James, is originally from Auckland, New Zealand and played in the North Harbour province. He came over to England to play his rugby back in November 2014. He has played for Plymouth Albion RFC, Darlington Mowden Park RFC and was the first signing of the 2017 / 2018 season by Nottingham Rugby.

Ian Marriott, director at West Bridgford Rugby commented " We are very pleased and excited to have secured James's services as forwards coach and look forward to working with him to build on the solid foundations already laid by the outgoing coach Toby Freeman and new head coach Gareth Kerr"

http://www.nottinghampost.com/nottingham-rugby-make-james-penman-first-new-signing-for-next-season/story-30192098-detail/story.html

Video clip of James in action : https://youtu.be/AGp8S06pxfw