rugby players

Louis Rees-Zammit: I tell myself that I have played my last rugby match

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While Louis Rees-Zammit hopes his rugby career is behind him as he tries to forge a future in the NFL, he is keeping a close eye on Wales’ fortunes without him – PA/David Davies All roads lead to March 20 for Louis Rees-Zammit, the crucial date at the end of his ten-week stint in the … Read more

‘I never thought I’d need a psychologist’: the mental toll of being a professional rugby player

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Zach Mercer – Getty Images/Bob Bradford Zach Mercer has experienced many highs and lows. From leaving his boyhood club Bath in 2021 to join Montpellier, winning the Top 14 in his first year in France and the Player of the Year award the following season, then returning home to fight for a place in the … Read more

What lies ahead for Louis Rees-Zammit and the NFL’s rugby hopefuls

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Louis Rees-Zammit (top left) and Harry Mallinder (top right) swap rugby for American football – NFL Louis Rees-Zammit’s defection to American football on the eve of the Six Nations entered the public consciousness in a way that rugby union rarely does. It left excited questions floating around on cell phones. Why did the Welsh wing, … Read more