Amos Roberts
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Amos Roberts
|fullname =
|image = Amos roberts.jpg
|imagesize = 180px
|caption = Roberts with the Roosters in 2008
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|11|2}}
|birth_place = Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
|height = {{convert|181|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|92|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WPlayerP.aspx?id=2 |title=Wigan Warriiors Player Profile Amos Roberts |work=web page |publisher=wiganwarriors.com |access-date=16 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314192343/http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WPlayerP.aspx?id=2 |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}
|retired = yes
|position = {{Rlp|WG|FB}}
|club1 = {{nowrap|St. George Illawarra}}
|year1start = 2000
|year1end = 03
|appearances1 = 65
|tries1 = 29
|goals1 = 26
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 168
|club2 = {{nowrap|Penrith Panthers}}
|year2start = 2004
|year2end =
|appearances2 = 23
|tries2 = 23
|goals2 = 32
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 156
|club3 = Sydney Roosters
|year3start = 2005
|year3end = 08
|appearances3 = 89
|tries3 = 54
|goals3 = 42
|fieldgoals3 = 0
|points3 = 300
|club4 = Wigan Warriors
|year4start = 2009
|year4end = 12
|appearances4 = 55
|tries4 = 27
|goals4 = 6
|fieldgoals4 = 0
|points4 = 120
|teamA = {{nowrap|NSW Country}}
|yearAstart = 2004
|yearAend = 08
|appearancesA = 5
|triesA = 4
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 16
|teamB = {{nowrap|Prime Minister's XIII}}
|yearBstart = 2005
|yearBend =
|appearancesB = 2
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|source = [https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/amos-roberts/summary.html Amos Roberts] rugbyleagueproject.org[https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Amos-Roberts/ loverugbyleague]
|updated = 15 December 2023
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| relatives = Tyronne Roberts-Davis (nephew)
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Amos Roberts (born 2 November 1980) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he played in Australia's National Rugby League for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and Sydney Roosters clubs and in the Super League for the Wigan Warriors.
Rugby league career
=NRL career=
Roberts made his NRL début in 2000 with the St George Illawarra Dragons, scoring 22 points in that match. In 2004 he signed with the Penrith Panthers and scored 23 tries in 23 games that year to become the competition's top try scorer that year. He signed with the Sydney Roosters in 2005. He scored 17 tries in 2005 and 18 tries in 2006. {{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}
Roberts injured his knee at the start of the 2007 season and made his return in Round 3 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He scored his first try of 07 in Round 13 against the North Queensland Cowboys. {{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
Roberts was set and ready to join close friend and fellow winger/fullback Nathan Merritt at the South Sydney Rabbitohs before the deal fell through due to the club announcing the signing of Panthers star Luke Lewis, however, this deal also fell through. {{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}
In October 2008, Roberts was released from the final year of his contract with the Roosters to take up a four-year deal with English Super League club Wigan Warriors.{{cite news|publisher=Fox Sports News (Australia)|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24949598-5016947,00.html|title=Former Sydney Roosters flyer Amos Roberts joins Super League club Wigan|date=22 January 2009|access-date=23 January 2009}}
=Wigan Warriors=
In 2010 Roberts has been in scintillating form scoring in all but 3 of his 10 appearances for Wigan including a hat-trick away at Castleford Tigers. His performances have helped put Wigan at the top of Super League and have potentially put him forward for the end-of-season Man of Steel award.
During the Easter Monday game against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at the DW Stadium, Amos suffered an injury to his knee ligaments after colliding with the post in the process of scoring his 12th try of the season.{{cite news|publisher=Fox Sports News (Australia)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18043362|title=Wigan Warriors winger Amos Roberts retires from rugby at 31|date=12 May 2012|access-date=12 May 2012}} He recovered to play the Leeds Rhinos on 29 May 2010 but struggled to get back into form.
In 2011 season Roberts made only 6 appearances for the club, spending much of it in the reserves unable to force his way into the squad.
On 12 May 2012 Roberts announced his retirement after several failed comebacks from the injury and complications that arose. His last appearance had been against Castleford Tigers almost a year prior.
Career highlights
Roberts scored 22 points on début (1 try and 9 goals) with the St. George-Illawarra Dragons on 6 May 2000 against the Auckland Warriors. This is the standing National Rugby League premiership record for points scored on a first grade debut. He was selected as the Dally M Winger of the Year in 2004. {{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
He has represented four times for Country vs City since 2004 and twice been selected to play in a Prime Minister's XIII (2005 and 2006).
Personal life
Roberts is an Indigenous Australian of Bundjalung people. He is the uncle of the rugby league footballer James Roberts.
Awards
In 2004, Roberts won the Deadly award for Outstanding Achievement in Rugby League. Roberts received the award for his "stellar start to the season, consistent all-round form and the fact he finished the season as the league's leading try-scorer."{{cite web|title=Amos scores again|url=http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe/corporate/celebrity_vibe/showceleb.asp?id=386|access-date=2007-07-16|date=2004-11-01|publisher=Vibe Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061915/http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe/corporate/celebrity_vibe/showceleb.asp?id=386|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Music
In 2007, Roberts, along with South Sydney's Nathan Merritt, appeared in the music video for Anthony Mundine's Platinum Ryder single. Mundine is Roberts' cousin.{{cite news
| last = Halloran
| first = Jessica
| title = A rare glimpse of the quiet side of the Man
| work = The Sydney Morning Herald
| place =Australia
| date = 2005-04-11
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/League/A-rare-glimpse-of-the-quiet-side-of-the-Man/2005/04/10/1113071856147.html
| access-date = 2010-04-24}}
NRL point scoring summary
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! Season !Team!! Appearance !! Interchange !! Tries !! Goals !! F/G !! Points | ||||||
| 2000
|{{Leagueicon|St. George Illawarra Dragons}} St. George Illawarra Dragons | 13 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 52 |
| 2001
|{{Leagueicon|St. George Illawarra Dragons}} St. George Illawarra Dragons | 28 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 66 |
| 2002
|{{Leagueicon|St. George Illawarra Dragons}} St. George Illawarra Dragons | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| 2003
|{{Leagueicon|St. George Illawarra Dragons}} St. George Illawarra Dragons | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2004
|{{Leagueicon|Penrith}} Penrith Panthers | 23 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 156 |
| 2005
|{{Leagueicon|Sydney}} Sydney Roosters | 24 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 94 |
| 2006
|{{Leagueicon|Sydney}} Sydney Roosters | 23 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 96 |
| 2007
|{{Leagueicon|Sydney}} Sydney Roosters | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 44 |
| 2008
|{{Leagueicon|Sydney}} Sydney Roosters | 21 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 68 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1033 Amos Roberts] on the Wigan RL Fansite.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929022857/http://www.1eyedwarrior.com/players/profile.php?firstname=Amos&surname=Roberts]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051224054523/http://www.koorikids.com.au/ Koori Kids Foundation]
{{National Rugby League top try scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Amos}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
Category:Indigenous Australian rugby league players
Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people
Category:Penrith Panthers players
Category:Prime Minister's XIII players
Category:Rugby league fullbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Kempsey, New South Wales
Category:St. George Illawarra Dragons players
Category:Sydney Roosters players