Jaco B.
Then: Flanker, 9 seasons
Now: Key account manager
Karoo Freight, logistics
Karoo Freight logoPlaced by Gainline
Your second phase starts before the final whistle.
When a contract isn’t renewed or a career ends early, we help professional rugby players into their next job, in business or back inside the game.
Gainline. Your second phase starts here. A partnership between
MyPlayersConexxus
Free for players, always
Built around the rugby calendar
Contract decisions land at the end of every season. We start working with players months before that, so no one leaves the game without a plan.
- Mid-season
Flagged early
MyPlayers identifies members whose contracts may not be renewed and invites them in, confidentially.
- Before season end
Prepared
Skills audit, CV, LinkedIn, interview practice, and a qualification plan where one is needed.
- Final whistle
The intake
Employers meet a ready group of candidates, screened and briefed, the week the season ends.
- First year out
Placed and settled
Interviews, offers, and regular check-ins through the first months in the new job.
Two ways forward
Some players want a clean break from the game. Others want to take what they know back into it. We place both.
Into business
A playing career translated into experience an employer understands.
- Sales and business development
- Client relations and account management
- Operations and logistics
- Financial services
- Health, fitness and hospitality
Inside the game
South African rugby know-how, placed at home and abroad.
- Coaching, from schools to professional
- Strength and conditioning
- Physiotherapy and medical roles
- Performance analysis and team management
- Academies and player development
Who it’s for
Contract ending
Players who may not be renewed this season and want options before the decision is made.
Out through injury
Players whose careers ended sooner than they chose, who need work now.
Recently retired
Players in their first year out, working out what their experience is worth.
Coming home
Players returning from Japan, France or the UK who need a network in South Africa again.
How it works
Profile
A skills audit that turns leadership, discipline and performance under pressure into a CV.
Prepare
CV, LinkedIn, interview practice and references. A short course where it closes a gap.
Match
Employers see your profile and ask Gainline for an introduction. We check with you before anyone meets you.
Place
Interviews, offer and contract. The employer pays our fee. You pay nothing.
Stay connected
You stay part of the MyPlayers network after you stop playing, wherever you work.
Your profile, your call
Every player gets a free Gainline profile. It’s your showcase to employers, built with our team, and you decide who can see it. You can change the setting at any time.
Private
Only the Gainline team sees your profile.
For players still under contract who want a plan ready without anyone knowing.
Employer network
Visible only to employers who have signed Gainline’s terms.
The usual setting once you’re ready to be matched.
Public showcase
Your highlights appear on the Gainline site, open to anyone.
For players who want their story out there and the widest reach.
Your contact details are never on your profile. No phone number, no email, no address, at any setting. Employers who want to meet you ask Gainline, we speak to you first, and we only set up the introduction if you say yes.
Over the line
Players who crossed from the field into their next career, placed by Gainline.
Themba K.
Then: Centre, 7 seasons
Now: Business development associate
Harbour Capital, financial services
Harbour Capital logoPlaced by Gainline
Ruan D.
Then: Hooker, 10 seasons
Now: Forwards coach
Kilbarry RFC, Ireland
Kilbarry RFC logoPlaced by Gainline
Lindiwe S.
Then: Flyhalf, women’s fifteens, 6 seasons
Now: Performance analyst
Summit Sports Performance, Johannesburg
Summit Sports logoPlaced by Gainline
Fictional examples for this prototype. Real stories, photos and employer logos will be published only with written permission from each player and employer.
Meet the intake
What a public showcase looks like. Employers browse, then request an introduction through Gainline.
Fictional example profiles for this prototype.
For employers
Professional players bring a decade of habits most graduate programmes spend years trying to teach.
What they bring
Discipline, coachability, teamwork, resilience and composure when it counts, plus a profile that opens doors.
Ready to work
Every candidate is profiled, prepared and briefed before you meet them.
Introductions, not cold calls
Browse profiles and request an introduction. Gainline speaks to the player first, so every meeting is with someone who wants it.
Simple terms
A standard placement fee, payable once the person starts, with a replacement guarantee.
Gainline Partner
For the companies that already back South African rugby as sponsors. You support the players on the field. Now you can hire them when they leave it.
- First look at each intake, before the wider employer network.
- Your story, told with ours. A co-branded “hired through Gainline” feature for each placement, with the player’s permission.
- Sponsor a player’s preparation. Fund skills audits, courses and coaching for a group of players, and see exactly who it helped.
- Recognition on the Gainline site and at MyPlayers events.
A career in rugby should end with a next job, not a gap.