{"id":384461,"date":"2026-01-22T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/384461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:15:08","slug":"st-helens-rugby-league-great-james-roby-launches-creative-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/384461\/","title":{"rendered":"St Helens rugby league great James Roby launches creative agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Roby &#8211; who spent 20 years at Saints, holding the record for the most appearances &#8211; hopes to bring the values of &#8220;elite performance, consistency, and leadership&#8221; into the new venture, which has seen him co-launch a creative agency, titled HOUS.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Joined by marketing and creative specialist Nath Sharratt and former St Helens RFC filmmaker Josh Howard, Roby wants to build the HOUS, as &#8220;a different kind of agency&#8221;, with authentic storytelling a central focus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Discussing his new chapter, Roby said: \u201cAfter finishing my career in professional sport, I\u2019m incredibly excited to be launching this venture with Nath and Josh.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>James Roby has co-founded the business (Image: HOUSE agency)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;HOUS Agency is built on the foundations of teamwork, quality, and consistency that I\u2019ve valued throughout my career.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We work with businesses across sectors while also aspiring to be recognised for creating trusted connections in sport, music, and the wider creative industries.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  HOUS marked its launch by announcing the sponsorship of Muay Thai fighters Danny Pretten and Leonie Hardman.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The agency is throwing its full support behind Hardman as she prepares to compete in the world-renowned RWS (Rajadamnern World Series) in Thailand, fighting at the historic Rajadamnern Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roby &#8211; who spent 20 years at Saints, holding the record for the most appearances &#8211; hopes to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-384461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}