| Full name | Ryan Lamb | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 18, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) [1] | ||
| School | Severn Vale School St Peter's High School |
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| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Fly-half | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2009 2009-2011 2011- |
Gloucester Rugby London Irish Northampton Saints |
58 48 8 |
(373) (390) (58) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007 – | England Saxons | 5 | (46) |
Ryan Lamb (born 18 May 1986 in Gloucester) is a rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.
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A former pupil of St Peter's High School, he made his professional debut in the European Challenge Cup quarter final against Brive in 2006 which Gloucester Rugby won comfortably.[2] Lamb started in the subsequent final, as Gloucester defeated his future club, London Irish.[3]
He became first choice at Fly-half for the Cherry & Whites as they topped the table during the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership and 2007–08 Guinness Premiership seasons. However, they were thwarted in the play-offs in both seasons by the Leicester Tigers.[4][5]
Gloucester's continued failures in key games saw Dean Ryan lose faith in Lamb. He was dropped after Gloucester's home Heineken Cup defeat to Cardiff Blues in January 2009[6] amid concern that he failed to exercise sufficient control over games.[7]
Lamb was released by Gloucester at the end of the 2008–09 season.[8] Lamb signed for London Irish.[9]
During the Guinness Premiership match between London Irish and Sale Sharks on the 28th March 2010, Lamb successfully converted a penalty to take his points tally for that competition past the 500-mark. On the 24th March 2011 he signed a contract which will take him to Northampton Saints for the 2011/12 season.
In 2006, Lamb represented England at the IRB U21 World Championship.[10] He debuted for the England Saxons on his 21st birthday against the USA at the 2007 Churchill Cup.[11] Lamb was also part of the Saxons side that defeated Ireland A on 1 February 2008 and competed at the 2008 Churchill Cup, which the Saxons won.[12][13][14]
Lamb was arrested in the early hours of 1 March 2009 outside Subtone, a nightclub in Cheltenham. Lamb has since been charged with assault.[15]
Lamb was later fined for the incident.[16]
On 9 May 2010, Lamb was hit in the face with a bottle after an altercation involving fellow London Irish players and supporters of Chelsea football club in Clapham. He was taken to hospital but was not seriously injured.[17]
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