{{Short description|English rugby union player (born 1986)}} {{For|the Emmerdale character|Ryan Lamb (Emmerdale)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ryan Lamb | image = Ryan lamb (4319558619).jpg | caption = Lamb in 2010 | birth_name = Ryan Lamb | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|18}} | birth_place = Gloucester, England | height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/northampton_saints.php?section=1 |title= Aviva Premiership Rugby - Northampton Saints |work= web page |publisher= Premier Rugby |access-date= 9 September 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120202052702/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/northampton_saints.php?section=1 |archivedate= 2 February 2012}}</ref> | school = Severn Vale School<br/>St Peter's High School | position = Fly-half | ru_currentteam = Plymouth Albion | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2004–2009 | years2 = 2009-2011 | years3 = 2011-2013 | years4 = 2013-2014 | years5 = 2014-2017 | years6 = 2017–2019 | years7 = 2019 | clubs1 = Gloucester | clubs2 = London Irish | clubs3 = Northampton Saints | clubs4 = Leicester Tigers | clubs5 = Worcester Warriors | clubs6 = La Rochelle | clubs7 = Scarlets | apps1 = 85 | apps2 = 49 | apps3 = 55 | apps4 = 6 | apps5 = 51 | apps6 = 18 | apps7 = 6 | points1 = 569 | points2 = 390 | points3 = 370 | points4 = 29 | points5 = 246 | points6 = 88 | points7 = 5 | ru_clubupdate = 1 January 2020 | repyears1 = 2007–2008 | repteam1 = England Saxons | repcaps1 = 5 | reppoints1 = 46 | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | pcupdate = | repupdate = }}
'''Ryan Lamb''' (born 18 May 1986 in Gloucester) is an English former rugby union player who played at fly-half.
==Club career== 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.<ref name="Gloucester 46-13 Brive">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/european/4849618.stm|title=Gloucester 46–13 Brive|publisher=BBC|date=2006-04-01|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref> Lamb started in the subsequent final, as Gloucester defeated his future club, London Irish.<ref name="Gloucester 36-34 London Irish">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/european/4989032.stm|title=Gloucester 36–34 London Irish|publisher=BBC|date=2006-05-21|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref>
He became first choice at Fly-half for Gloucester Rugby 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.<ref name="Premiership final">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/6637669.stm|title=Premiership final|publisher=BBC|date=2007-05-12|access-date=2009-12-23|first=Mark|last=Orlovac}}</ref><ref name="Gloucester 25-26 Leicester">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/gloucester/7395892.stm|title=Gloucester 25–26 Leicester|publisher=BBC|date=2008-05-18|access-date=2009-12-23|first=James|last=Standley}}</ref>
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<ref name="Gloucester 12-16 Blues">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7823023.stm|title=Gloucester 12–16 Blues|publisher=BBC|date=2009-01-18|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref> amid concern that he failed to exercise sufficient control over games.<ref name="Ryan Lamb">{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/player/15531.html|title=Ryan Lamb|publisher=ESPN Scrum|date=2008-10-15|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref>
Lamb was released by Gloucester at the end of the 2008–09 season.<ref name="Gloucester release Allen and Lamb">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/gloucester/8029019.stm|title=Gloucester release Allen and Lamb|publisher=BBC|date=2009-05-01|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref> Lamb signed for London Irish.<ref name="London Irish sign fly-half Lamb">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/london_irish/8046459.stm|title=London Irish sign fly-half Lamb|publisher=BBC|date=2009-05-12|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref>
During the Guinness Premiership match between London Irish and Sale Sharks on 28 March 2010, Lamb successfully converted a penalty to take his points tally for that competition past the 500-mark. On 24 March 2011, he signed a contract that took him to Northampton Saints for the 2011/12 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/northampton/9429303.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Northampton Saints sign Ryan Lamb from London Irish|date=18 March 2011}}</ref> On 20 February 2013, Lamb would leave Northampton Saints to join Leicester Tigers for the 2013/14 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/21522861|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Ryan Lamb to join Leicester Tigers from Northampton Saints|date=20 February 2013}}</ref> However, on 10 February 2014, Lamb left Leicester Tigers after seven months to join with Worcester Warriors with immediate effect, where he rejoined Director of Rugby Dean Ryan at the Sixways Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/premiership.asp?id=41402|publisher=Rugby Week|title=Ryan Lamb leaves Leicester Tigers to join Worcester Warriors|date=10 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140210171544/http://www.rugbyweek.com/news/premiership.asp?id=41402|archivedate=10 February 2014}}</ref> He scored the winning conversion as Worcester were promoted back to the Aviva Premiership for the 2015–2016 season, beating Bristol 59–58 on aggregate.
