Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men’s rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones.
Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones. A Team Canada rugby ball sits on the turf prior to a men's match between Scotland and Canada in Ottawa on Saturday, July 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
He previously coached in France with Toulon and Stade Francais, England with Bath, Japan with Kintetsu Liners, and Australia with the Western Force and Queensland Reds.Meehan inherits a team ranked 23rd in the world rankings, sandwiched between Hong Kong and the Netherlands. The Canadian men have lost five straight and 10 of their last 12 tests.
“We did a wide and expansive search for the next coach, evaluated over 150 coaches and Steve came through the process as our top candidate,” said Steven Aboud, Rugby Canada’s high performance director.
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