Overview
- Rugby Australia confirmed on Tuesday that Reg Tayler will lead the Australia women’s sevens team through to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Tim Walsh has been elevated to the new Director of Women’s High Performance and will continue to advise the sevens program.
- Tayler moves up from assistant after joining the program in 2025 and brings prior roles with Australia A, the Queensland Academy of Sport, and Ireland’s sevens staff.
- The change follows Australia’s World Championship win, secured by late-season SVNS titles in Valladolid and Bordeaux, and sets a two-year Olympic preparation window.
- Rugby Australia says the restructure will align sevens and Wallaroos pathways and could reshape selection, training centralisation, and coach coordination during Olympic qualifying and build-up.