Tim Sampson

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Tim Sampson
Tim Sampson Western Force.jpg
Date of birth (1976-05-23) May 23, 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head coach
Current team Western Force
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997–2007 [1]
2003–2004
2007		 Sunnybank
Wanderers F.C.
Tornadoes   [2] 		150

8

(5)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999–2003 Queensland 4 ()
Teams coached
YearsTeam
2011-2015 Easts Tigers
2015–2017 Tuggeranong Vikings
2017–2018 Canberra Vikings
2018–2022 Western Force
2023 Melbourne Rebels (assistant)

Tim Sampson (born 23 May 1976) is an Australian professional rugby union football coach. He was previously the head coach of the Western Force team that plays in the Super Rugby Pacific competition.

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As a player, Sampson represented Queensland and won two premierships with Sunnybank in Brisbane playing as a fly-half or inside centre. [3]

Rugby career

Sampson played for the Sunnybank club for more than a decade. [3] He represented Queensland on four occasions including a match against the touring England team in 1999 with a young Jonny Wilkinson in their lineup. [3] He also played for the Dublin-based club Wanderers F.C. in Ireland. [3]

Sunnybank won the Queensland Premier Rugby title for the first time in 2005. That season Sampson won the XXXX Medal for Queensland Premier Rugby player of the year, jointly with his Sunnybank teammate James Sua. [4] He captained Sunnybank to their second premiership two years later in 2007. [5]

Sampson was recruited to the Ballymore Tornadoes for the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007 where he played all eight of the team's matches. [2] He retired from playing at the end of that season to take up an assistant coaching position with Sunnybank. [6] [5]

Coaching career

Sunnybank Rugby Club

After retiring as a player in 2007, Sampson swiftly entered coaching by becoming an Assistant Coach at Sunnybank Rugby Club from 2008-2010. During this period, Sampson also travelled to Japan as a coaching consultant for the Kamaishi Seawaves throughout the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

Easts Rugby Club

In 2011, Sampson then joined Easts Rugby Club in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition as an Assistant Coach, winning the Premiership in 2013. In 2014 Sampson worked as Assistant Coach for Queensland Country in the National Rugby Championship before being named Head Coach of Easts Tigers in 2015 where they went on to become Minor Premiers before losing to Souths Rugby Club in the Grand Final.

Tuggeranong Vikings

A move to the Australian Capital Territory followed, with Sampson joining Tuggeranong Vikings as Director of Rugby/Head Coach in the ACTRU Premier Grade competition.

Junior Wallabies

Having experienced a successful spell in charge of the Tuggeranong Vikings from 2015-2017, Sampson earned a national call-up, joining the Australian U20s (Junior Wallabies) as an Assistant Coach.

Canberra Vikings

He also coached the Canberra Vikings in the National Rugby Championship where they became Minor Premiers before losing to eventual champions Queensland Country in the Grand Final.

Western Force

Sampson’s stocks continued to rise within the Australian rugby landscape when he was hired as Head Coach of the Western Force in February 2018, [7] where he would spend five seasons at the Western Australian club. Sampson led the Force to a maiden National Rugby Championship win in 2019, with a commanding 41-3 result over former side Canberra Vikings at UWA Sports Park. [8]

Sampson then guided the Western Force through a rebuilding phase in the World Series Rugby and Global Rapid Rugby competitions, before the club was reinstated back into Super Rugby in 2020. Sampson signed a two-year contract extension in September 2020. [9]

The Western Force enjoyed a historic return to Super Rugby, with Sampson leading the club to their first ever finals series appearance in 2021 following a memorable 30-27 win over the previously unbeaten Queensland Reds in front a packed crowd at HBF Park. [10]

In 2022, the Western Force claimed their first win in New Zealand since 2014 with a 48-28 win over Moana Pasifika at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland in Round 15 of Super Rugby Pacific. [11] A week later, Sampson’s side won their first Super Rugby match over the Wellington Hurricanes since 2007, with an unforgettable 27-22 win in the final round of the season. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sick winger keen for a win". The Courier-Mail. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 QRU 2007, p. 22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tim Sampson wants to bring Canberra Vikings that "pumped him" 10 years ago first NRC title". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2005" (PDF). Queensland Rugby. 2005. pp. 28–29. Archived from the original (PDF 5.1 MB) on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 QRU 2007, p. 27.
  6. ↑ McKay, Brett (15 September 2017). "Sampson lifts lid on NRC dark horses". Rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Decent, Chris Dutton, Tom (23 February 2018). "Tuggeranong Vikings search for new coach after Tim Sampson joins Western Force". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Greenwood, Emma (26 October 2019). "Western Force win maiden NRC title with five-try second-half blitz | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. ↑ AAP (15 September 2020). "Western Force re-sign Sampson | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Williamson, Nathan (23 April 2021). "Western Force lockdown finals spot after thrilling victory | Latest Rugby News | Western Force". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Media, Western Force (24 May 2022). "Force keep finals hopes alive with bonus point win over Pasifika | Latest Rugby News | Western Force". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Media, Western Force (28 May 2022). "Force secure statement win over Hurricanes | Latest Rugby News | Western Force". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  13. "Tuggeranong coach Tim Sampson to lead Canberra Vikings into NRC season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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