Ric "Sluggo" Suggitt is a former Canadian rugby union footballer and National Rugby Team Coach since 1998. 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

Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...

, in 2004. Under Suggitt the national team achieved qualification to the 2007 Rugby World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

 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

Japan national rugby union team

The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years...

. In March 2008, he was replaced by New Zealand coach Kieran Crowley

Kieran Crowley

Kieran James Crowley is the current coach of the Canadian men's rugby team and a former member of the New Zealand All Blacks where he played as a fullback...

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External links

• Profile of Ric Suggit