Canadian team has eye on 2027 World Cup
Despite the powerhouse nations providing a pulsating weekend of quarter-final games, watching the 2023 World Cup has been a disheartening experience for Canadian rugby fans. It is the first of the 10 World Cups not to feature Canada. So what if this nation has only been to the quarter-finals once? Not being at least in the big dance still stings.
“We recognize that it is disappointing not to see Canada in the Rugby World Cup this year. We need to make significant improvements and rebuild our program to see our Canadian team back knocking on the doors of the very top rugby nations,” Rugby Canada CEO Nathan Bombrys said in a statement. Former Wales captain Jones was hired in 2017 and guided Canada to the 2019 World Cup in Japan by winning the last-chance qualifying tournament in Marseille, France, against Kenya, Hong Kong and Germany to earn the 20th and final berth. But Canada was stunned by Chile in Americas’ regional qualifying and didn’t even get that far on the road to the 2023 World Cup in France for the first time in its history. Canada now looks to lay the foundation for the 2027 World Cup in Australia.
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