Steffan Thomas meets the Canadian coach Gruff Rees to discuss RWC 2019

IT HAS been eight years since Canada won a Rugby World Cup game, but there is every chance that will change in Japan. Canadian rugby has been in the doldrums through geographical difficulties and a lack of professional sides preventing a once competitive rugby nation from fulfilling its potential.
During the first two World Cups, Canada were viewed as a very real and potential banana skin by the Tier One nations. They undoubtedly had the potential to cause a serious upset.
Indeed, they reached the quarter- finals of the ...