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


Biography


Playing career

Born in
Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...
, 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,
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,
FC Auch Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Occitania most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a five-ye ...
,
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and Bordeaux-Bègles, as well as a season in England at
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.


Rugby coach

Healy, formerly a teacher at
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, coached the
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to a
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title in 2017 and was then appointed head coach of Major League Rugby's
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, but visa difficulties meant he couldn't take up the position.


See also

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List of Canada national rugby union players List of Canada national men’s rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Canada national men’s rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Tony 1969 births Living people Canadian rugby union players Canada international rugby union players Canadian rugby union coaches Rugby union locks Rugby union players from British Columbia Sportspeople from Nanaimo University of Victoria alumni Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England Canadian expatriate rugby union players in France Birmingham Moseley Rugby players FC Auch Gers players US Dax players Aviron Bayonnais players CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players