James Verity-Amm | |
Fullname: | James Nicholas Verity-Amm |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1994 |
Birth Place: | Kroonstad, South Africa |
School: | Hottentots Holland High School, Somerset West |
Position: | Wing / Fullback |
Youthyears1: | 2013–2015 |
Years1: | 2017 |
Apps1: | 8 |
Points1: | 5 |
Years2: | 2017 |
Apps2: | 9 |
Points2: | 25 |
Years3: | 2018 |
Apps3: | 1 |
Points3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2020–2021 |
Apps4: | 12 |
Points4: | 35 |
Years5: | 2021– |
Apps5: | 3 |
Points5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022–2023 |
Apps6: | 5 |
Points6: | 15 |
Amatyears1: | 2014–2015 |
Amatapps1: | 14 |
Amatpoints1: | 75 |
Clubupdate: | 23 July 2022 |
James Nicholas Verity-Amm (born 8 June 1994) is a South African rugby union player. Currently released, he previously played for the in the United Rugby Championship and for the in the Currie Cup. He did play as a winger or full-back.
Verity-Amm was born in Kroonstad, but grew up in the Western Cape, where he attended Hottentots Holland High School in Somerset West. In 2013, Verity-Amm made two appearances for the Cape Town-based in the Under-19 Provincial Championship.
He played Varsity Shield rugby for in 2014 and 2015. He scored four tries in seven appearances in 2014 – including two in a match against – as UWC struggled in the competition, finishing second-bottom on the log. In 2015, Verity-Amm endured a purple patch, scoring hat-tricks in both of their matches against, and away to eventual runner-up, and two tries against, to finish as the competition's top scorer with eleven tries in seven starts.
He also featured for in the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship, making three appearances, including one in the final, where he scored a late try to round off his side's 52–17 victory over to secure the title.
In 2016, Verity-Amm moved to Perth in Australia, where he joined the Future Force, the academy of the Western Force Super Rugby franchise.[1] He was named in the Perth Spirit squad for the 2016 National Rugby Championship,[2] but failed to feature in any matches.
After featuring for the Western Force against the Perth Spirit at a pre-season trial match in January 2017 which saw him score a hat-trick of tries in a 22–14 win,[3] Verity-Amm was then named in the starting line-up for their home match against the in Round Ten of the 2017 Super Rugby season.[4]