Common use of Players Clause in Contracts

Players. 44.1 A Contracted Player may be loaned by one Province or by SARU to another Province or to SARU under a Loan Agreement OR by an overseas rugby club to a Province (not vice versa) under a Loan Agreement. 44.2 The Loan Agreement must be in writing and must be for a minimum duration of 12 (twelve) months unless the Loan Player has an existing Player Contract in place with a Province, which complies with the provisions of this Agreement. 44.3 In the case of a loan between Provinces, the Loan Player shall, for the duration of the Loan, not be regarded as a Contracted Player of the Lending Province for the purpose of applying the Maximum Player Limit in Clauses 10, 14 and 17 and shall for the duration of the Loan, be regarded as a Contracted Player of the Borrowing Province for this purpose. 44.4 The Loan Agreement must be concluded in writing between the Lending Province or SARU, the Borrowing Province or SARU and the Contracted Player and, once concluded, the Lending Province, Borrowing Province or SARU must make the Loan Agreement available to SARPA and to the Loan Player. 44.5 A Loan Agreement shall not in any way reduce the Remuneration or benefits that the Contracted Player is entitled to under his Player Contract with the Lending Province and, for the purposes of this Clause, benefits shall include but not limited to medical aid cover, Temporary Disability insurance cover and Catastrophic Injury insurance cover. 44.6 The Lending Province or SARU and the Borrowing Province or SARU shall be jointly and severally responsible to ensure that their obligations in terms of Clause 44.3 are met towards the Loan Player. 44.7 Nothing in Clause 44.6 shall prevent a Borrowing Province or SARU from paying a Loan Player more than he would have received from the Lending Province.