Ric Suggitt

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Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt (born Edmonton, 30 October 1958) is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and a current rugby union coach. Ric also is currently the Head Coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic Rugby team and a coach educator.

He had to leave competitive rugby at a young age due to successive shoulder injuries. Then, he began his international coaching career.

Suggitt was the coach of the female Canada national team and the men's national seven-a-side team, when he was appointed to the post of coach of the male Canada national rugby union team, in 2004. Under Suggitt the national team achieved qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals by beating the USA Eagles 56-7. The World Cup was not so successful and disappointingly only reached a 12-12 draw with Japan. In March 2008, he was replaced by New Zealand coach Kieran Crowley.

External links

Profile of Ric Suggit

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dave Clark	Canada National Rugby Union Coach 2004-2007	Succeeded by Kieran Crowley

v t e Canada squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Biddle Burak Carpenter Cudmore (injured) Franklin Jackson (rep) James Kleeberger D. Pletch M. Pletch Riordan Snow Stephen Tait Thiel Webb Yukes

Backs	Culpan Daypuck Fairhurst Hirayama Mensah-Coker Monro Pritchard Pyke Smith Spicer Trenkel van der Merwe Weingart Williams

Coach	Suggitt

Persondata
Name	Suggitt, Ric
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian rugby union player
Date of birth	October 30th 1958
Place of birth	Edmonton, Alberta
Date of death
Place of death

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