Head coach John Tait talks to his team as Canada takes on Japan in women's sevens rugby action at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 6, 2016.Coach John Tait, who led the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team to Pan American gold and Olympic bronze, has resigned in the wake of an independent review into a players complaint.
The exact nature of the allegations against the 47-year-old Tait has not been made public. But the investigation has led to a change in leadership for Rugby Canada’s most successful team. Australian Mick Byrne, a specialist coach with both New Zealand and Australia who has consulted remotely with the Canadian sevens side since 2012, is serving as interim women’s seven coach.
“I am very proud of the growth and success this program has achieved over this past decade,” he said in the statement.“That success has created a sustainable legacy which will help to grow the game of rugby for female athletes for years to come, including the creation of competition pathways and the development of academies across Canada,” he added.
Tait, an imposing figure at six foot eight, won 37 caps for Canada from 1997 to 2002. He played professionally in Wales with Cardiff and France with CA Brive.
Guess you cant coach hard anymore.