Saracens confirm arrival of Canada Women head coach Kevin Rouet

Rouet — fresh from guiding Canada to the 2025 Rugby World Cup Final — will specialise in attack, working closely with Saracens Director of Rugby Alex Austerberry, with whom he served on the World Cup coaching staff. The move underlines a deepening partnership between Rugby Canada and Saracens, aimed at bringing top‑level international expertise into the club game and offering enhanced development pathways for players.

A major factor in Rouet’s arrival is the presence of a strong Canadian contingent already at Saracens. Captain Sophie de Goede, one of the world’s standout forwards and 2025 World Rugby Player of the Year leads the group. Rouet will also be reunited with fellow Maple Leafs including centre Alysha Corrigan and loosehead prop Maya Montiel, as well as back rowers Gabrielle Senft and Laetitia Royer, wing Paige Farries and scrum half Olivia Apps, offering a nucleus of Canadian talent for Rouet to work with.

For Saracens, the move brings not just international experience into the coaching structure but also continuity for the Canadian players who have already adapted to life in the PWR. For Rouet, it offers valuable exposure to club‑level systems and week‑in, week‑out tactical nuance — knowledge he can feed back into Canada’s preparations as they build toward future global campaigns.