Tony Healy


Anthony Robert Arthur Healy 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.