Rugby Canada fires men’s sevens coach Damian McGrath Globe_Sports
The Canadian men currently stand 12th in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with two tournaments remaining in the season. The Canadian men will look to secure a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at a North American qualifying tournament in July in the Cayman Islands.
Canada’s campaign was not helped by a two-month labour dispute prior to the World Series season. The players, unhappy with Rugby Canada’s contract offer, stayed away from training camp and had little preparation time. McGrath was hired in October 2016. The former Samoa coach succeeded Zimbabwe’s Liam Middleton, whose contract was not renewed after Canada failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
McGrath, 61, led Canada to its first ever World Series tournament win in 2017 when the Canadian men hoisted the cup in Singapore.Rugby Canada also announced the formation of a performance leadership group responsible for high-performance operations of all of its national teams. The group consists of men’s 15 coach Kingsley Jones, women’s sevens coach John Tait, director of athletic performance Matt Barr and Dustin Hopkins, managing director of rugby operations.“Changes in program leadership are always difficult decisions to reach, however this is part of developing and operating a competitive high performance program,” said Vansen.
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