Amos Roberts

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Amos Roberts
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Roberts with the Roosters in 2008
Personal information
Born (1980-11-02) 2 November 1980 (age 43)
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb) [1]
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2000–03 St. George Illawarra 6529260168
2004 Penrith Panthers 2323320156
2005–08 Sydney Roosters 8954420300
2009–12 Wigan Warriors 552760120
Total2321331060744
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2004–08 NSW Country 540016
2005 Prime Minister's XIII 20000
Source: [2] [3]

Amos Roberts (born 2 November 1980) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he played in Australia's National Rugby League for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and Sydney Roosters clubs and in the Super League for the Wigan Warriors.

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Rugby league career

NRL career

Roberts made his NRL début in 2000 with the St George Illawarra Dragons, scoring 22 points in that match. In 2004 he signed with the Penrith Panthers and scored 23 tries in 23 games that year to become the competition's top try scorer that year. He signed with the Sydney Roosters in 2005. He scored 17 tries in 2005 and 18 tries in 2006. [ citation needed ]

Roberts injured his knee at the start of the 2007 season and made his return in Round 3 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He scored his first try of 07 in Round 13 against the North Queensland Cowboys. [ citation needed ]

Roberts was set and ready to join close friend and fellow winger/fullback Nathan Merritt at the South Sydney Rabbitohs before the deal fell through due to the club announcing the signing of Panthers star Luke Lewis, however, this deal also fell through. [ citation needed ]

In October 2008, Roberts was released from the final year of his contract with the Roosters to take up a four-year deal with English Super League club Wigan Warriors. [4]

Wigan Warriors

In 2010 Roberts has been in scintillating form scoring in all but 3 of his 10 appearances for Wigan including a hat-trick away at Castleford Tigers. His performances have helped put Wigan at the top of Super League and have potentially put him forward for the end-of-season Man of Steel award.

During the Easter Monday game against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at the DW Stadium, Amos suffered an injury to his knee ligaments after colliding with the post in the process of scoring his 12th try of the season. [5] He recovered to play the Leeds Rhinos on 29 May 2010 but struggled to get back into form.

In 2011 season Roberts made only 6 appearances for the club, spending much of it in the reserves unable to force his way into the squad.

On 12 May 2012 Roberts announced his retirement after several failed comebacks from the injury and complications that arose. [5] His last appearance had been against Castleford Tigers almost a year prior. [1]

Career highlights

Roberts scored 22 points on début (1 try and 9 goals) with the St. George-Illawarra Dragons on 6 May 2000 against the Auckland Warriors. This is the standing National Rugby League premiership record for points scored on a first grade debut. He was selected as the Dally M Winger of the Year in 2004. [ citation needed ]

He has represented four times for Country vs City since 2004 and twice been selected to play in a Prime Minister's XIII (2005 and 2006).

Personal life

Roberts is an Indigenous Australian of Bundjalung people. He is the uncle of the rugby league footballer James Roberts.

Awards

In 2004, Roberts won the Deadly award for Outstanding Achievement in Rugby League. Roberts received the award for his "stellar start to the season, consistent all-round form and the fact he finished the season as the league's leading try-scorer." [6]

Music

In 2007, Roberts, along with South Sydney's Nathan Merritt, appeared in the music video for Anthony Mundine's Platinum Ryder single. Mundine is Roberts' cousin. [7]

NRL point scoring summary

SeasonTeamAppearanceInterchangeTriesGoalsF/GPoints
2000 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 130810052
2001 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 280137066
2002 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14057034
2003 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 10032016
2004 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 23023320156
2005 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2401713094
2006 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2301812096
2007 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20178044
2008 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2101210068

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wigan Warriiors Player Profile Amos Roberts". web page. wiganwarriors.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. Amos Roberts rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. loverugbyleague
  4. "Former Sydney Roosters flyer Amos Roberts joins Super League club Wigan". Fox Sports News (Australia). 22 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Wigan Warriors winger Amos Roberts retires from rugby at 31". Fox Sports News (Australia). 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  6. "Amos scores again". Vibe Australia. 1 November 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  7. Halloran, Jessica (11 April 2005). "A rare glimpse of the quiet side of the Man". The Sydney Morning Herald . Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2010.