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British Lions & Wales international rugby union player

Rugby player

Louis Rees-Zammit (; born 2 February 2001) is a Welsh rugby union wing who currently plays for Gloucester in the English Premiership[3][2][4] and for Wales at national level. In 2021, Rees-Zammit was selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions.

Early life[edit]

Rees-Zammit was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.[5] He attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff and played rugby for the school.[6]

Club career[edit]

Rees-Zammit started his youth career at Cardiff Blues, before moving to Hartpury College and from there to the academy of Gloucester Rugby.[2]

He broke into the Gloucester senior team in the 2019–20 season, becoming the club’s youngest ever Premiership player at 18 years and 70 days.[7] Rees-Zammit would also become Gloucester’s youngest European player and youngest European try scorer in 2019. He scored two tries against Worcester during a 36–3 win in December 2019,[8] and later the same month became the first 18-year-old to score a hat-trick of tries[9] during a 33–26 loss to Northampton.[10] He received the Premiership Player of the Month Award in December 2019.[11] Rees-Zammit ended his season with 15 tries in 21 appearances, including 10 tries in 10 Premiership starts.

On 13 January 2020, Rees-Zammit signed his first professional contract with Gloucester, securing him to the club on a long term deal.[12]

Rees-Zammit ended the 2020-2021 season with a record of 11 tries in 20 games and was named Gloucester’s Young Player of the Year.[13]

Rees-Zammit made his first appearance of the 2021–22 Premiership scoring two tries in the Round 4 victory over Sale.[14]

International career[edit]

Wales[edit]

Rees-Zammit represented Wales at under-18 level.[2]

He received his first call up to the senior Wales squad, from coach Wayne Pivac, on 15 January 2020 for the 2020 Six Nations Championship.[15] He made his debut for Wales, from the bench, in a test match against France held at Stade de France in Paris, France, in October 2020.[16][17] Rees-Zammit scored his maiden test try against Georgia on 21 November 2020.[18]

He scored his first 2021 Six Nations Championship try, on his Six Nations debut, in the Round 1 match against Ireland on 7 February 2021.[19] On 13 February 2021, in the Six Nations match against Scotland, he scored two tries, including the winning try, and was named as man of the match.[20][21] On 21 March, in the Round 5 Grand Slam decider, against France, Rees-Zammit had a try disallowed, following analysis by the TMO Wayne Barnes, when the ball was judged to have been grounded on the base of the corner flag.[22][23]

British & Irish Lions[edit]

On 6 May 2021, Rees-Zammit was named in the squad for the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.[24] Rees-Zammit’s inclusion made him the youngest Lion selected since the 1959 Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand at the age of 20 years and 93 days.[25] Rees-Zammit made his first Lions appearance in the tours opening provincial game against the Lions, scoring the opening try after 3 minutes.[26] Rees-Zammit was then selected to play against the Sharks in the following game, again getting in the scoresheet as the Lions ran out 54–7 winners.[27] Rees-Zammit would score as a replacement in the final provincial game of the tour on 17 July 2021 against the Stormers, taking his tour tally to 3 tries in 4 appearances.

International tries[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Rees-Zammit’s paternal grandfather emigrated to London from Malta.[28][29][30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c “Louis Rees-Zammit”. wru.wales. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e “Who is Louis Rees_Zammit”. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ “The night Louis Rees-Zammit’s career exploded and his perfect response when asked if he could play for England”. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ “Louis Rees-Zammit Profile”. Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  5. ^ Howell, Andy (16 August 2020). “The Louis Rees-Zammit interview: I definitely want a Wales debut this autumn”. WalesOnline. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ Thomas, Simon (16 January 2020). “The story of the little boy who grew up to be Welsh rugby’s next big thing and the brother who has his back”. Wales Online.
  7. ^ “LOUIS REES-ZAMMIT BECOMES GLOUCESTER RUGBY’S YOUNGEST PREMIERSHIP PLAYER”. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  8. ^ “Gloucester’s teenage sensation Louis Rees-Zammit continues remarkable rise by inspiring win over Worcester”. The Independent. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  9. ^ “Louis Rees-Zammit set a new Premiership record in Gloucester Rugby loss at Northampton Saints”. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  10. ^ “Welsh teen sensation Louis Rees-Zammit set to force his way into Six Nations squad after stunning hat-trick of tries”. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  11. ^ “Louis Rees-Zammit named English rugby’s player of the month and immediately donates prize to Welsh cancer centre”. Wales online. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  12. ^ “LOUIS REES-ZAMMIT EXTENDS HIS CONTRACT AT GLOUCESTER RUGBY”. Gloucester Rugby. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  13. ^ “Louis Rees-Zammit named 2020-21 Young Player of the Year”. Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  14. ^ “Gloucester v Sale – Rugby Union”.
  15. ^ “Six Nations: Wales call up teenager Rees-Zammit and Saracens’ Tompkins”. BBC Sport. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  16. ^ “France vs Wales: Alun Wyn Jones to equal Test record, Louis Rees-Zammit set for debut”. Sky Sports. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  17. ^ “France 38-21 Wales: Antoine Dupont inspires home side in Paris”. BBC Sport. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  18. ^ World, Rugby (21 November 2020). “Louis Rees-Zammit gets his first Test try”. Rugby World.
  19. ^ “Rees-Zammit scores try on Six Nations debut as Wales hold off 14-man Ireland”. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  20. ^ “Preview: Scotland v Wales”. Six Nations Rugby.
  21. ^ Bath, Richard; Cosgrove, David (13 February 2021). “Louis Rees-Zammit’s stunning solo try sees Wales win thriller against 14-man Scotland”. The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  22. ^ Calvert, Lee (20 March 2021). “France 32-30 Wales: late try breaks Welsh hearts – as it happened”. The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com. Louis Rees-Zammit of Wales dives over the line only to have his try disallowed by referee Luke Pearce.
  23. ^ Smith, Paul. “Ref Watch: The Grand Slam decider and the one call they got wrong”. www.rugbypass.com. Playing with advantage Wales moved the ball wide where Louis Rees-Zammit attempted a spectacular mid-air grounding just inside the corner flag. Ridley’s decision to stay seven metres from the flag behind play left him with an obscured view and therefore unable to make a concrete decision. Pearce initially advised Barnes he saw it as a try and then – showing superb knowledge of the detail of law – told Ollivon: “If it is grounded against the base of the corner flag it is not a try, that is why we have Wayne in the van.”
  24. ^ “British and Irish Lions 2021: Sam Simmonds in 37-man squad but Billy Vunipola misses out”. BBC Sport. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  25. ^ “Rugby-Rees-Zammit becomes youngest Lion in more than 60 years”. Reuters. 6 May 2021.
  26. ^ “Louis Rees-Zammit scores four minutes into Lions debut”. 3 July 2021.
  27. ^ Mairs, Gavin; Goodwill, Jake (7 July 2021). “Duhan van der Merwe and Josh Adams score hat-tricks as Covid-hit Lions put opponents to the sword”. The Telegraph.
  28. ^ “Rees-Lightning! Wales’ Rising Rugby Star Is A 19-Year-Old Kid With Maltese Blood”. Lovin Malta. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  29. ^ Thomas, Simon (16 January 2020). “The family story of the boy who grew up to be Welsh rugby’s next big thing”. WalesOnline. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  30. ^ “Teenage star Rees-Zammit named in Wales’ Six Nations squad”. Times of Malta. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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