{"id":37302,"date":"2025-08-01T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37302\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:13:08","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-is-leaving-the-nfl-and-returning-to-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37302\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit Is Leaving the NFL and Returning to Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/uk\/health\/a61678605\/rugby-nfl-star-louis-rees-zammit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/uk\/health\/a61678605\/rugby-nfl-star-louis-rees-zammit\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Louis Rees-Zammit\" data-node-id=\"0.0\" class=\"body-link css-1d8p8n5 emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Louis Rees-Zammit<\/a> has announced that he plans to return to rugby after an 18-month stint with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/uk\/fitness\/a61933696\/training-with-the-uks-nfl-hopefuls\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/uk\/fitness\/a61933696\/training-with-the-uks-nfl-hopefuls\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"NFL\" data-node-id=\"0.2\" class=\"body-link css-1d8p8n5 emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a>. After representing Wales for 32 games, the 24-year old player retired from rugby union in January 2024 in order to play in the NFL. Prior to his departure, he had secured a Six Nations title and taken part in a British &amp; Irish Lions tour.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMyfJ8DC0f-\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=aWdlMW91ZGswOWhm\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMyfJ8DC0f-\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=aWdlMW91ZGswOWhm\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Instagram post\" data-node-id=\"2.1\" class=\"body-link css-1d8p8n5 emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram post<\/a>, Rees-Zammit said: &#8216;I\u2019ve got an exciting announcement to make! I\u2019ve decided to leave the NFL and return to rugby! It\u2019s been a great experience, but it\u2019s time to come home. I\u2019ve decided that this is the best time to make this decision to give myself time to get everything in place for next season.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\">&#8216;There\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! There\u2019ll be more news to come soon but for now, see you soon rugby fans.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\">After spending the 2024 season on the Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019 practice squad, he travelled with the team to London for their October match-ups against the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots. He temporarily left the franchise at the end of the 2024 season, but soon earned a spot on the active roster for the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\">Reports suggest that Rees-Zammit had a lower back injury that caused him to miss practice, casting doubts over his future with the team. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-qrfdb emevuu60\">There\u2019s no official word yet on which club or country shirt he\u2019ll pull on first, but we&#8217;ll be watching this space.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754046788_359_c22e28ba-9876-4154-858b-a75026daf497_1685109453.file\" alt=\"Headshot of Kate Neudecker\" title=\"Headshot of Kate Neudecker\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kate is a fitness writer for Men\u2019s Health UK where she contributes regular workouts, training tips and nutrition guides. She has a post graduate diploma in Sports Performance Nutrition and before joining Men\u2019s Health she was a nutritionist, fitness writer and personal trainer with over 5k hours coaching on the gym floor. Kate has a keen interest in volunteering for animal shelters and when she isn\u2019t lifting weights in her garden, she can be found walking her rescue dog.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit has announced that he plans to return to rugby after an 18-month stint with the NFL.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,428,33700,430,429,593,33699,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-37302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-b6eebccc-835a-475e-b314-e13b9440d159","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-shorttitle-louis-rees-zammit-announces-return-to-rugby","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37302","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=37302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}