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Becky Felstead interviews rugby coach Tim Sampson about leadership and coaching beyond athletics.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Resource Podcast, host Becky Felstead sits down with elite rugby union coach Tim Sampson for a raw, grounded conversation about leadership, loss, and what it really means to coach humans — not just athletes. Tim’s career has taken him from the Western Force and Melbourne Rebels to now leading the Fijian Drua, but his philosophy has always stayed the same: values first, people first. Together, they unpack: Losing his mum at 18 and a close friend on the r...

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Host: Becky Felstead

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Organizations: Fijian Drua, Western Force, Melbourne Rebels

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