A female rugby player who sued an opponent for £10m after she was paralysed for life by a horror tackle has won her High Court fight for compensation. She claimed Ms King - who has an 'intimidating' reputation - was bent on 'retribution' when she poleaxed her by 'belly flopping' on her during a rolling scrum. She sued her rival personally for damages in a High Court trial earlier this month and today Mr Justice Martin Spencer ruled in her favour, blaming Ms King for her devastating injuries. Giving judgment, the judge said that, in executing the tackle, Ms King had been 'intent only on exacting revenge' because she was angry at how the game had played out. And she claimed Ms King made her feelings clear when she overheard her say: 'that f***ing number seven, I'm going to break her'.
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