Canada name new coach
Canada
January 19, 2000

In their bid to develop their game to the next level Canada have named a full-time professional coach for the first time.
Australian David Clark, the former Queensland Director of coaching will take over the reigns from Pat Parfrey.
His first role will be to get the Canadians ready for the Epson Cup in May where they will play Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, USA and Japan. Canada also has international fixtures against Ireland, South Africa and Italy this year.
Clark knows the squad well having assisted Parfrey over the past three years and he was also the Director of the Commonwealth Centre for Sport's Development, which developed under 23 players.
He also oversaw the development of many of the current crop of Wallabies as head of the Australian Institute of Sport's rugby division.
As a player, Clark represented Queensland 27 times and toured South Africa with the Wallabies. He also turned out in 300 first grade games for GPS in Brisbane.

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