Nathan Amos ( he, נתן עמוס; born August 11, 1979) is an international

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player for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Amos is one of the only Israeli rugby players that played his trade abroad and is the most capped player in Israel .

Playing career

Northern Ireland

Amos played for

Rainey Old Boys Rugby Club Rainey Old Boys Rugby Football Club is situated in the market town of Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. At present, they field 4 senior teams and 3 youth teams (the Rhinos) un ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

from 2002 to 2011.

Germany

He moved to play in the

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for

TV Pforzheim The TV Pforzheim is a German rugby union club from Pforzheim, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga, having won promotion to the league in 2011. Apart from rugby, ''TVP'' offers other sports like gymnastics, volleyball and track and field. H ...

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.

International

In 2005, Amos scored the winning try for Israel against the United Kingdom at the Maccabiah Games to secure the bronze medal. Amos was a critical part of Israel's promotion from the European Division 3C to 3B in 2009.

Personal life

Nathan's younger brother,

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, is a professional

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player in Israel.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amos, Nathan 1979 births Living people South African emigrants to Israel Israeli Jews Israeli rugby union players Jewish rugby union players South African Jews South African rugby union players Maccabiah Games medalists in rugby union Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel Israeli expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Northern Ireland Expatriate rugby union players in Germany Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Germany Israeli people of Zimbabwean descent Rugby union props