Canada take on the USA this weekend in the first of two critical World Cup Qualifiers, but you can be excused for not knowing anything about it, as Rugby Canada doesn't seem to know much more either, with the squad for the series only being announced today a mere five days away from kickoff. It all seems to smack of a serious lack of foresight and preparation, and we hope we are proven wrong on Saturday. To add insult to injury, in a cash grab Rugby Canada have sold the rights to a foreign broadcaster so that you now have to pay to watch your own national team, as if Rugby wasn't hard enough to watch in this country already. Meanwhile, the Rugby Championship after being thrown a curve ball by COVID-19 finds a way to continue to completion, but the whole process is marred by an ugliness in the media as Coaches past and present hurl insults at each other.
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By Neil OlsenCanada take on the USA this weekend in the first of two critical World Cup Qualifiers, but you can be excused for not knowing anything about it, as Rugby Canada doesn't seem to know much more either, with the squad for the series only being announced today a mere five days away from kickoff. It all seems to smack of a serious lack of foresight and preparation, and we hope we are proven wrong on Saturday. To add insult to injury, in a cash grab Rugby Canada have sold the rights to a foreign broadcaster so that you now have to pay to watch your own national team, as if Rugby wasn't hard enough to watch in this country already. Meanwhile, the Rugby Championship after being thrown a curve ball by COVID-19 finds a way to continue to completion, but the whole process is marred by an ugliness in the media as Coaches past and present hurl insults at each other.