| Sam Pinder | |
| Birth Name: | Jared Sam Pinder |
| Birth Date: | 1979 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Taupō, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.86m (06.1feet) |
| Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
| Ru Currentposition: | Scrum-Half |
| Repteam1: | New Zealand U-19 |
| Repteam2: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1998 |
| Repyears2: | 2006 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Repcaps2: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
| Ru Ntupdate: | 1 August 2015 |
| Amatyears1: | 1999–2000 |
| Amatyears2: | 2001 |
| Amatteam1: | Otamatea |
| Amatteam2: | Waipu |
| Amatteam3: | GHA |
| Amatteam4: | Ayr RFC |
| Years1: | 2003–09 |
| Clubs1: | Glasgow Warriors |
| Apps1: | 106 |
| Points1: | 122 |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 18 December 2012 |
| Provinceyears1: | 1998 |
| Province1: | Northland |
| Superyears1: | - |
| Super1: | Auckland Blues |
| Superapps1: | 0 |
| Superpoints1: | 0 |
| Coachyears1: | 2009–present |
| Coachyears2: | 2009–present |
| Coachteams1: | Hong Kong RFU various roles |
| Coachteams2: | Causeway Bay director of rugby |
| Relatives: | Anna Pinder, wife. Netball coach. Formerly of Glasgow Wildcats. |
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.