Simon Amor

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Simon Amor

Birth name	Simon Daniel Edward Amor
Date of birth	(1979-04-25) 25 April 1979 (age 42)
Place of birth	Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb)
School	Hampton School
University	Cambridge University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team London Scottish Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–1998 1999 1999 2002–2006 2006–2008 2008–2010 Harlequins London Irish Blackheath Coventry Rugby Lions Gloucester London Wasps London Scottish 1 11 10 (11) (83) (9) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points)   England Students National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2001–2006 England
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team competition

Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979) is an English rugby union former player and current coach. He played scrum-half and fly-half for London Scottish and captained the England national rugby sevens team. He has been the head coach of the England national rugby sevens team and was recently attack coach for the England national rugby team.^[1]

Early life[]

Amor was educated at Denmead Preparatory School, Hampton School, St. Mary's University College (Twickenham) and Cambridge University. At Cambridge he earned a blue playing in the 2000 Varsity Rugby Match for Cambridge University RFC against Oxford University RFC at Twickenham Stadium and went on to graduate with a degree in Management Studies. He also completed an MBA whilst playing professional rugby.

Playing career[]

Amor started his rugby career at London Irish where he played as a junior before joining the senior squad. During the summer of 2002, Amor signed a professional contract with Gloucester. He has previously played for Harlequins, London Irish, Blackheath, Coventry and the Rugby Lions. Whilst at Gloucester he was a replacement in the 2003 Powergen Cup Final in which Gloucester defeated Northampton Saints.^[2]

In August 2002, Amor represented the England Sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.He played again at the 2006 Commonwealth Games winning a silver medal. In 2003 he was part of the England squad to face the Barbarian F.C. at Twickenham. In December 2004, Amor was the inaugural IRB Sevens Player of the Year. Amor captained England to win the Hong Kong 7s four times.

In August 2005, Amor was instrumental in Gloucester's victory at the Middlesex Sevens.

In May 2006, Amor joined London Wasps, as replacement for their retiring scrum-half, Matt Dawson. In August 2006, Amor was the key playmaker in London Wasps's victory at the Middlesex Sevens.

Coaching[]

In 2008, Amor signed as a player/coach for London Scottish. He became a Performance Advisor at UK Sport^[3] and was appointed on to the Advisory Board of Ultimate Rugby Sevens. In May 2010, Amor took over the role of Head Coach for London Scottish, and in November 2011, took over the role of Director of Rugby at the club. In 2012 he led them to promotion to the RFU Championship.

He was Head Coach of the England women sevens team at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In September 2013 he took over the role of Head Coach of the England national rugby sevens team and was the longest serving England 7s coach. He was responsible for bringing together the men's and women's programs and oversaw them both. In 2016, Amor was appointed Head Coach of the Great Britain Sevens team who went on to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. 2017 saw England finish 2nd in the World Rugby Sevens Series, equaling their highest ever finish. The previous time this was achieved was in 2006 when Amor was captain of the squad. In 2018 England were runners up at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. 2019 saw both the men's and the women's sevens teams qualify for 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2020, he was appointed attack coach of the England Rugby team, under Eddie Jones^[4] where the team won the 2020 6 Nations Championship and the Autumn Nations Cup. He left the role in May 2021.^[5]

See also[]

• Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
• Hampton School

References[]

External links[]

• Gloucester Profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• "England Sevens Profile". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
• "Wasps profile". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
• Guinness Premiership profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Advisory Board". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• "England Sevens Head Coach Announcement". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.