Kyle Amor (born 26 May 1987) is a TV broadcaster with

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and is a former

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international

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footballer who played most of his career with St Helens. Amor last played as a for the

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in the

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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

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., to be replaced later by Anthony Murray on 3 Oct 2024. He played for

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in the

winning the competition Young Player of the Year award. Amor played for the

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in the

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, and on loan from

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at Whitehaven in the

and the

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in the

. He later joined

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on a permanent deal, before joining

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. At St Helens he has won the

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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

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to the

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. Amor came off the bench and scored the final try of the game in the

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26–12 victory over the

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Background

Amor was born in

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, England. Amor is also a qualified science teacher which he achieved whilst being part-time at

and alongside his TV presenting duties.

Early career

He started his career playing amateur

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for

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. Impressing throughout the amateur circles as a youngster representing

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U’21s in 2007 and Open Age level in 2008. He later signed form

Whitehaven R.L.F.C. Whitehaven 2010 R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club, from Whitehaven, Cumbria. They currently play in the 2025 RFL League One, RFL League One following relegation from the 2024 RFL Championship, Championship in 2024. They currently pla ...

in 2009 at the age of 21 years old.

Playing career

Club career

Whitehaven

Amor began his career at home town club

Leeds Rhinos

He signed a full time contract with

Wakefield Trinity

After failing to cement a first team spot at

he spent three seasons with

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St Helens

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 over

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. 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

. He played in the

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victory over the

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. In 2020, Amor signed a new one-year deal with St Helens for the 2021 season. Amor played in St Helens 8-4

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victory over Wigan at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull. On 17 July 2021, Amor played in the 26-12 2021 Challenge Cup Final victory at

over the

scoring the final try of the game to end St Helens 13 year Challenge Cup drought. In round 17 of the

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, Amor played his 200th game for St Helens and scored a try during the club's 42–10 victory over Hull F.C. On 9 October 2021, Amor was named on the interchange bench for St. Helens in their

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against

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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.

Warrington (loan)

On 24 May 2022, Amor signed a loan deal to join

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for the remainder of the 2022 Super League season.

Widnes Vikings

On 10 July 2022, it was reported he had signed a part-time deal to join

for the 2023 season. He announced his retirement midway through the 2023 season.

International career

Ireland

In 2011, he made his International début for

against Scotland in the Autumn International Series. In 2017, he represented

in the

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playing in Australia & Papua New Guinea. Amor scored a try in Ireland's winning opening match against Italy.

Cumbria

On 5 Oct 2022, he captained

for the second time in a

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warm-up game against .

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.

References

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.orgSt Helens profileSL profile2017 RLWC profile

Saints Heritage Society profile
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