Australia's rugby sevens coach sees silver lining in COVID-19 cloud


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has torn up Olympic rugby sevens programmes across the globe but gold medal-winning coach Tim Walsh sees a glimmer of hope amid the gloom as he battles to prepare Australia for the Tokyo Games in a year's time.

Walsh, who guided Australia's women to the inaugural sevens title at Rio, is a self-described "full-time coach on part-time wages", marshalling a reduced men's squad that were building nicely for the Games until they were postponed to 2021.

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