Canadian men's rugby coach Kingsley Jones signs 2-year contract extension

Rugby Canada has entrusted Kingsley Jones to lead Canada back to the World Cup, handing him a two-year contract extension that will see him in charge through 2025.

The former Wales captain has compiled a 15-31-0 record with the Canadian men since being appointed in September 2017.

While the Canadians failed to qualify for the World Cup currently underway in France, the first time they have missed out on the sport's showcase, Rugby Canada says Jones has added to the talent pool and improved collaboration between the Canadian sevens and 15s programs, among other things.

Rugby Canada CEO Nathan Bombrys says while World Rugby has yet to finalize the qualification procedure for the 2027 World Cup, the coaching contract extension provides "some certainty going into 2024 and let[s] people get to work."

"This is a rebuild," Bombrys said in an interview.

"We need games to play. We need time to train," he added. "We need the resources to enable our players to train and help them improve. We need our players to be playing rugby consistently for Canada and we need them playing rugby consistently elsewhere in preparation to play for Canada. And then we need the coaching to go with it.

"But these are all very important factors that we need to address."

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Jones succeeded New Zealand's Mark Anscombe, who was fired in August 2017 after the Canadian men lost to the U.S. in its first crack at qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. Canada subsequently lost to Uruguay in another two-legged