SAINTS’ player of the year Kyle Amor has plenty of ambitions — but the burning desire to pull on the white shirt of England this autumn is up there at the top.

Despite Wayne Bennett having a strong group of established front rowers to choose from, Amor’s consistent performances in 2016 have put him on the radar of the national selectors.

And his club coach Keiron Cunningham thinks England selection would not only be deserved, but would help his development as a leader.

Amor said: “I would absolutely love to play for my country.

“It is something I have always wanted to do since my Wakefield days when I started believing in myself.

“That is why I came to this club when I had the opportunity to pick where I could go.

“It would be the best thing to happen to me but it is out of my hands.”

There is no shortage of competition with the Burgess brothers, former Saints skipper James Graham, Chris Hill and Mike Cooper being formidable incumbents.

If you throw into the mix fellow Saint Alex Walmsley and Hull’s Scott Taylor, there are no shortage of big middles hoping to take it the Aussies and Kiwis.

But Amor will not give up on a career dream so easily.

“I am under no illusion that we are very blessed with prop forwards in England,” he said.

“There are lots who have been tried and tested on the international stage and have done well.

“I have got to be a bit real, I may be a bit down the pecking order when you look at the list.

“But if Big Al had not had his injuries he would have probably been in last year the way he was playing.

“If I could get called in it would be nice, but if not it is not to be it is just a case of being a bit unlucky with the timing of all the great players we have got there.

“But I certainly want to stake a claim for it.

“I’d love nothing more to play for my country.

“Kez has spoken to me there and says he wants me to go for it, bit it is out of mine and his hands,” he said.

Coach Cunningham felt that an England call-up would benefit Amor in the same way it has taken Warrington’s skipper Chris Hill to another level.

He praised the way Amor has produced the goods every week this season.

Cunningham said: “Kyle will say himself that last year we talked about inconsistency.

“My job as a coach is to take players to the next level. How do you make good players great players — and that is one of the headaches of being a coach.

“For me Kyle’s biggest weakness was his inconsistency as a player — he was so chalk and cheese last year. Phenomenal one week, terrible the week after. Or put two or three good games together and then a couple of bad ones.

“The biggest thing I said to him was look at Chris Hill at Warrington.

“He is one of the best front rowers in the competition and consistently over a period of time has given 7/10 every week.

“It is what great players do.

“For Kyle to take that on board and move forward with that this year, he has been our most consistent performer.

I don’t think there’s been a game where I have thought ‘Kyle has been poor today’.

“Even when we were not playing great Kyle was single-handedly getting us through games and holding the pack up.

“It is good for him and his development.

“He takes a great part in the leadership group and people look at him as a leader.

“When you are a leader, consistency is a given and you have to deliver. That is what Kyle is doing. He is growing every week.”

Amor was named Player of the Year selected by Cunningham and his coaching team.

James Roby was runner up but won Players’ Player of the Year.

Members award went to Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook.