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HCP Update World Rugby March 2023

Please see attached an updated version of the Head Contact Process which was recently approved by ExCo after wide consultations with players, referees and judicial officers among others. Also attached is an annotated version so you can more easily see what has changed.

The changes are minor and cosmetic and bring current practice into the HCP doc ahead of RWC:

As discussed there have been some cosmetic changes which reflect how we currently apply the process which are now formalised in the document.

• ‘highly reckless’ has been changed to ‘always illegal’ to more accurately define an illegal action and which aligns with the language we use when describing these situations
• Being dynamic is a consideration under degree of danger
• Being passive is a consideration under mitigation (proposed by Conrad Smith on behalf of the players and supported by Chris Quinlan who heads up Judicial)
• The definition of passive is as we discussed at the Lensbury and proposed on your behalf to the HCP working group by Ben and Andrew who accepted it