Canadian head coach, Quentin Fyffe is happy with the performances of his team in 2007.


Fyffe, who was appointed in April, saw his team in action for the first time in August as they beat the USA twice, by 18-5 and 46-7 in the Can-Am Series in Blaine, Minnesota and was impressed with the standard of play and quality of players.


In November, Canada traveled to the United Kingdom to compete against Scotland and Wales and claimed victory in both games, beating Scotland by a score of 45-3 prior to defeating Wales 25-3.

“In each game we played this year, we were able to field different starting teams and take a look at different combinations, without dropping our level of play,” said Fyffe.
“There is healthy competition for every spot on this team. There are also a number of players who are still very much in the picture but didn’t get an opportunity to play, who are also pushing the program along.”

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Four Welsh coaches are being linked with the vacant position of coach of Canada.


Sean Holley of the Ospreys, Justin Burnell, of the Cardiff Premiership side, and Dragons’ duo Dai Rees and Leigh Jones are all on the shortlist to be the new boss of the Canucks.


Canada, who were in the same World Cup Pool B as Wales, sacked their coach Ric Suggitt at the end of the tournament.


Geraint John, the former Blues and Wales backs coach, is now Director of Rugby in Canada.


Wales on Sunday understands John was back in Wales at the beginning of the month and sounded out a number of candidates about the role.


He is understood to have had informal talks with all four about the vacancy.


John, who left the Blues for his new role in North America two years ago, is offering a four-year contract to include the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand.


Holley, the assistant coach at the reigning Magners League champions, the Ospreys, is highly regarded in Welsh and English rugby circles. He has two years left on his contract at the Liberty Stadium.


Holley has always been seen as a future head coach at regional level and a future Wales skills coach.


Burnell, who is coach of the Blue and Blacks in the Welsh Premiership, is another candidate.


Jones and Rees are both part of Paul Turner’s backroom team at the Dragons. They both have a year left on their contracts at Rodney Parade and both are highly regarded by the WRU hierarchy.


Rees quit his role as Wales Sevens coach on Friday, claiming he wanted to concentrate on his career with the Dragons.

“It is with great sadness and regret that I have to step down from my national role but I have a duty to focus on my full-time coaching career,” said Rees.
“I can look back on three successful seasons with the squad and I am confident the team is now heading in the right direction with the status it deserves in Welsh rugby.”

Source: Western Mail (Wales)

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Thanks to Jennifer O'Neill for these photographs.


I've reduced the quality of the images considerably in order to present them here and these don't do Jen's photography justice. However, if you'd like a full quality ( 4.5MB ) copy of any of the pictures below, please contact me: ely@rugbybahamas.com, quoting the image ID number.


There are 150 pictures in total and I've put them in groups of 30, in chronological order of games throughout the two days. This is the fourth set.

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Thanks to Jennifer O'Neill for these photographs.


I've reduced the quality of the images considerably in order to present them here and these don't do Jen's photography justice. However, if you'd like a full quality ( 4.5MB ) copy of any of the pictures below, please contact me: ely@rugbybahamas.com, quoting the image ID number.


There are 150 pictures in total and I've put them in groups of 30, in chronological order of games throughout the two days. This is the third set.

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