Tim Walsh (rugby union)

Tim Walsh

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Personal information
Full name	Tim Walsh
Date of birth	(1979-04-10) 10 April 1979
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85kg
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2002–03 2003–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–11 2011–12 North Harbour Worcester Warriors Leeds Carnegie Birmingham & Solihull Newbury Petrarca Padova 13 (144) 15 (28) 48 (153) 55 (315) 40 (95)
Super Rugby
Super Rugby 2004, 2010 Queensland Reds 6 (10)
Representative teams
1996 1998 2000 2002–09 Australia Schools Australia U19 Australia U21 Australia Universities Australia Sevens
Representative teams coached
2013– 2015 Australia Women's 7s Australia Men's 7s
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Tim Walsh is an Australian rugby union coach and a former professional player. He is currently Head Coach for Australian Women's Sevens team. Walsh formerly played as a fly-half for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, and for several professional teams in England and Italy. He is a former captain of the Australian Sevens team.

Early life

Walsh was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1996, and went on to play for Australia Under-19s in 1998.

Rugby career

Walsh began his professional rugby career at the Queensland Reds in 1999, earning two provincial caps off the bench in the Ricoh National Championship. He represented the Australia Under-21s in 2000 and also played for Australian Universities. Walsh later returned to play Super Rugby for Queensland in 2004 and 2010.

In England Walsh played at Leeds Carnegie in the Guinness Premiership. He also spent several seasons playing in the Guinness Championship for Worcester Warriors, Birmingham and Solihull R.F.C. and Newbury RFC where he was captain. He finished his career in Italy in 2012 playing for Petrarca Padova.

Internationally, Walsh played for the Australian Sevens team for several seasons on the Sevens World Series circuit, and captained the team.

Coaching

Walsh became head coach of the Australia Women's Sevens team in 2013, and qualified the team for the 2016 Olympic Sevens tournament. In September 2015, he took over as interim Head Coach of the Australia Men's Sevens team for their Olympic qualification campaign, following the resignation of Geraint John.

External links

• It's Rugby stats
• Australian Schools Rugby Union
• Queensland Reds Profile