On 19 May 2017, Lamb left Worcester for France, joining the Top 14 club La Rochelle on a two-year deal ahead of the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.planetrugby.com/news/lamb-on-his-way-to-la-rochelle/|work=Planet Rugby|title=Worcester Warriors fly-half Ryan Lamb to join Top 14 French club La Rochelle|date=19 May 2017}}</ref> On 20 September 2019, Lamb returns to the UK to join Welsh region Scarlets in the Pro14 as cover during the 2019 Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/scarlets-snap-up-former-england-16955696|publisher=Wales Online|title=The Scarlets snap up former England A star Ryan Lamb and South Africa Test player for start of Guinness PRO14 season|date=25 September 2019|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref> Following his stint with Wales, Lamb announces his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/ryan-lamb-announces-retirement-from-professional-rugby/23027.htm#:~:text=Former%20England%20Saxons%20fly%2Dhalf,points%20in%20over%2050%20appearances.|title=Ryan Lamb announces retirement from professional rugby|date=19 June 2019|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
==International career== In 2006, Lamb represented England at the IRB U21 World Championship.<ref name="England U21 31-12 Scotland U21">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/5087894.stm|title=England U21 31–12 Scotland U21|publisher=BBC|date=2006-06-17|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref> He debuted for the England Saxons on his 21st birthday against the USA at the 2007 Churchill Cup.<ref name="Saxons show their mettle with confident display">{{cite web|url=http://www.rfu.com/News/2007/May/News%20Articles/SaxonsShowTheirMettleWithConfidentDisplay?a=1&y=2007|title=Saxons show their mettle with confident display|publisher=RFU|date=2007-05-18|access-date=2009-12-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927174132/http://www.rfu.com/News/2007/May/News%20Articles/SaxonsShowTheirMettleWithConfidentDisplay?a=1&y=2007|archivedate=27 September 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name="England Saxons squad for Ireland A match">{{cite web|url=http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=18739|title=England Saxons squad for Ireland A match|publisher=RFU|date=2008-01-23|access-date=2008-02-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402084639/http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=18739|archivedate=2 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="Varndell shines in Saxons victory">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/7217616.stm|title=Varndell shines in Saxons victory|publisher=BBC|date=2008-02-02|access-date=2008-02-05}}</ref><ref name="Saxons beat Scotland A in final">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/7464282.stm|title=Saxons beat Scotland A in final|publisher=BBC|date=2008-06-21|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref>
==Personal life== Lamb was arrested in the early hours of 1 March 2009 outside Subtone, a nightclub in Cheltenham. Lamb was charged with assault,<ref name="BBC report on arrest">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7926251.stm|title=BBC report on arrest|publisher=BBC|date=2009-03-05|access-date=2009-03-05}}</ref> and was later fined for the incident.<ref name="Rugby player punched fan in face">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7932896.stm|title=Rugby player punched fan in face|publisher=BBC|date=2009-03-09|access-date=2009-12-23}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8684525.stm | work=BBC News | title=Rugby player injured in bar brawl | date=2010-05-15}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Following his retirement, Lamb returns to his hometown of Gloucester where he became the new Backs and Attack coach for Hartpury University who compete in the RFU Championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/former-gloucester-rugby-fly-half-4523427|publisher=Gloucestershire Live|title=Former Gloucester Rugby fly-half Ryan Lamb takes up new role with Hartpury RFC|date=17 September 2020|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
More recently, Lamb has been sharing his vast experience as backs coach at National League One club Plymouth Albion. Alongside another former professional Damien Welch, Lamb has been responsible for developing a new squad during COVID times at the Brickfields-based club.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614080513/http://www.london-irish.com/playerdisplaySS.ink?skip=18&season=08/09&seasonl=2009/2010&playertype=P London Irish profile]}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425091655/http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/rugby/squad.php?player=5100&includeref=dynamic Gloucester Rugby Profile] *[http://www.england-rugby.com/englandrugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=News.News_Detail&storyid=15715 England profile] *{{ItsRugby|2940}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Ryan}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:English rugby union players Category:Rugby union players from Gloucester Category:People educated at St Peter's High School, Gloucester Category:Gloucester Rugby players Category:London Irish players Category:Northampton Saints players Category:Leicester Tigers players Category:Worcester Warriors players Category:Stade Rochelais players Category:Scarlets players Category:English expatriate rugby union players in France Category:Rugby union fly-halves Category:English people of Irish descent Category:Sportspeople of Irish descent Category:Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. players