FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - World Rugby and the Japan Rugby 2019 Organising Committee hold news conference ahead of knockout matches - Tokyo, Japan - October 15, 2019. World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont speaks. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
(Reuters) - Referees will be given more help to deal with head and neck contact at all levels of the game after World Rugby launched new guidelines on Thursday in a bid to reduce the risk of injuries.
World Rugby said the Head Contact Process (HCP) was the next step in the High Tackle Sanction Framework in their efforts to improve player behaviour and reduce concussions.
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