{"id":8686,"date":"2016-02-02T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8686"},"modified":"2016-02-02T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:06:02","slug":"revisiting-jamie-roberts-roots-ahead-of-six-nations-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/02\/revisiting-jamie-roberts-roots-ahead-of-six-nations-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Jamie Roberts\u2019 roots ahead of Six Nations kick off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">WE visited Jamie Roberts\u2019 old team, Rumney RFC, last Saturday ahead of Wales\u2019 Six Nations opener versus Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rumney RFC staff expressed pride at having once had Roberts on their books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Club chairman, Andy Jones, explained how Roberts had always remembered his roots:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cJamie did come through our junior section in his early days and he has been good to us. He has remembered that. He donated a couple of his Lions shirts to the club for our presentation cabinet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">RUMNEY RFC\u2019s 2nd XV visited St Peters RFC 2nd XV in a grudge match.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10664\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-25-at-12.12.56.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10664\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10664\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-25-at-12.12.56-300x168.png\" alt=\"Rumney second row Chris Locke was enthusiastic ahead of his team's clash with St Peters.\" width=\"355\" height=\"199\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10664\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-25-at-12.12.56-300x168.png\" alt=\"Rumney second row Chris Locke was enthusiastic ahead of his team's clash with St Peters.\" width=\"355\" height=\"199\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Rumney second row Chris Locke was enthusiastic ahead of his team&#8217;s clash with St Peters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Rumney first team\u2019s match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rumney were seeking retribution for a close defeat they suffered at St Peters\u2019 hands the last time the sides met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">From waterlogged pitches to second rows kicking, the world of amateur of rugby must seem a million miles apart from Roberts\u2019 coveted position in the professional game today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"St Peters RFC 2nd XV 6 - 11 Rumney RFC 2nd XV - On the Frontlines of Welsh Amateur Rugby\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8Nvc3Ke4cc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"St Peters RFC 2nd XV 6 - 11 Rumney RFC 2nd XV - On the Frontlines of Welsh Amateur Rugby\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8Nvc3Ke4cc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WE visited Jamie Roberts\u2019 old team, Rumney RFC, last Saturday ahead of Wales\u2019 Six Nations opener versus Ireland. Rumney RFC staff expressed pride at having once had Roberts on their books. Club chairman, Andy Jones, explained how Roberts had always remembered his roots: \u201cJamie did come through our junior section in his early days and he has been good to us. He has remembered that. He donated a couple of his Lions shirts to the club for our presentation cabinet.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugby"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revisiting Jamie Roberts\u2019 roots ahead of Six Nations kick off - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/02\/revisiting-jamie-roberts-roots-ahead-of-six-nations-kick-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Revisiting Jamie Roberts\u2019 roots ahead of Six Nations kick off - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WE visited Jamie Roberts\u2019 old team, Rumney RFC, last Saturday ahead of Wales\u2019 Six Nations opener versus Ireland. 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