{"id":320549,"date":"2011-03-18T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:44:05","slug":"saints-strengthen-with-half-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints strengthen with half-backs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n
\n
\n\t\t\t\t\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Lamb made his professional debut at Gloucester in 2005\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Northampton Saints have secured Wales international scrum-half Martin Roberts and London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb for the 2011\/12 season.<\/b><\/p>\n

Roberts, 24, plays his club rugby for Magners League side Scarlets. <\/p>\n

Lamb, who is also 24 and started his career at Gloucester, said: “It’s not the biggest of places but it has an incredibly strong fanbase. <\/p>\n

“The club has high aspirations and want to be at the top and as an individual that is obviously great.” <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Before his move to Sunbury, Lamb was part of the Gloucester squad that topped the Premiership table in the 2006\/07 and 2007\/08 seasons.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t <\/p>\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\n
\n
\n

\t\t\tAs a nine it is also important to play behind a strong pack<\/b>
\n\t\t
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Wales fly-half Martin Roberts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

He added: “I have really enjoyed my time at London Irish and am thankful to the coaches at the club, particularly Mike Catt. <\/p>\n

“He has definitely had an influence on my game and helped me improve my kicking and tactical play.” <\/p>\n

Roberts made his debut for Wales against Canada in 2008 and has since picked up two more caps in the 2010 Six Nations campaign. <\/p>\n

He said: “The prospect of playing Premiership rugby is exciting. <\/p>\n

“As a nine it is also important to play behind a strong pack, which the Saints have at the moment. <\/p>\n

“I’ve watched Saints games on TV and it is always a full house, and even when they went down for the season they had massive crowds, which speaks volumes.”\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

See more here:
\nSaints strengthen with half-backs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lamb made his professional debut at Gloucester in 2005 Northampton Saints have secured Wales international scrum-half Martin Roberts and London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb for the 2011\/12 season. Roberts, 24, plays his club rugby for Magners League side Scarlets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nSaints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Saints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Lamb made his professional debut at Gloucester in 2005 Northampton Saints have secured Wales international scrum-half Martin Roberts and London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb for the 2011\/12 season. Roberts, 24, plays his club rugby for Magners League side Scarlets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Saints strengthen with half-backs\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-18T15:44:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\",\"name\":\"Saints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-18T15:44:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Saints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Lamb made his professional debut at Gloucester in 2005 Northampton Saints have secured Wales international scrum-half Martin Roberts and London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb for the 2011\/12 season. Roberts, 24, plays his club rugby for Magners League side Scarlets.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Saints strengthen with half-backs","datePublished":"2011-03-18T15:44:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/","name":"Saints strengthen with half-backs - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-18T15:44:05+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/saints-strengthen-with-half-backs\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3ecfba309_ryan_lamb.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}