Steve Meehan, a seasoned rugby coach, was set to lead the Toronto Arrows in Canada. However, his appointment was abruptly canceled after he was chosen to coach the Canadian national men's rugby team.
Steve Meehan acknowledges his own rugby playing career 'wasn't too flash.' An injury in his first year out of school caused his shoulder to repeatedly pop out of place. 'It brought a bit of a sudden halt to things,' he said. The Australian had already started coaching, however. His local club only went up to the under-12 level and a group of under-14 players at his school, Marist College Ashgrove, wanted to keep playing.
The club told them they could if they found coaches, so they approached Meehan and a few friends. 'We started coaching this team and it just sort of continued to roll from there,' he said. 'And then once I was injured, I just took a greater liking to it, I suppose. It was a great way to stay involved in the game. Because you missed the dressing room. You missed that camaraderie, all the enjoyment that goes with that.' Meehan's coaching career has since taken him to France, England, Japan and now Canada. The 58-year-old has been put in charge of the 23rd-ranked Canadian men, succeeding Kingsley Jones who stepped down earlier this month after seven years on the job. 'It's very attractive. It's a great challenge,' Meehan said from his Brisbane home. 'And it's an opportunity to come in and have a look at the game in Canada maybe through a different set of eyes.' While Meehan has yet to set foot in the country, it's actually his second job in Canada. In October 2023, he was named coach of the Toronto Arrows. “His coaching record speaks for itself in terms of his success across top leagues in both hemispheres, but what rang true strongly during the interview process was his innovative approach to the game, his passion for his players and his desire to help grow the sport in Canada,' Tim Matthews, Arrows vice-president and GM, said at the time. After taking the Arrows job, Meehan says he was 'well and truly down the path of planning' from afar. And then a month later he got a call telling him 'Unfortunately, it's all off
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