Rugby coach Robin MacDowell completes international summer

Canadian rugby coach and former international player Robin MacDowell completed a series of high-profile international coaching assignments during the summer of 2026.

Following a successful season with the Quw’utsun Secondary T-Birds, MacDowell served as head coach for an elite women’s team at the Algarve 7s in Portugal. He subsequently acted as an assistant coach for the Barbados Men’s Rugby Sevens team during the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic.

Most recently, MacDowell was a member of the Canadian coaching staff for the Canada Women’s Sevens team at the 2026 FISU World University Championship in Stellenbosch, South Africa, where the team secured a gold medal. MacDowell noted that these experiences marked his eighth major games participation across his career as both an athlete and a coach.