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Rugby Canada fires coach who made unacceptable posts toward women s 7s team at Tokyo Olympics
Rugby Canada fired the head of its national development program after a review of recent social media postings which were unacceptable and in breach of organization policy, the organization announced in a statement Friday.
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Posted: Jul 30, 2021 3:39 PM ET | Last Updated: July 30
Canadian women s rugby sevens player Charity Williams shared a screengrab of several tweets from the account of the head of Rugby Canada s national development academy aimed at the women s team.(Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Published Friday, July 30, 2021 7:51PM EDT Rugby Canada fired Jamie Cudmore, a former star player in charge of developing the next generation of talent, on Friday for a series of social media posts belittling the women s sevens team. His posts took aim at the sevens squad for its disappointing performance at the Tokyo Olympics. Much had been expected of the Canadian women in Tokyo, given their performance in Rio and the fact they were tied with Australia on points for second in the World Rugby Sevens Series standings when the pandemic shut down the season last year. But the Canadian women lost to Fiji and France after beating Brazil to miss out on the quarterfinals. Their next game in Tokyo is for ninth place.