{"id":934209,"date":"2026-10-15T17:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934209\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:50:25","slug":"rugby-canada-extends-contract-of-womens-coach-kevin-rouet-through-2030-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934209\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Canada extends contract of women\u2019s coach Kevin Rouet through 2030 \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2013 Rugby Canada announced Thursday that Kevin Rouet\u2019s contract as head coach of the Canadian women\u2019s rugby team has been extended through the end of 2030.<\/p>\n

Rouet was appointed to the role in March 2022 and has since led Canada through two Rugby World Cups, including a silver-medal finish at the 2025 tournament.<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old from France has led Canada to a 31-12-2 record, along with a first-ever victory over New Zealand and a Pacific Four Series title.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHead Coach of Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team Kevin Rouet takes part in warm-up prior to taking on USA in Women’s rugby action in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick<\/p>\n

Canada also held the world No. 2 ranking from May 2024 until April 2026, and is currently third behind England and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Rouet will serve as both head coach and director of women\u2019s rugby as the team prepares for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2029 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes one day before Canada faces world No. 1 England in a rematch of the 2025 Rugby World Cup final on Friday at BMO Field in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Rugby Canada says it expects the largest crowd ever for a stand-alone women\u2019s rugby match in North America, with over 18,000 fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited for the opportunity to continue coaching this team for the next four years,\u201d Rouet said in a release. \u201cWe have grown so much as a group since I began in 2022, and I am excited to see what our teams and players can achieve as we build towards the 2028 Olympics and the 2029 Rugby World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 Rugby Canada announced Thursday that Kevin Rouet\u2019s contract as head coach of the Canadian women\u2019s rugby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-934209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}