{"id":41679,"date":"2025-09-29T05:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/brilliant-rees-zammit-in-rugby-return-lam-trusts-in-his-improvement\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T05:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:31:14","slug":"brilliant-rees-zammit-in-rugby-return-lam-trusts-in-his-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/brilliant-rees-zammit-in-rugby-return-lam-trusts-in-his-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Rees-Zammit in Rugby Return: Lam Trusts in His Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0928%2Fr1552528_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nBristol coach Pat Lam expressed his optimism about Louis Rees-Zammit&#8217;s performance after his return to the Gallagher Prem, highlighting his constant improvement.\n\nRees-Zammit, who previously left rugby union to explore a career in the NFL, made his first appearance in the Prem since December 2023. Despite not securing a spot in the regular season with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars, he was signed by Bristol as their summer star.\n\nThe Welsh player capped a standout performance with Bristol&#8217;s fifth and final try, contributing to the 42-24 victory over Leicester in front of a crowd of 20,000 spectators at Ashton Gate.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s getting better every day, and what I liked about his game today was that he was also good physically in contact. He didn&#8217;t have it easy, and that will give him a lot of confidence,&#8221; commented Bristol&#8217;s rugby director, Pat Lam.<\/p>\n<cite>Pat Lam<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nLam also praised Rees-Zammit&#8217;s rapid adaptation to the team and his commitment to continuous improvement.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Wasting my talent&#8221; &#8211; Louis Rees-Zammit opens up on NFL move<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis Rees-Zammit joins Bristol Bears in return to rugby<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Wales coach Tandy admits shock at Louis Rees-Zammit return<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nAlthough the day was positive for Rees-Zammit, the Bristol team suffered setbacks. AJ MacGinty, Harry Randall, and Gabriel Ibitoye were forced to leave the field due to injuries.\n\nLam indicated that AJ MacGinty&#8217;s injury could be the most serious, suggesting a possible Achilles tendon injury, while Randall and Ibitoye suffered hamstring injuries.\n\nBristol&#8217;s tries were scored by Rees-Zammit, Ibitoye, Fitz Harding, Gabriel Oghre, and Josh Carrington. Tom Jordan added four conversions and two penalties, and MacGinty also scored a penalty.\n\nAdam Radwan scored twice for Leicester, in Geoff Parling&#8217;s first match as head coach, with Jack van Poortvliet and Orlando Bailey also scoring. Bailey converted twice, but the Tigers were left with a bonus point for the defeat.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol coach Pat Lam expressed his optimism about Louis Rees-Zammit&#8217;s performance after his return to the Gallagher Prem, highlighting his constant improvement. Rees-Zammit, who previously left rugby union to explore a career in the NFL, made his first appearance in the Prem since December 2023. Despite not securing a spot in the regular season with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[184,6663,64,203],"class_list":{"0":"post-41679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rugby","7":"tag-bristol","8":"tag-louis-rees-zammit","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-rugby"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41679","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=41679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}