Rugby Sevens - WALSH Tim

He played for the Australian sevens team between 2001 and 2009. He also played rugby union [15-a-side] from 1998 to 2012 for clubs in Super Rugby, New Zealand's National Provincial Championship and the English Premiership. (rugby.com.au, 19 Sep 2013; LinkedIn profile, 14 Apr 2016)

He led the Australian men's rugby sevens team to gold at the 2019 Oceania Championship in Fiji, which secured the team's qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games. (fijione.tv, 10 Nov 2019)

He coached the Australian women's rugby sevens team to the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Twitter profile, 20 Mar 2021; olympics.com, 15 Apr 2021)

He coached the Australian women's rugby sevens team to the World Series title in 2015/16 and 2017/18. (Twitter profile, 20 Mar 2021; olympics.com, 15 Apr 2021)

He guided the Australian men's sevens team to gold at the 2015 Oceania Championship in Auckland, New Zealand, which secured the team's qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games. (sbs.com.au, 15 Nov 2015)

He coached the Australian women's sevens team to gold at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (espn.co.uk, 20 Aug 2014)

During the 2013/14 World Series season, he guided the Australian women's sevens team to titles at the Dubai Sevens and the Sao Paulo Sevens. The team secured a second place finish overall in the World Series. He also led the team to a runners-up finish in the 2016/17 Series. (abc.net.au, 29 Nov 2013; worldrugby.org, 2014; olympics.com, 15 Apr 2021)

2018

He coached the Australian women's sevens team from 2013 to 2018, and held the role of interim head coach of the Australian men's sevens team from August to November 2015. He served as a national rugby sevens coaching coordinator for Australian Rugby Union between 2012 and 2014. He had previously coached the Australian U20 men's rugby union team [15-a-side] at the 2011 World Junior Championship in Italy.