Former Wales worldwide rugby participant Louis Rees-Zammit made his Kansas Metropolis Chiefs debut of their preseason defeat towards the Jacksonville Jaguars forward of the NFL season.
Rees-Zammit introduced earlier this 12 months that he was stepping away from rugby to pursue American soccer, with the 23-year-old spending 10 weeks coaching in Florida as a part of the NFL’s Worldwide Participant Pathway earlier than signing with the back-to-back reigning Tremendous Bowl champions.
He carried out as working again, kicker and kick-returner throughout Saturday’s match, along with being a part of the punt protection crew, because the Jaguars beat the Chiefs 26-13 at EverBank Stadium in Florida.
He had 4 yards on three touches, and made one solo particular groups deal with.
“It was a great first experience,” Rees-Zammit informed the Irish NFL Present. “I beloved it, I beloved getting the snaps I did, on particular groups as effectively which was nice. I’ve simply received to look again on this, assessment it and see how I can get higher.
“I received a bit of kick-off, that was nice, having the ability to play particular groups is wonderful. To have the ability to exploit totally different abilities. However yeah, I am completely satisfied. I will see how I can get higher and take it onto the subsequent recreation.
Louis Rees-Zammit featured for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs of their opening warm-up match forward of the brand new NFL season
“The atmosphere was great, it was pretty electric in the stadium and there was a load of Chiefs fans, which helped massively. It was a great game and I’m looking forward to the next one.”
The Chiefs, who start the common season towards the Baltimore Ravens on September 5 and can be aiming to turn out to be the primary franchise to win the Tremendous Bowl three consecutive years, proceed their preseason at house to the Detroit Lions – reside on Sky Sports activities – on Saturday (9pm, Sky Sports activities Combine).
Elsewhere, former Gaelic soccer goalkeeper Charlie Smyth marked his debut for the New Orleans Saints by kicking a dramatic successful subject objective to safe a 16-14 preseason success on the Arizona Cardinals.
Charlie Smyth kicked the successful subject objective to offer the New Orleans Saints a successful begin to preseason
The rookie 22-year-old Irishman, who, like Rees-Zammit, joined the NFL’s Worldwide Participant Pathway Programme earlier this 12 months, transformed from 37 yards with simply 5 seconds remaining.
“I thought it was awesome,” Saints head coach Dennis Allen informed a press convention. “First kick in an American football game and for him to knock it through like that in a pressure situation was cool to see.”
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