Super Louis Got A Nation Off Their Sofas And Roaring
The Rugby Paper|February 14, 2021
The sight of Jonathan Davies and Jeremy Guscott drooling over the performance of Louis Rees-Zammit in their post-match analysis on BBC said it all. It didn’t even need Jonathan to say, “a star is born” to emphasise how good he had been.
Shane Williams
Super Louis Got A Nation Off Their Sofas And Roaring
Two tries, an assist, a tackle that saved a try and a sublime banana kick at the end that sent Scotland scurrying back up field into their own 22. As an all-round display it was a tour de force from the young man. As a fellow wing, and one whose Welsh Six Nations record of six tries in a season is now under serious threat, I salute him.

It’s not bad, is it, scoring the match-winning try for your country on successive weekends. For me, he has showed he has the ability to do great things on the international stage just as he does so regularly for Gloucester in the Premiership.

After the last two weekends he can start thinking about pushing for a place in Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions squad, but let’s not over burden him with expectation. He has an excellent temperament to go with his natural ability, but just let him get on with his game.

It is going to be very interesting to see what Wayne Pivac does now when he picks his team to face England later this month. Josh Adams will be available for that match, so who does he drop? He cannot put Rees-Zammit on the bench after how he has performed, so does he drop Leigh Halfpenny and put Liam Williams to full back, or does he push him onto the bench?

Or maybe he starts Adams on the bench. At the moment, the No1 pick for the Wales back three has to be Rees-Zammit. The young man has been given his opportunity and he has grabbed it with both hands.

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