Nick Fozzard hits back at criticism over RFL lawsuit

Former Leeds Rhinos, Hull KR, Castleford Tigers and St Helens star Nick Fozzard has been at the centre of a lot of talk in recent times.

This is because he joined the lawsuit against the RFL over head injuries. Due to the full blooded way he played the game, this has prompted a lot of criticism from fans.

However, to Fozzard’s credit he has been very open and honest about his decision to do so but fans are still critical including bringing up old tweets of his.

This has prompted the former prop forward to hit back at these complaints saying:

“Of course it’s fair – but they are historic tweets from before I knew anything about head injuries which is the whole point!!

“The only information I’ve been given about head injuries is from the legal people when I joined them around a year ago.”

Fozzard started his career at Leeds Rhinos in 1993 prior to playing for Huddersfield Giants and Warrington Wolves.

The best spell of his career came at St Helens, in two stints separated by time with Hull KR.

He also played for Castleford Tigers and Dewsbury Rams.

Speaking to BBC of the decision, he said:

“I once broke my cheekbone, tore my eye ligaments, got concussed,” he said. “I only found out I’d done all that damage a few weeks later. I missed one game.

“The issue isn’t getting hurt, you’re going to get hurt playing rugby league but when you get hurt you need to be fixed afterwards as best you can be and the systems need to be put in there.

“I was never told of any risks. No one said ‘listen this is a really rough, tough sport, these are the risks, this is what could happen to you if you play it and then you know what the score is’.

“But I didn’t know the score. I didn’t know I was going to forget everybody’s names of friends and it would change my personality.”

Now speaking on Twitter, he has underlined the more emotional and heartfelt reasons behind his decision.

“I’m involved in this case to provide for my kids & fiancée when I’m no longer here – I hope you can all relate to that,” he said.

“I’m also involved to help bring about better medical procedures and care for players after injury.”

Following this, Fozzard was hit with a bit of a backlash given the way he used to play.