Simon Amor

Simon Amor
Amor, after Gloucester v Saracens match in 2005
Birth nameSimon Daniel Edward Amor
Date of birth (1979-04-25) 25 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birthKingston, London, England
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)
SchoolHampton School
UniversityCambridge University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Harlequins ()
1997–1998 London Irish 1 (11)
1999 Blackheath 11 (83)
1999 Coventry 10 (9)
Rugby Lions ()
2002–2006 Gloucester ()
2006–2008 London Wasps ()
2008–2010 London Scottish ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
  England Students
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2001–2006 England
Coaching career
Years Team
2010–2011 London Scottish
2011–2013 London Scottish (Director of Rugby)
2013–2021 England sevens
2016, 2021 Great Britain sevens[1][2]
2020 England (defence coach)[3]
2021 Hong Kong[4]
2021–2022 Japan sevens (technical director)[5]
2022–2024 Japan sevens[5]
2024- United States men's national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Team competition
Representing  Great Britain (as coach)
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Team competition

Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player. Amor played in the scrum-half and fly-half positions for London Scottish and captained the England national rugby sevens team. He has been the head coach of London Scottish, England sevens, Hong Kong, and, as recently as 2020, was appointed defence-coach for the England rugby union team.[6]

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads". World Rugby. 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Team GB Names 2016 GB Olympic Men's Rugby Team". teamgb.com. 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ "AMOR AND PROUDFOOT JOIN ENGLAND MEN'S COACHING TEAM". englandrugby.com. Rugby Football Union (RFU). 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ McNicol, Andrew (7 June 2021). "Hong Kong rugby appoint England legend Simon Amor as interim men's 15s head coach to oversee Asia Rugby Championship title defence". South China Morning Post (SCMP).
  5. ^ a b "JRFU Appoint Simon Amor as Head Coach of Japan Men's Sevens". en.rugby-japan.jp. Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU). 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ "The i". George Ford's advice for England's new attack coach: Keep it simple, please.