injuries

[nellyandy]

i suffered a rugby injury 13 yrs ago.never got any type of compensation.would i be able to now or is it way to late.thanks for any replies.

[milly143]

I dont mean to sound rude and i dont know the details but surely if you play rugby you might expect to get injured.

[magicdice]

that's exactly what i was about to say.

if it happened thirteen years ago and the thought of asking for compensation then didn't occur to you, then i doubt that you'll have much luck with whoever it is you're planning to get this compensation money from.

i don't know the facts though, this is just my opinion on the subject, feel free to disregard it since i don't know the details of the situation

[Loosehead]

I doubt if you'd get any if it happenned yesterday! I mean who get's compensation for sport injuries? What induced this question? A friend get compensation for a tiddly winks injury or something?

[ICEMANSAV]

You might do if you were playing professional rugby and the injury had left you in a bad position. However if it just for fun then you can't really except compensation. I dropped a rolling pin on my foot at my mothers house, she gets out in 5.

[ICEMANSAV]

** expect **

[paulaoneill]

As far as I'm aware you only have 3 years to put in a claim, if you were entitled to in the first place.

[undercovers]

too late nellyandy - i think you need to make a claim within 4 years of the incident.

[Miss Zippy]

You need to initiate a claim within three years of the date of damage (i.e. date of the accident), the exception being if the incident occurred before you were under 18 years of age, in which case the three years runs from your 18th birthday.

[Loosehead]

Even if you could get compensation, who would you be claiming off? The club? the other team? The RFU?

[Miss Zippy]

In reality, you would be claiming against an insurance company, assuming insurance is in place of course.  Most organised sports teams will have insurance in place or at least advise its players to effect their own personal insurance. A couple of relatively high profile cases exist where claims were successful where a  rugby referee failed to stop a player being injured by foreseeable aspects of the game, e.g scrum collapses.

[netibiza]

I agree with milly143 unless you were forced to play - all this claiming nonsense!!!

[normyc]

It would depend on the nature of the injury and how it was inflicted by the other party. If it was a violent act (stamping on head that left permanent scars or damage, high tackle that gave you whiplash) the police may ask you to press charges if you go to hospital, you could possibly take a civil action against the person for damages...

If you have lost sight, hearing, loss of limbs etc, your club and you as a member of the club (if you have paid your subs) would be insured and you could claim from their insurance.

but if it was a legitimate tackle or accidental injury that didn't leave you blind, deaf, without the loss of limbs etc, you probably couldn't claim anything.

You would also have to claim within 3 years.

milly143, netibiza,icemansav  If you were walking down the street and you were set upon by a burly bloke who stamped on your head and caused you brain damage, you would be entitled to claim.... so why should it be different if this happens on a sports field. it is not within the laws of the game, and can still be classed as gbh / abh if reported to the police with satisfactory evidence. 

[ICEMANSAV]

I don't walk down the road annoying burly men so would not expect such an assault.Playing rugby, that is a choice to play rough with burly men! Count me out!

[milly143]

normyc as I said, i don't know the details but playing rugby, which is very much a contact sport and walking down the street are two very different things. I don't really think you can compare the two. Perhaps his injury could have been prevented but the fact is rugby, as with many other sports can be dangerous and it is your choice to get on the pitch.