Published: 15:03 BST, 25 August 2026 | Updated: 17:17 BST, 25 August 2026
Former Australian cricket batting prodigy Will Pucovski has begun legal action against his old elite private school over a brain injury at a football training session.
Lawyers for the 28-year-old from Victoria's Mornington Peninsula filed a statement of claim on Tuesday that alleges the school breached its duty of care in the 2014 incident after he was knocked out but resumed training minutes later.
He missed months of school following the incident, and it was the first of a worrying 13 brain injuries which would cut short his promising sporting career when he was forced to medically retire in 2025.
Peter Gordon from Gordon Legal filed the claim in Victoria's Supreme Court, with the landmark case potentially reshaping the framework for how schools across the country handle concussion injuries.
Medical experts believe adolescent brains are more susceptible to lasting concussion injuries because they have not fully formed.
Pucovski was 16 when he suffered his first concussion at Brighton Grammar after he was slammed into the ground in a tackle and his teammate's knee struck his head.
Pucovski's ongoing issues include headaches, fatigue, motion sickness and dizzy spells (pictured with his wife Emma)
His lawyers have alleged his old school did not take reasonable steps after a concussion
His lawyers allege the school did not take reasonable care when they allowed him to continue training without proper medical assessment and he never fully recovered from the injury.
The following day, Pucovski continued to feel ill and suffered blurred vision before he was admitted to hospital later that week.
It was the first of a series of head knocks for the talented sportsman.
He last played Sheffield Shield in March 2024, when he was hit on the helmet by a delivery from Tasmanian speedster Riley Meredith.
That was the 13th known concussion of his sporting career.
Pucovski's ongoing issues include regular headaches, fatigue, motion sickness, dizzy spells and struggling with 'things on my left side'.
