{"id":68651,"date":"2025-08-14T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68651\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:56:10","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-signs-for-bristol-to-complete-return-to-rugby-from-nfl-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/68651\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit signs for Bristol to complete return to rugby from NFL | Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louis Rees-Zammit has sealed his return to rugby from American football after signing for Bristol. The 24-year-old, who has been capped 32 times by Wales, announced in January 2024 that he was quitting rugby<\/a> to join the NFL\u2019s international player pathway program. He signed for the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> and then the Jacksonville Jaguars, but failed to make a breakthrough<\/a> and has opted to return to his roots.<\/p>\n

Rees-Zammit said on the club website: \u201cBristol Bears was the obvious choice for me. I want to get fans out of their seats, create exciting moments and help people fall in love with the game. I\u2019m excited to return to rugby at a club that demands those values.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wing scored 42 tries in 77 appearances for Gloucester, while his tally for Wales stands at 14.<\/p>\n

The Bristol director of rugby, Pat Lam, said: \u201cLouis is a world-class player and we\u2019re thrilled to welcome him back to rugby union and to the Bears this season. He has the drive and ambition to be one of the best back-three players in the world and his goals align perfectly with our ambitions as a club.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt just 24 years old, we know the athlete and competitor he is. The way we play and the way he wants to play fit seamlessly together and we\u2019re looking forward to working with him when he joins the group tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bristol begin their season against Sale in the Premiership Rugby Cup on 13 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit has sealed his return to rugby from American football after signing for Bristol. The 24-year-old, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-68651","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\/68651","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=68651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}