman

Christopher Jones

Christopher McKay

Christopher Planchant

Christopher Simpson-Daniel

Christopher Smith

Christopher Stevens

Christopher Whitehead

Clayton Ryder

Colin Charvis

Colin Wood

Conor Gilsenan

Craig Harvey

Craig Hawkins

Craig Poucher

Craig Thomas

Dafydd James

Dale Rasmussen

Daniel Collins

Daniel Napier

Daniel Roberts

Daniel Rudge

Daniel Scarborough

Daniel Ward-Smith

Darragh O’Mahony

Darrell Meekcom

Darren Curtis

Darren Morris

Darren Waters

David Alex Guest

David Bishop

David Corkery

David Delooze

David Denton

David Fussell

David Jackson

David Johnson

David Jose

David Llewelyn

David Maddocks

David Merlin

David Riley

David Stannard

David Twyman

Dean Dewdney

Dean Lloyd Fitzgerald

Deian Thomas

Derwyn Jones

Des Halls

Donnie MacFadyen

Duncan Bell

Duncan Law

Elizabeth Adam

Emyr Lewis

Eric Horridge

Finlay Barnham

Francis Fry

Gareth Briggs

Gareth Cooper

Gareth Cull

Gareth Lewis

Gareth Lloyd Jones (deceased) - Patricia Lloyd Jones as personal representative for estate

Gareth Owen

Gareth Price

Gareth Thomas

Gareth Williams

Garry Harries

Garry Schofield OBE

Gary Barnett

Gary Christie

Gavin Evans

Gavin Henson

Gavin Thomas

George Sanders

Geraint Davies

Gerwyn Davies

Glen Rowden

Glen Webbe

Graham Holroyd

Graham Power

Hal Luscombe

Harry Ellis

Heather Stirrup

Hugo Dickson

Hywel Jenkins

Iain Miller

Ian Gough

Ian Greenslade

Ian Johns

Ian Jones

Iestyn Thomas

Ieuan Cranswick

Inoke Afeaki

Ioan Ohlsson

Ivan Wilkinson

Ivor Wyn Williams (deceased) - Dianne Williams as personal representative

Jack Cobden

Jack Lynch

Jack Stanley

Jack Yates

Jacob Emmitt

James Batterham - Martin Frost as litigation friend

James Chambers

James Collins

James Griffiths

James O’Brien

James Voss

Jamie Cudmore

Jamie Kift

Jamie Ringer

Jamie Robinson

Jason Hobson

Joe Clark

Joe Shaw-Bretagne

John Carter

John David James Richards

John Holtby

John Leota

John Paul O'Reilly

John Wilmer

Jonathan Clark

Jonathan Dawson

Jonathan Pritchard

Jonathan Purnell

Jonathan Purnell

Jonathan Ross Coombs

Jonathan Thomas

Jonathan Wright

Jordan Davies

Jose Miro-Blanking

Joseph Buckle

Joseph Clarke

Joseph Cobden

Joseph Cook

Joseph Ewens

Joseph Grabham

Joseph Trayfoot

Joshua Hosford

Joshua Jones

Joshua Mitchell

Joshua Rhys James

Justin Blanchet

Justin Wring

Keith Isham

Keith Stone

Kieran Low

Kristian Chesney

Kristian Trezise

Kyle Bonsor

Kyle Green

Lance Hamilton

Lee Bibb

Lee Byrne

Lee Gitsham

Lee Harrison

Lee Kern

Lee Purnell

Leigh Davies

Leighton Jones

Lenny Woodard

Leo Halavatau

Lewis Edwards

Lewis Rawlins

Lloyd Davies

Llyr Lane

Lou Reed

Luke Fielden

Luke Myring

Luke Wishnowsky

Lyndon Bateman

Maama Molitika

Mark Catterall

Mark Hibbs

Mark Hone

Mark Perego

Mark Regan MBE

Mark Ridehalgh

Mark Robinson

Mark Williams

Martin Bryan - Lucy Barnes as litigation friend

Martin Livesey - Anne Marie Livesey as litigation friend

Mathew Back

Mathew Sparey

Mathew Vaughan

Matthew Clement

Matthew Dwyer

Matthew Jones

Matthew Pennington

Matthew Pewtner

Matthew Richardson

Maxwell Taylor

Meghan Mutrie

Michael Broadbent

Michael Chantler

Michael Coulman (deceased) - Nicola Danso as personal representative for estate

Michael Davies

Michael Goldsworthy

Michael Hook

Michael Hudspeth

Michael Jackson

Michael Lipman

Michael Myerscough

Michael Norman

Michael Peters

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Michael Watkins

Michael Wilson

Morgan Goodall

Morgan Stoddart

Mouritz Botha

Nathan Budgett

Nathan Strong

Neil Campbell

Neil Clark

Neil Spence

Neil Walker

Nicholas Rees

Nick Stubbs

Nick Williams

Nicola Evans

Nicolas Riou - Claire Riou as litigation friend

Nicolas Sestarat

Nigel Bezani

Nigel Williams

Non Evans

Oliver Catterjee

Oliver Cavanagh

Oliver Hayes

Oliver Hodge

Oliver Phillips

Otto Calladine-Baldwin

Owen Evans

Paul Boulard

Paul Clapham

Paul Gleadhill

Paul Jones

Paul Knight

Paul O'Keefe

Paul Pook

Paul Ringer

Paul Rudd

Paul Sampson

Paul Smithson

Paul Thompson

Paul Volley

Paul Whittaker

Peter Jones (deceased) - Michael Lloyd Jones as personal representative

Peter Short

Philip Greening

Philip Lee

Philip Nilsen

Philip Vickery MBE

Ray Hughes

Raymond Watkins

Regan King

Rhys Gill

Rhys James

Rhys Morgan Williams

Rhys Owen Reed

Rhys Thomas

Rhys Watkins

Richard Armswood

Richard Coates

Richard Howells

Richard Thorpe

Richard Turner

Robert Cunningham

Robert Green

Robert Hardy

Robert Hoadley

Robert Johnston

Robert Jones

Robert Knight

Robert Kydd

Robert Rawlinson

Robert Salter

Robin Hardwick

Robson Blake

Rory Pitman

Rory Watts-Jones

Ross Johnston

Russell Kesley

Ryan Griffiths

Ryan Jones MBE

Ryan Thomas

Sam Leeming

Samuel Blanchet

Samuel Harrison

Samuel McDonald

Saul Nelson

Scott Crosby

Scott Hicks

Scott Horner

Scott Williams

Sean Bennett

Sean Gilbertson

Sean Lamont

Shaun Doughton

Shaun Gustard

Shaun Richardson

Simon Bunting

Simon Gardiner

Simon Longstaff

Simon Mason

Stean Williams

Stephen Butcher

Stephen Gleeson

Stephen Williams

Stephen Winn

Steve Thompson MBE

Steven Cross

Steven Hughes

Steven Sugar

Stuart Maryan-Chapman

Teresa O’Reilly

Tevita Taumoepeau

Theo Brophy-Clews

Thomas Cheeseman

Thomas Heathcote

Thomas James

Thomas Pashley

Thomas Pierce

Thomas Rock

Timothy Cowley

Timothy Graves

Trefor Evans - Ruth Walters as litigation friend

Vaughan Going

Wayne Booth

William Evans

William Hurrell

William Logan