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Canada international rugby union player & coach Rugby player
Tony Healy
Full nameAnthony Robert Arthur Healy
Date of birth (1969-07-17) July 17, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birthNanaimo, BC, Canada
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight252 lb (114 kg)
UniversityUniversity of Victoria
Occupation(s)Educator
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–99 Canada 15 (0)

Anthony Robert Arthur Healy (born July 17, 1969) is a Canadian former rugby union player and coach.

Biography

Playing career

Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Healy was a lock and played on the Canada national team from 1996 to 1999, gaining 15 caps for his country. He had several seasons of professional rugby in France playing with US Marmande, US Dax, FC Auch, Aviron Bayonnais and Bordeaux-Bègles, as well as a season in England at Moseley.

Rugby coach

Healy, formerly a teacher at Brentwood College School, coached the BC Bears to a Canadian Rugby Championship title in 2017 and was then appointed head coach of Major League Rugby's Seattle Seawolves, but visa difficulties meant he couldn't take up the position.

See also

References

  1. "Healy's License To Thrill Tokyo". Sports Argus. April 24, 1999.
  2. "Nérac. L'Ovalie canadienne en Albret". La Dépêche (in French). April 1, 2013.
  3. "Healy Returns For Cup Clash". Birmingham Evening Mail. November 3, 1998.
  4. "Healy and Mack to lead Seattle Seawolves". Americas Rugby News. October 2, 2017.
  5. "Phil Mack wasn't the Seawolves' first choice for head coach, but he's proven to be the right choice". The Seattle Times. July 6, 2018.

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