Professional rugby branded Sam Peters a troublemaker. He was the writer and journalist who spearheaded the Mail on Sunday’s concussion campaign against the sport’s ruling bodies in 2013. A decade later, the shadow of a mass lawsuit concerning concussions continues to hang over World Rugby.
As a reporter, Peters interviewed former players whose lives had been irrevocably altered by concussions and other injuries that were aggravated or outright caused by lax rules, regulations and attitudes encouraged from the top down.
