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City Press reports that SA’s international rugby franchises scored a major success last week by having their current annual salary notch of R67.2 million each increased to R85 million each for the period from 1 July this year to 30 June next year.
This was approved at a meeting of the SA Rugby Employers’ Organisation (Sareo). Another change to the SA Rugby Collective Agreement that was unanimously approved at the meeting was that the salary cap for the Bulls, Sharks, Stormers and Lions would be increased to R95 million each for the period from 1 July next year to 30 June 2025. In a further major development, each of the franchises will in future be permitted to contract four senior “marquee” players in addition to its 53 senior players. Each international franchise must nominate its marquee players in writing for Sareo by 1 August every year. Nominations cannot be changed for the next 12 months. The international franchises can award the four spots to any player who falls into the category of a loyalty player or an overseas player who is returning. The specific allocation of these spots is at the discretion of the franchise. A loyalty player is one who has played 50 or more games for the same South African franchise in European or Super Rugby competitions. He may be nominated as a loyalty player by the same franchise. An overseas player who is returning is one who qualifies for the Springboks and is coming back from abroad for a contract with a South African franchise. These proposals were made last week by Dave Wessels, head of rugby of the Stormers, on behalf of the international franchises at the Sareo meeting.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Hendrik Cronjé at City Press (subscriber access only)
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