{"id":535054,"date":"2026-04-17T00:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535054\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:32:06","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-stood-down-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535054\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit stood down with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Bears will be without fullback Louis Rees-Zammit for the next few matches after he picked up a knee injury in training ahead of their clash with Gloucester tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel <\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>The club issued an injury update today, drawing attention to Rees-Zammit\u2019s setback: \u201cLouis Rees-Zammit sprained his knee during training and will return to action in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A knee sprain can have a recovery time of as little as 1-2 weeks, but it could be months if it turns out to be severe. Given the wording of the statement, it is expected that Rees-Zammit\u2019s knock is on the lower end and he should be back in action soon.<\/p>\n<p>Bears are currently fifth in the PREM Rugby table, sitting seven points behind fourth-placed Exeter Chiefs. They\u2019ll need to secure some wins without their Welsh star if they want to keep their play-off ambitions alive.<\/p>\n<p>Their game against Gloucester tomorrow at Ashton Gate presents a great opportunity to close the gap on Chiefs, with the Devon side facing a tough visit from table-toppers Northampton Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Lane will wear the 15 shirt tomorrow as his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Back in July 2025, Rees-Zammit confirmed his return to rugby union after an 18-month spell in the NFL, explaining his decision by saying he felt he was \u201cwasting his talent.\u201d He officially joined Bristol Bears on 14 August.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Steven Luatua suffered a contact-related hamstring injury during the Investec Champions Cup fixture against Toulouse and is expected to be sidelined until May.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Santiago Grondona is dealing with a minor calf issue and is due to return at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>LATEST RUGBY NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol Bears will be without fullback Louis Rees-Zammit for the next few matches after he picked up a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-535054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}