ON THE BLINDSIDE

Rugby is set for another legal drama with a growing group of players preparing to launch a demand for compensation over the misuse of performance data.
A group of rugby players in the summer launched a legal case to sue rugby’s governing bodies for negligence over early-onset dementia.
And now former Leyton Orient and Cardiff City boss Russell Slade, right, has got bookmakers and gaming companies in his sights in the latest round of his fight against using performance data.

Slade has launched a bid for £500 million in football and believes rugby players have got a similar...