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Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player
Sam Pinder
Birth nameJared Sam Pinder
Date of birth (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birthTaupō, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
UniversityAuckland College of Education
Notable relative(s)Anna Pinder, wife. Netball coach.
Formerly of Glasgow Wildcats.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-Half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–2000 Otamatea ()
2001 Waipu ()
– GHA ()
– Ayr RFC ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–09 Glasgow Warriors 106 (122)
Correct as of 18 December 2012
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998 Northland ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Auckland Blues 0 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998 New Zealand U-19 1 (0)
2006 Scotland 2 (0)
Correct as of 1 August 2015
Coaching career
Years Team
2009–present Hong Kong RFU various roles
2009–present Causeway Bay director of rugby

Sam Pinder (born 15 February 1979 in Taupō, New Zealand), is a Scottish rugby union player formerly of Glasgow Warriors and Scotland. Pinder played at Scrum-Half.

The player qualified to represent the Scottish national rugby union team as his grandmother came from Port Seton near Edinburgh. The scrum half played for Scotland against the Barbarians at Murrayfield on 31 May 2006. Pinder got his first of his two international caps on tour for Scotland on 10 June 2006 in Durban; the second on 17 June 2006 in Port Elizabeth; both against South Africa.

He is a Glasgow Warriors centurion having played over 100 matches for the club. He left the club in 2009 to go to Hong Kong where he has been employed in various roles with the Hong Kong RFU notably as running their Sevens team and as being the Director of Rugby at Causeway Bay RFC.

See also

References

  1. "ITWZ meets Anna Pinder, part of new British Superleague netball team Glasgow Wildcats... (Ed. 23)". inthewinningzone.com.
  2. "New boy". scotsman.com.
  3. "Scotland 66 Barbarians 19: Scots put nine tries past Barbarians". The Independent.
  4. "Sam Pinder – Rugby Union – Players and Officials – ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
  5. "Glasgow Warriors : 2014/15 Season Ticket Memberships" (PDF). Glasgowwarriors.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.


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