Rugby Canada
National governing body for rugby union in Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rugby Canada is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929. Rugby Canada administers the Canada national rugby union team and sanctions the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship, a national competition for under-20 men's teams. It previously sanctioned the Super League as the premier level of men's competition in the country, but scrapped that league after the Americas Rugby Championship was created in 2009 as a two-stage competition in which the first involved only Canadian teams.
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1974; 50 years ago (1974) (1974; 50 years ago (1974)) |
World Rugby affiliation | 1987 |
RAN affiliation | 2001 |
Chairman | Tim Powers |
Men's coach | Kingsley Jones |
Women's coach | Sandro Fiorino |
Website | www |