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Louis Rees-Zammit \u2013 Walk the Talk trailer | RPTV<\/p>\nLouis Rees-Zammit has sensationally confirmed he is quitting the NFL and returning to rugby, bringing an end to his short-lived attempt to switch codes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got an exciting announcement to make! I\u2019ve decided to leave the NFL and return to rugby!\u201d the 24-year-old posted on Instagram on Thursday night. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience but it\u2019s time to come home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve decided that this is the best time to make this decision to give myself time to get everything in place for next season.<\/p>\n
Louis Rees-Zammit \u2013 Walk the Talk trailer | RPTV<\/p>\n
Wales try-scoring wizard Louis Rees-Zammit joins Jim Hamilton for an exclusive chat about life in the NFL. Watch the full show on RugbyPass TV<\/p>\n
Watch now<\/a><\/p>\n Wales try-scoring wizard Louis Rees-Zammit joins Jim Hamilton for an exclusive chat about life in the NFL. Watch the full show on RugbyPass TV<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s only one thing that\u2019s on my mind, that\u2019s coming back to rugby and doing what I do best. I can\u2019t explain how excited I am!!<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be more news to come soon but for now, see you soon rugby fans,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a whirlwind 18-month period for the LRZ.<\/p>\n In January of last year he stunned rugby fans when he retired from the sport to join the NFL\u2019s International Player Pathway Program, training at the IMG Academy in Florida.<\/p>\n The former Gloucester<\/a> winger clocked 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash at his March pro day and signed with the star-studded Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> later that month.<\/p>\n He featured in three pre-season games for the reigning Super Bowl champions, carrying six times for 22 yards and taking a single reception for three yards, but he did not make the final 53-man roster and was released in August.<\/p>\n He was quickly picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019 practice squad. He took the No. 84 at the struggling franchise and switched from running back to his preferred position of wide receiver.<\/p>\n However, he\u2019s now decided to call time on the NFL to prepare himself for the new rugby season, with club pre-season in the northern hemisphere kicking into gear.<\/p>\n Where it is he is headed in rugby, for now, remains to be seen. He\u2019ll certainly have plenty of offers on the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit has sensationally confirmed he is quitting the NFL and returning to rugby, bringing an end to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-36081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Louis Rees-Zammit \u2013 Walk the Talk trailer | RPTV<\/p>\n