{"id":666961,"date":"2026-01-01T14:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666961\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:13:14","slug":"louis-rees-zammit-wales-international-commits-to-bristol-bears-by-signing-long-term-deal-rugby-union-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666961\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Rees-Zammit: Wales international commits to Bristol Bears by signing long-term deal | Rugby Union News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wales back Louis Rees-Zammit has signed a long-term deal with Bristol, having joined\u00a0the Bears for the 2025-26 season after ending his 18-month spell in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has scored six tries in eight appearances since signing for the Gallagher Prem title contenders and made his Wales comeback during the autumn internationals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly happy to have committed my future to Bristol,&#8221; Rees-Zammit said.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the perfect club for me and I&#8217;m excited to see what we can achieve here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The environment here allows me to express myself and play the game the way I love and that brings out the best in me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the 2024 Six Nations, Rees-Zammit announced he was moving to play in the NFL. However, despite earning contracts with Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars, Rees-Zammit did not play a competitive NFL game.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam said Rees-Zammit has returned from his time in the NFL a better player.<\/p>\n<p>He starred at full-back in last week&#8217;s win over Newcastle, which Lam sees as his best position, while playing on the wing for Wales in November.<\/p>\n<p>        Twitter<\/p>\n<p>                This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-allow-once\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lam said: &#8220;Louis is a world-class talent and someone who embodies the way we want to play at Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since coming back from the NFL, he&#8217;s shown incredible professionalism and hunger to keep improving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His speed, power and skill set are obvious, but what really stands out is his willingness to learn, adapt and deliver on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s exciting is that he&#8217;s only just scratching the surface of his ability &#8211; at just 24, there&#8217;s so much more to come from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he keeps progressing on this journey, he has everything it takes to become one of the very best players in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales back Louis Rees-Zammit has signed a long-term deal with Bristol, having joined\u00a0the Bears for the 2025-26 season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-666961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115820259289777629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}