As a player, Sampson represented Queensland and won two premierships with Sunnybank in Brisbane playing as a fly-half or inside centre.[4]
{{toc level|3}}Rugby career
Sampson played for the Sunnybank club for more than a decade.[4] He represented Queensland on four occasions including a match against the touring {{nrut|England}} team in 1999 with a young Jonny Wilkinson in their lineup.[4] He also played for the Dublin-based club Wanderers F.C. in Ireland.[4]
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.[8] He captained Sunnybank to their second premiership two years later in 2007.{{sfn|QRU|2007|page=27}}
Sampson was recruited to the Ballymore Tornadoes for the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007 where he played all eight of the team's matches.{{sfn|QRU|2007|page=22}} He retired from playing at the end of that season to take up an assistant coaching position with Sunnybank.{{sfn|QRU|2007|page=27}}
Coaching
{{expand section|date=May 2018}}References
1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/02/22/force-coach-appointment-sampson|work=Rugby.com.au|title=Sampson appointed Force coach|accessdate=23 April 2018}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |date= 3 November 2017 |url= https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/tim-sampson-wants-to-bring-canberra-vikings-that-pumped-him-10-years-first-nrc-title-20171103-gzdzqz.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Tim Sampson wants to bring Canberra Vikings that "pumped him" 10 years ago first NRC title |accessdate=7 May 2018}}
3. ^1 {{cite news |date=27 July 2007 |title=Sick winger keen for a win |work=The Courier-Mail |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/sick-winger-keen-for-a-win/news-story/96fe3afae57b986df7660cead0ddce0a?sv=e419b92942e6857c714790f528dccc82 |accessdate=7 May 2018 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20180507154408/http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/sick-winger-keen-for-a-win/news-story/96fe3afae57b986df7660cead0ddce0a?sv=e419b92942e6857c714790f528dccc82 |archivedate= 7 May 2018}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |year=2005 |accessdate= 6 May 2014 |title= Annual Report 2005 |pages=28–29 |publisher= Queensland Rugby |format= PDF 5.1 MB |url= http://www.redsrugby.com.au/Portals/10/Files/HQ/Annual%20Reports/2005_QRU_Annual_Report.pdf |deadurl= no |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140514092934/http://www.redsrugby.com.au/Portals/10/Files/HQ/Annual%20Reports/2005_QRU_Annual_Report.pdf |archivedate= 14 May 2014}}