Kyle Amor

Kyle Amor
Personal information
Full nameKyle Joseph Amor[1]
Born (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37)
Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Weight16 st 5 lb (104 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionProp, 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 29 Sep 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 Betfred 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]

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

  1. ^ FreeBMD Entry Information
  2. ^ a b "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.