Louis Rees-Zammit has signed for Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs, according to a report in the United States. Rees-Zammit is set to join the Chiefs’ practice squad, having impressed during his time on the NFL’s international player pathway.

Aaron Wainwright insists nothing but victory will be acceptable for Wales in Saturday’s wooden spoon decider against Italy. Wales must win in Cardiff to have any chance of not finishing bottom of the Guinness Six Nations table for a first time since 2003.

Louis Rees-Zammit says it was “horrible” to leave rugby behind but is in confident mood ahead of the first hurdle in his attempt to find an NFL team — a trial in front of team scouts on March 20. The Wales and British Lions star stunned the rugby world when he announced in January that he was quitting the game to join the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP) program.

Joe Roberts believes Wales will avoid the embarrassment of a Six Nations whitewash this weekend by winning at the final attempt. The centre, who was controversially picked ahead of George North to face France last weekend, is confident Warren Gatland’s misfiring team can beat Italy in Cardiff in the final round of the tournament.

Adam Beard says Wales can upset the odds and pull of a huge shock by beating Guinness Six Nations title favourites Ireland in Dublin next week. Wales have not won a Six Nations game at the Aviva Stadium since 2012, drawing one and losing four of the subsequent meetings.

Warren Gatland believes Wales can make a virtue out of a Six Nations squad that is young, raw and still wet behind the ears. The Wales coach reckons the boldness of youth and Welsh players’ earlier exposure to Test rugby than their rivals can all reap rewards in the tournament that begins next week.

On the day rugby superstar Louis Rees-Zammit jetted off to Florida in pursuit of his American football dream, two Welsh track and field athletes continued to take the world of bobsleigh by storm. Reigning British shot put champion Adele Nicoll and Welsh international sprinter Kya Placide teamed-up to win British Bobsleigh’s first Europa Cup gold medal for seven seasons with success in St Moritz on Friday morning. They took top spot for the first time in their bobsleigh careers less than 24 hours after Nicoll secured silver in the monobob event at the same venue.

Warren Gatland had joined the growing band of voices calling for an Anglo-Welsh League. The Wales head coach believes the RFU and the WRU need to come together to alliance to re-establish the old traditional rivalries that players and fans have always revelled.

The new American apprenticeship of Louis Rees-Zammit starts this weekend in Florida with the Wales wing having admitted he’s an absolute beginner. Rees-Zammit, who quit rugby union for the American gridiron, begins his dream of playing in the National Football League by joining 15 other international hopefuls at a Florida training camp.

Gloucester coach George Skivington believes that star wing Louis Rees-Zammit’s move to American football is not a “reflection on rugby”. Rees-Zammit has rocked the rugby world by quitting a sport which brought him 32 Wales caps and a starring role for the British and Irish Lions on their 2021 tour of South Africa.

Warren Gatland admits he has “no idea” if Louis Rees-Zammit will play rugby union again following his switch to American football. While Wales prepare for a Guinness Six Nations opener against Scotland, Rees-Zammit will be concentrating on the NFL’s International Player Pathway in the hope of forging a gridiron career.

Louis Rees-Zammit has been made a 100-1 long shot to score a touchdown for an NFL team before next year’s Superbowl. Rees-Zammit stunned the rugby world when the Wales and Gloucester wing announced he was leaving rugby union for a crack at American football.