Bristol have signed Louis Rees-Zammit following his return to rugby union after the Wales wing gave up on his 18-month long bid to break into the NFL.

English Premiership side Bristol said Thursday that Rees-Zammit was joining with “immediate effect” ahead of the new league season. No further details about his contract were disclosed.

The 24-year-old dramatically left rugby union in January 2024 to pursue a career in American football and was on the training squads of the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars, but did not play in a regular-season game.

Earlier this month Rees-Zammit, who made his name in rugby union with Gloucester, a fierce local rival of Bristol, said he was returning to the 15-a-side code.

He spent last season with Jacksonville Jaguars, having been cut by the

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