TOURS AGREEMENT the end of the training session as determined by the relevant Union. If a Union has more than one training session in a single day then it only has to grant access to one of these sessions in accordance with the foregoing. A Union may open any training session to the public at its own discretion. (c) The 15 minute window referred to in Clause 22.12(b) above is primarily designed to facilitate non-interview TV and photographic opportunities. Therefore the Host Union and Visiting Union must in addition undertake an interview/briefing session on non-Match days for written press save for the non-media day referred to in Clause 22.12(a) above. The non-Match day written press interview/briefing session shall be held at a location and time determined by the relevant Union subject to both the Visiting Union and Host Union using their best endeavours to ensure that Team announcements prior to a Match do not occur simultaneously. (d) The Host Union and Visiting Union shall rotate Players made available to the media throughout match week and during a Tour period. The team media manager will liaise with the media to determine which of the Players will be made available to media in the week of a Match to provide relevant and topical access. All Players in a Match or Touring Party shall be deemed available by request. Team media managers should also take into account the requirements of media deadlines and avoid media opportunities that are late in the day. (e) The minimum requirements set out in the Clause 22.12 above must be taken into account when allocating Players for the following activities: (i) Training Day/Non-training Day: three Players and one coaching representative to be in attendance; (ii) Team Announcement; head coach, one assistant coach, captain to be in attendance. Save that the captain shall not need to be in attendance if he has a stand alone media day. In addition, up to five Players (selected for the Match) shall be made available immediately following the Team announcement if requested by the media. (iii) Captain’s run (or day before Match if there is no training): the head coach and captain or captain and vice-captain shall be made available to the media at a time and venue determined by the Team. (iv) Recovery day: one assistant coach must be available. 22.13 If during the seven day cycle between International Matches a “mid-week” Match is played by the Visiting Union, then the team media manager of the Visiting Union will liaise with the media to determine which Players and coaching staff will be made available from the selected mid-week Last update: 14 January, 2015 508
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