Louis Rees-Zammit: 'I obviously wasn't suited to the Lions' gameplan in South Africa'
The Wales wing on the British & Irish Lions' tactics costing them the series and being compared to sprint king Usain Bolt
Imagine being so quick you genuinely believe you could race anyone over 100m. Even if their name is Usain Bolt and you are a 20‑year‑old Welsh rugby player. "I'd 100% race him but I think I'd get smashed," says Louis Rees-Zammit, not fazed at all to be comparing his sprinting ability to the fastest man in history. "It would definitely be a tester. Though now he's a bit older maybe I'd have him!"
Beep, Beep! As South Africa may soon be reminded, nothing swifter has emerged from Wales since the heyday of the late, great JJ Williams. "Rees-Lightning" they call him and, given half a yard, he will back himself against anyone. "The way I look at it, the bigger the man I'm up against, the less he's going to move." There is youthful confidence and then there is Rees‑Zammit's absolute certainty should an opponent be foolish enough to show him the outside.
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