{"id":23877,"date":"2025-08-11T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/tandy-impacted-by-rees-zammits-return-to-welsh-rugby-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T05:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:30:35","slug":"tandy-impacted-by-rees-zammits-return-to-welsh-rugby-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/tandy-impacted-by-rees-zammits-return-to-welsh-rugby-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tandy, impacted by Rees-Zammit&#8217;s return to Welsh rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0808%2Fr1529183_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5555\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nSteve Tandy, the new Wales coach, revealed his astonishment at learning of Louis Rees-Zammit&#8217;s return to rugby.\n\nTandy, who was introduced as the new Wales coach, shared his initial reaction upon learning of the player&#8217;s return. Rees-Zammit had been in the NFL for the last 18 months after announcing in January 2024 his retirement from rugby to pursue his dream in American football.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My eldest daughter told me, that was a bit worrying. She said &#8216;\u00a1Zammit come home!&#8217; And I was like &#8216;\u00a1Aaaaaargh. Give me the phone!&#8217; That&#8217;s how I found out.<\/p><cite>Steve Tandy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe return of Rees-Zammit is a great boost for the team, the game, and the fans. Tandy, who takes over on September 1st, could count on the 24-year-old player for the autumn matches against Argentina, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa in Cardiff.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0808%2Fr1529184_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5556\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nTandy highlighted the excitement generated by Rees-Zammit&#8217;s return and the importance of having more players available to represent their country.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Zammo brings a great effect and excitement to returning. I think it&#8217;s great for the game.<\/p><cite>Steve Tandy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nRees-Zammit has expressed a &#8220;lot of interest&#8221; in his services, but his future in rugby is not yet defined.\n\nAbi Tierney, CEO of the Welsh Rugby Union, was also enthusiastic about Rees-Zammit&#8217;s return, highlighting the challenge of coordinating his integration into the national team due to the start of the season in September.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am delighted that Louis is returning to rugby because he gives it to us for the national team.<\/p><cite>Abi Tierney<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Tandy, the new Wales coach, revealed his astonishment at learning of Louis Rees-Zammit&#8217;s return to rugby. Tandy, who was introduced as the new Wales coach, shared his initial reaction upon learning of the player&#8217;s return. Rees-Zammit had been in the NFL for the last 18 months after announcing in January 2024 his retirement from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[6663,203,6079,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-23877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-louis-rees-zammit","9":"tag-rugby","10":"tag-steve-tandy","11":"tag-wales"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}