Kyle Amor

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Kyle Amor

Personal information
Full name	Kyle Joseph Amor [1]
Born	(1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37) Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2]
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg) [2]
Playing information
Position	Prop, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009 Whitehaven 24 7 0 0 28 2010–11 Leeds Rhinos 3 0 0 0 0 2010(loan) → Whitehaven 20 2 0 0 8 2011(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 6 0 0 24 2012–13 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 52 5 0 0 20 2014–22 St Helens 212 18 0 0 72 2022(loan) → Warrington Wolves 4 0 0 0 0 2023 Widnes Vikings 10 0 0 0 0 Total 352 38 0 0 152 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011–23 Ireland 5 1 0 0 4 2022 Cumbria 1 1 0 0 4
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2024 Whitehaven RLFC 6 2 0 4 33
Source: [3] [4] As of 3 October 2024

Kyle Amor (born 26 May 1987) is a TV broadcaster with Sky Sports and is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played most of his career with St Helens. Amor last played as a prop for the Widnes Vikings in the Championship for 10 games during the 2023 season before retiring mid-season in May 2023. Outside of Rugby League, Kyle is also an ambassador for Ortus Energy, a leading U.K. Solar company.

He took over as interim head-coach of Whitehaven RLFC on 19 Aug 2024, following the sudden and surprising resignation of Jonty Gorley., ^[5] to be replaced later by Anthony Murray on 3 Oct 2024.

He played for Whitehaven in the Championship winning the competition Young Player of the Year award. Amor played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, and on loan from Leeds at Whitehaven in the Championship and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. He later joined Wakefield on a permanent deal, before joining Saints.

At St Helens he has won the Super League Grand Final four times; in 2014, 2019, 2020 & 2021 as well as the Super League League Leaders Shield in 2014, 2018 & 2019. Amor also featured off the bench in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final loss at Wembley Stadium to the Warrington Wolves. Amor came off the bench and scored the final try of the game in the 2021 Challenge Cup 26–12 victory over the Castleford Tigers

Background

Amor was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England.

Amor is also a qualified science teacher which he achieved whilst being part-time at Widnes Vikings and alongside his TV presenting duties.

Early career

He started his career playing amateur Rugby league for Hensingham ARLFC. Impressing throughout the amateur circles as a youngster representing BARLA U’21s in 2007 and Open Age level in 2008. He later signed form Hensingham ARLFC to Whitehaven R.L.F.C. in 2009 at the age of 21 years old. ^[6]

Playing career

Club career

Whitehaven

Amor began his career at home town club Whitehaven R.L.F.C.

Leeds Rhinos

He signed a full time contract with Leeds.^{[ citation needed ]}

Wakefield Trinity

After failing to cement a first team spot at Leeds Rhinos he spent three seasons with Wakefield Trinity.^{[ citation needed ]}

St Helens

Amor playing for St Helens in 2015

He was announced as a St Helens player on 10 September 2013 for a fee of £50,000 and signing a four-year contract. St. Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final, and Amor was selected to play as a starting prop forward in their 14–6 victory ove Wigan at Old Trafford. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

In 2016, Amor won the Player of the Year for St Helens at the club's end of season awards and signed a new 3-year contract to keep him at the club until the end of 2020 season.

Amor played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium. ^[11] He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old Trafford. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

In 2020, Amor signed a new one-year deal with St Helens for the 2021 season. Amor played in St Helens 8-4 2020 Super League Grand Final victory over Wigan at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull. ^[15]

On 17 July 2021, Amor played in the 26-12 2021 Challenge Cup Final victory at Wembley Stadium over the Castleford Tigers scoring the final try of the game to end St Helens 13 year Challenge Cup drought. ^[16] In round 17 of the 2021 Super League season, Amor played his 200th game for St Helens and scored a try during the club's 42–10 victory over Hull F.C. ^[17]

On 9 October 2021, Amor was named on the interchange bench for St. Helens in their 2021 Super League Grand Final against Catalans Dragons but spent the entire match on the sideline having played no minutes, collecting his fourth Grand Final ring. St. Helens would win the match 12-10 and claim their third straight premiership. ^[18]

Warrington (loan)

On 24 May 2022, Amor signed a loan deal to join Warrington for the remainder of the 2022 Super League season. ^[19]

Widnes Vikings

On 10 July 2022, it was reported he had signed a part-time deal to join Widnes Vikings for the 2023 season. ^[20] He announced his retirement midway through the 2023 season. ^[21]

International career

Ireland

In 2011, he made his International début for Ireland against Scotland in the Autumn International Series.

In 2017, he represented Ireland in the Rugby League World Cup playing in Australia & Papua New Guinea. Amor scored a try in Ireland's winning opening match against Italy.^{[ citation needed ]}

Cumbria

On 5 Oct 2022, he captained Cumbria for the second time in a World Cup warm-up game against Jamaica. ^[22]

Coaching

Whitehaven RLFC

On 3 Oct 2024, Whitehaven RLFC announced that Anthony Murray would take over from interim head-coach Kyle Amor for the 2025 season on a 3-year deal. ^[23]

References

1. FreeBMD Entry Information
2. "Kyle Amor St Helens". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
3. loverugbyleague
4. Rugby League Project
5. "St Helens veteran Kyle Amor takes shock coaching role". Total RL. 19 August 2024.
6. "Kyle Amor in St Helens' 19-man squad for Challenge Cup final". News and Star. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
7. "St Helens 14 Wigan Warriors 6: Moment of madness from Wales international Ben Flower costs Wigan dear". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
8. "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off". Guardian. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
9. "St Helens 14–6 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
10. Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport . BBC . Retrieved 12 October 2014.
11. "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley". Mirror. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
12. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
13. Unwin, Will (12 October 2019). "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
14. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
15. "Super League Grand Final: Wigan 4-8 St Helens". BBC Sport.
16. "How St Helens players have celebrated their first Challenge Cup win in 13 years". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
17. "Hull FC 10-42 St Helens - Jack Welsby scores hat-trick in win". BBC Sport.
18. "St Helens v Catalans player ratings". www.examinerlive.co.uk.
19. "Warrington Wolves confirm signing of Kyle Amor on loan". www.warringtonguardian.co.uk.
20. "Widnes confirm signing of Kyle Amor from 2023". Love Rugby League. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
21. "Kyle Amor announces retirement". Widnes Vikings. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
22. "'Means everything'- super league legend to captain Cumbrian side in international". The Whitehaven News. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
23. "Whitehaven name Workington's Murray as head coach". BBC Sport. 3 October 2024.

External links

• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• St Helens profile
• SL profile
• 2017 RLWC profile
• Saints Heritage Society profile