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James Ramm's unorthodox rehab for his MCL injury
As Northampton Saints wing James Ramm nears his return to action having been on the sidelines since November with an MCL injury, his final stages of rehab have taken an unorthodox turn.
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The 25-year-old picked up the knee injury in a 36-33 win over Harlequins at Franklin’s Gardens- the first win of their current ten-match unbeaten run. His club recently revealed that the Australian-born, English-qualified back is nearing a return, but before making his comeback he returned to his “gymnastics roots”.
Ramm posted an update on his injury recently on social media, which showed him trying out various gymnastics skills. The former Waratahs star was backflipping, handstanding and pommel horsing in a surprisingly impressive display of gymnastics.
He wrote on Instagram: “Final stages of MCL rehab had us back to the gymnastics roots. Testing the knee in some compromising positions under fatigue, and having some fun.”
Not only does this show that Ramm is very close to a return, with Northampton’s Gallagher Premiership campaign resuming on Friday against Bristol Bears, but he definitely has a flamboyant try celebration in his locker for future use.
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Ramm signed a new deal with the Saints in February, a season-and-a-half after arriving from Australia at the beginning of last season.
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After signing, he said how this injury has only made him more excited for what lies ahead, saying: “I am very excited to be staying here in Northampton. I loved my first year here, and having a bit of a setback this year with injury has only made me hungrier for the seasons still to come.
“The biggest thing for me is that I have seen myself become a better player while at the Club. One of the reasons I came over here was to grow as a player, and play as much rugby as possible.”
“The way that the coaches work here ensures that you get better as a player, and therefore the team gets better, which is something I’m really excited for in the coming seasons.
“It is a really lovely group of lads in the squad, I have never been in a place like it. The results this season reflect how close of a group this is, and you can see it when we are playing – this is a group I want to be part of for the long term.”
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1 Go to commentsWhy cant I watch Rugby games please?
1 Go to commentsBeautiful shot from Finau, end of story. Gutted for Shaun Stevenson though.
4 Go to commentsThe Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
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4 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
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11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
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31 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
31 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
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