{"id":443553,"date":"2026-02-24T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443553\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:26:11","slug":"james-ramm-northampton-saints-winger-to-join-western-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443553\/","title":{"rendered":"James Ramm: Northampton Saints winger to join Western Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Versatile Northampton Saints winger James Ramm will join Australian Super Rugby side Western Force on a two-year deal at the end of the Prem season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 27-year-old helped Northampton to the Premiership title in 2024 and has so far scored 31 tries in 68 appearances during his four years at Franklin&#8217;s Gardens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He returns to his native Australia where he previously played for New South Wales Waratahs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ramm, who started in Saints&#8217; European Champions Cup final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c9vgd008jppo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeat by Bordeaux-Begles<\/a> last season, says he feels it is the &#8220;right time&#8221; to &#8220;head home&#8221; as he attempts to break into the Australian side ahead of next year&#8217;s World Cup being hosted there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The prospect of a home Rugby World Cup is incredibly motivating,&#8221; Ramm told <a href=\"https:\/\/westernforce.rugby\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Western Force website, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Representing your country on home soil in front of family and friends, in my eyes, is the pinnacle of any Aussie rugby player&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But I know that selection starts with consistent performances at Super Rugby level and that&#8217;s where my full attention will be.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Versatile Northampton Saints winger James Ramm will join Australian Super Rugby side Western Force on a two-year deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-443553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443553","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=443553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}