French rugby union side Brive have cancelled English fly-half Andy Goode's contract by mutual consent, the Top 14 club said in a statement on Thursday.
The 29-year-old is set to move to South African Super 14 side Natal Sharks.
In a statement, Brive said Goode "has been released from his contract to become the first English player to move into the top flight of the Super 14".
Brive club president Simon Gillham said that players "only gets this kind of opportunity once in a lifetime. After discussions with the coaching staff, I decided to release him".
Former Leicester Tigers star Goode thanked Brive for "this wonderful experience" which began when he joined the French side in the summer of 2008.
"It is hard to say goodbye to my team-mates but I will follow Brive's results from Natal," he added.
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