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Former England Saxons flyhalf Lamb calls time
By Ian Cameron
Former England Saxon flyhalf Ryan Lamb has called time on his rugby career.
The La Rochelle playmaker saw his saw side knocked out of Top14 playoffs - losing 20 - 6 to Toulouse in the semi-finals on Saturday night.
Lamb took to social media to tell fans: "Time to hang up my boots."
"I would like to thank every player, coach and fan who have helped and supported me over the last 15 years. I feel so lucky to be able to travel the globe and play with and against some of the best players in the world but more importantly I've met some great people who I will call friends for life!
"Biggest thank you to my family, without my mum and dad I would of never had the opportunities when I was young. Also to my wife Danielle and my children who have followed and supported me everywhere on my rugby journey. Love you all. Onto the next chapter!"
The 33-year-old storied career saw him play at Gloucester, London Irish, Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers, as well as earning five caps for the England Saxons.
His contract with La Rochelle came to an end this season, having joined the French side in 2017 where he earned 18 caps, 15 of which were as a starting player.
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No he's just limited in what he can do. Like Scott Robertson. And Eddie Jones.
Sometimes it doesn't work out so you have to go looking for another national coach who supports his country and believes in what he is doing. Like NZ replacing Ian Foster. And South Africa bringing Erasmus back in to over see Neinbar.
This is the real world. Not the fantasy oh you don't need passion for your country for international rugby. Ask a kiwi, or a south african or a frenchman.
Go to commentsDont complain too much or start jumping to conclusions.
Here in NZ commentators have been blabbing that our bottom pathway competition the NPC (provincial teams only like Taranaki, Wellington etc)is not fit for purpose ie supplying players to Super rugby level then they started blabbing that our Super Rugby comp (combined provincial unions making up, Crusaders, Hurricanes, etc) wasn't good enough without the South African teams and for the style SA and the northern powers play at test level.
Here is what I reckon, Our comps are good enough for how WE want to play rugby not how Ireland, SA, England etc play. Our comps are high tempo, more rucks, mauls, running plays, kicks in play, returns, in a game than most YES alot of repetition but that builds attacking skillsets and mindsets. I don't want to see world teams all play the same they all have their own identity and style as do England (we were scared with all this kind of talk when they came here) World powerhouse for a reason, losses this year have been by the tiniest of margins and could have gone either way in alot of games. Built around forward power and blitz defence they have got a great attack Wingers are chosen for their Xfactor now not can they chase up and unders all day. Stick to your guns its not far off
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