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Published 15:24 8 Dec 2020 GMT
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Steve Thompson plans to mount a legal challenge against rugby's governing bodies. (Photo: Getty)[/caption]
All eight players have been told they are suffering from early onset dementia with possible CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), although the latter can only be confirmed by a post-mortem examination.
The announcement of Thompson's diagnosis comes on the same day ex-Wales flanker Alix Popham revealed he too is suffering from the same symptoms.
Popham is just 40 years old, and told the BBC he was given the diagnosis after consulting a doctor regarding personality changes.
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