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James Ramm's unorthodox rehab for his MCL injury
By Josh Raisey
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.
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.
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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It is if he thinks he’s got hold of the ball and there is at least one other player between him and the ball carrier, which is why he has to reach around and over their heads. Not a deliberate action for me.
Go to commentsI understand, but England 30 years ago were a set piece focused kick heavy team not big on using backs.
Same as now.
South African sides from any period will have a big bunch of forwards smashing it up and a first five booting everything in their own half.
NZ until recently rarely if ever scrummed for penalties; the scrum is to attack from, broken play, not structured is what we’re after.
Same as now.
These are ways of playing very ingrained into the culture.
If you were in an English club team and were off to Fiji for a game against a club team you’d never heard of and had no footage of, how would you prepare?
For a forward dominated grind or would you assume they will throw the ball about because they are Fijian?
A Fiji way. An English way.
An Australian way depends on who you’ve scraped together that hasn’t been picked off by AFL or NRL, and that changes from generation to generation a lot of the time.
Actually, maybe that is their style. In fact, yes they have a style.
Nevermind. Fuggit I’ve typed it all out now.
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