Nathan Amos נתן עמוס | |
Birth Name: | Nathan Amos נתן עמוס |
Birth Date: | 1979 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Salisbury Rhodesia |
Weight: | 246 lb |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Ru Clubyears: | 1997–2002 2002–2011[1] 2006 2011–2013 2013– |
Ru Proclubs: | Upper Galilee RC Rainey Old Boys Edmonton Irish Canadian[2] TV Pforzheim[3] ASA Tel Aviv RC |
Ru Clubcaps: | 4 |
Ru Clubpoints: | 10 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2000– |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 60 |
Nathan Amos (Hebrew: נתן עמוס; born August 11, 1979) is an international rugby union player for Israel.[4] Amos is one of the only Israeli rugby players that played his trade abroad and is the most capped player in Israel .[5]
Amos played for Rainey Old Boys Rugby Club in Northern Ireland from 2002 to 2011.[6]
He moved to play in the Rugby-Bundesliga for TV Pforzheim in the start of the 2011–12 season where Pforzheim finished as runners up.
In January 2013 he returned to Israel to play for ASA Tel Aviv Rugby Club with them he won the Israeli championship in 2015 and 2016.[7] [8]
In 2005, Amos scored the winning try for Israel against the United Kingdom at the Maccabiah Games to secure the bronze medal.[9] Amos was a critical part of Israel's promotion from the European Division 3C to 3B in 2009.[10]
Nathan's younger brother, Danny, is a professional football player in Israel.