Clint Amos (born 2 September 1983) is an Australian former professional

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footballer. He played as a for

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and the Gold Coast in the

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Background

Amos was born in Ballina,

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, Australia.

Playing career

Amos played junior football for the

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and moved to the

North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

, where he made his first-grade debut in 2006. He then signed for the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

for its inaugural season in 2007, where he was a regular member of the first-grade team. However, he fell out of the squad in 2008 as Nathan Friend became the side's preferred hooker. He returned to the Cowboys for the

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, signing a two-year deal. He played for the Northern Pride in the 2011

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Post playing

At the end of the 2011 season he retired from playing to become the Cowboys' business development manager. In 2017, Amos and his wife Hannah were contestants on the thirteenth season of Australian reality series '' The Block''.

Career highlights

* ''First grade debut:'' North Queensland v

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, 18 March 2006 (Round 2) at

Dairy Farmers Stadium The Willows Sports Complex (last known as 1300SMILES Stadium due to naming rights) was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was used predominantly as a rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Que ...

References

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