FILE PHOTO: Rugby World Cup warm-up match - Wales v Ireland - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - August 31, 2019 Wales Head CoachÊWarrenÊGatland and backs coach Rob Howley during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
(Reuters) - Rob Howley has been appointed Canada assistant coach, Rugby Canada announced on Wednesday, with the 49-year-old making his return to the sport after being banned for breaching betting rules.
The former Wales assistant coach was banned for 18 months, with nine months suspended and the sanction backdated to Sept. 16, the day he was sent home from Wales' Rugby World Cup campaign in Japan.
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