In 2022, Sampson joined the Melbourne Rebels as senior attack and skills coach, helping the franchise to its first ever Super Rugby play-off appearance in 2024. Following the closure of the Rebels, he was recruited by Fijian Drua as their senior attack coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely grateful for the opportunity given by Sean and the club to be joining them for the next two years,\u201d said Sampson.<\/p>\n
\u201cEdinburgh is an ambitious club in a beautiful city supported by fans who love their rugby, and I look forward to being a part of the club and community when I arrive in July.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everitt, added: \u201cTim is an outstanding coach and a fantastic addition to our staff. His record speaks for itself. He has been a Head Coach at Super Rugby level, he has worked across multiple competitions, and right now he is running one of the most exciting attacking systems in Super Rugby Pacific with the Drua.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe brings a wealth of experience in all aspects of the game, not just attack. We\u2019re very happy with what he\u2019s been producing at Drua. And at the same time, obviously we\u2019ve done a reference on him as a person, and he\u2019s a great person. There\u2019s been a lot of good talk about what he delivers on the rugby field, and he has strong principles on attack that he delivers well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019ll be awesome for us to have a different view on the game. I was last in Super Rugby in 2020. It\u2019s a different competition, so it\u2019s great that we can bring in some freshness and some new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat really excites me is the combination of Tim and Brad Davis coming in together. Between them, they bring enormous experience and a senior presence that will add a huge amount of quality to our environment. I believe this coaching group will drive us to the next level, and I can\u2019t wait to work with them both next season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edinburgh Rugby Managing Director, Dougl Struth, said: \u201cWe are delighted that Sean has secured the services of Tim for Edinburgh Rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cTim is a values-driven coach with an exceptional track record of developing attacking rugby and building strong, high-performing environments. We\u2019re looking forward to seeing the impact he will make alongside Sean, Brad and Stevie.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo bring in two coaches of the calibre of Tim and Brad in the same window is a clear\u00a0demonstration of the environment that Sean is looking to create.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2022, Sampson joined the Melbourne Rebels as senior attack and skills coach, helping the franchise to its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[54026,81015,5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-533295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-divi","tag-edinburgh-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}