Mo Agoro

Mo Agoro (born 29 January 1993) is an English born rugby league player who plays at international level for Jamaica and at domestic level for Keighley Cougars in League 1. Playing at wing or second-row Agoro has previously played for Oldham, Hunslet, Gloucestershire All Golds and Newcastle Thunder with short loan periods at Hemel Stags and London Skolars.

Mo Agoro
Personal information
Born (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993
Leeds, England
Playing information
PositionWing, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–14 Oldham 40 27 0 0 108
2015–16 Hunslet 19 5 0 0 20
2015 (DR) → Hemel Stags 5 3 12
2016–17 Gloucestershire All Golds 34 21 0 0 84
2018–19 Newcastle Thunder 37 22 0 0 88
2019 (Loan) → London Skolars 4 2 8
2020– Keighley Cougars 3 0 0 0 0
Total 142 80 0 0 320
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015 Jamaica 7 0 0 0 0
As of 30 January 2021 (UTC)
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

Of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage Agoro was raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and played for Leeds Rhinos Academy before signing his first professional contract with Oldham at the end of 2012.[3] After a debut appearance against North Wales Crusaders Agoro went on to play 40 games for Oldham scoring 27 tries in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[4] At the end of the 2014 season he signed for Hunslet where he stayed for two seasons, including a short period in 2015 playing for Hemel Stags with whom Hunslet had a dual registration agreement.[5][6] Partway through the 2016 season, finding first-team appearances at Hunslet limited, Agoro joined Gloucestershire All Golds on loan before making the move permanent in September 2016.[7][8] With the withdrawal of the All Golds from the league at the end of 2017, Agoro joined Newcastle Thunder for 2018.[9] Extending his stay at Newcastle for 2019, Agoro scored 22 tries in 37 appearances before joining London Skolars on loan in July 2019.[10] Released by Newcastle following the conclusion of the 2019 season, Agoro joined Keighley on a two-year contract.[11][12]

International career

Agoro was first selected for the Jamaica national team for the Americas qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Cup and won his first cap as one of the interchange players in the match against United States on 4 December 2015.[13] His first starting appearance cam in the same tournament in the 18–all draw with Canada on 8 December.[14] As of November 2019 Agoro has been capped by Jamaica seven times, most recently in the friendly against England Knights in October 2019.[15]

References
  1. "Mo Agoro". Love Rugby League. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. "Mo Agoro". Rugby League Project. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. "Agoro opts for Oldham move". Love Rugby League. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. "Mo Agoro". Oldham RLFC. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. "Cook joins Skolars on loan as Agoro and Darby join Hemel – Hunslet RLFC". Hunslet R.L.F.C. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. "Agoro becomes a Hawk". Love Rugby League. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. "Agoro joins All Golds on loan". Love Rugby League. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "All Golds land Agoro". All Golds Rugby League Gloucestershire. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. "Agoro wings in for new campaign". Newcastle Thunder. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  10. "Skolars sign Jamaican international on loan". Love Rugby League. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  11. McAllister, Josh (18 November 2019). "Misi Taulapapa headlines Newcastle's departure list". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  12. "Keighley Cougars snap up Jamaican winger". Telegraph and Argus. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  13. "United States 20 Jamaica 14". RLEF. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  14. "Canada 18 Jamaica 18". RLEF. 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  15. "New Cougars ace plays for Jamaica in England defeat". Keighley News. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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