Gloucester's England Saxon fly-half
Ryan Lamb talks nonsense with rucked.com...
Which cartoon character/super hero would you most like to be and why?
That’s a good shout - Glen Quagmire off Family Guy. You’ll have to watch the programme to know what I mean.
Did you have a childhood crush on anyone famous?
Carol Vorderman – I’ve always been a sucker for smart women.
How many profiteroles can you eat in one sitting?
To be honest for a slight lad I can eat quite a few, I reckon at least 15-20.
Player at your club you’d least like to fight?
There are a few at our club but I’d say Alasdair Strokosch, as he’s a
black belt in karate and looks like the guy off Hitman.
If you could go back in time where would you go and why?
I’d go back to the Wild West as I’m a keen card player and I’d like to see
what kind of money I could make.
You’ve got one day left to live what would you do?
Try and break into the Playhouse Mansion.
Which team-mate is most like a footballer and why?
Mark Foster and James Bailey, they are both very conscious of the way they
look. They always like to make sure they are looking dapper before they go
out.
Favourite tour tale?
Olly Morgan hiding up a tree half-naked in the middle of Portugal because
he didn’t want his hair shaving off.
Worst/best prank ever seen?
Andrew Hazell phoned up everyone in the squad pretending to be a reporter
and he got about 16 of us, and the interviews ended up going on a podcast.
I got done but got off quite lightly compared to some of the lads who he
had going for up to 15 minutes.
Player you’d least like to room with and why?
Mark Foster. He’d either be on his phone or his laptop, any conversation
with him is stop-start, stop-start, and you never get a word in anyway if
he starts it.
Most memorable teamtalk?
Probably the one after the Twickenham final last year when we had a heart
to heart and there was obviously a lot of disappointed faces around.
Who think he is the best player at the club?
Christian Califano. He thinks he is a fly-half in a prop’s body. He loves
to get involved with the ball handling skills and do drop goals and stuff.
Worst fear?
Being buried at the bottom of a ruck with Danny Grewcock and Sheridan on
top of me, either that or being locked in a room with a load of spiders.
How much was your first-ever wage packet?
£500.
Funniest thing your coach has ever done or said?
The funniest thing is something that happened to him rather than what he
did. Lesley Vainikolo has this tradition that at whatever club he goes to
he has to tackle the coach. In a team run before a game at Ulster Lesley
went up to Dean [Ryan] and bashed him onto the floor, which he wasn’t very
happy about. I had to turn away and hide by the posts. Les is a character.
Asides from your own who has got the fittest missus at the club?
I’d say Andy Hazell’s missus, Kelly. She is a very pretty girl and she’s
from Gloucester, which is an added bonus.