Dean Sampson

Dean Sampson
Personal information
Nickname Deano, Diesel
Born (1967-06-27) 27 June 1967
Wakefield, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1987–05 Castleford 431 68 0 0 272
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–99 England 5 3 0 0 12
1997 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Dean Sampson (born 27 June 1967 in Wakefield) is a rugby league footballer who played as a Prop, and spent his entire professional career at Castleford Tigers. Sampson made over 400 appearances for Castleford between 1987 and 2005. He also represented England and Great Britain at international level, and was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Career

Sampson started his career at Stanley Rangers before joining Castleford in 1986, and made his first team debut in 1987.

In the 1997 post season, Sampson was selected to play for Great Britain in the first match of the Super League Test series against Australia.[1]

He came back in 2003 when Castleford went through an injury crisis. He scored on his comeback game against Warrington Wolves. He also played once more for Castleford in 2005 against Hull Dockers in the Challenge Cup.[2] Overall Dean played 431 games for Castleford scoring 68 tries. With 431-appearances, Dean Sampson is joint second (along with Artie Atkinson) in Castleford's all-time appearance list behind John Joyner, who has 613-appearances. Dean was a real fans favourite for Castleford and his name was often chanted by the home fans.

County Cup final appearances

Sampson played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Hooker Kevin Beardmore) in Castleford's 12-12 draw with Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1987–88 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1987, played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Prop John Fifita) in the 2-11 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup final replay during the 1987–88 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 31 October 1987, played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Interchange/Substitute David Roockley) in the 12-33 defeat by Leeds in the 1988 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1988–89 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 16 October 1988, and played Prop, i.e. number 10, in the 11-8 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1990 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1990–91 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Sunday 23 September 1990.

Regal Trophy Final Appearances

Sampson played as an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing Prop Martin Ketteridge on 74-minutes) in Castleford Tigers' 33-2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy final during the 1993–94 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1994.[3]

Coaching career

After retirement, Sampson became the club's academy coach and won the Junior academy championship in 2004. He left the club in 2005 and moved to Hull KR and became the assistant coach there. He left Hull KR after a brief period and stayed out of the game for a while.

Sampson has rejoined Castleford for 2009's Super League XIV and was the club's academy coach once again.

Honoured at Castleford Tigers

Dean Sampson is a Tigers Hall Of Fame Inductee.[4]

Genealogical information

Dean is the son of rugby league player and coach Dave Sampson, the nephew of rugby league player Malcolm Sampson, and cousin of the sprinter Denise Ramsden, and rugby union and rugby league player Paul Sampson.

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tigers' roar heard after early strike by Dockers". Yorkshire Post. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wigan 2 - 33 Castleford". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame at castigers.com". castigers. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
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