Love to hear this!! I’m excited

Oh I see the potential! I’ve watched his highlights. Unreal! Athletically he’s a beast. His size, speed, and agility are not gonna be an issue. Although similar, they are 2 different sports. Can his Rugby IQ and instincts translate into American football. He’s young though so he’ll have time to develop those instincts and IQ. I can already picture him bursting through a hole, turning on the burners, and taking it to the house for 70 yard touchdown run. “Oh My! He’s leaving everyone in dust! Touchdown! LRZ to the House!”. It’d be so cool.

@@gmoney8399 Honestly, it makes me think about some of the guys I grew up watching and how they would have fared in the NFL(most of them are retired now). Simon Zebo used to somersault over guys to catch high balls in traffic with a crazy vertical leap, George North could’ve been an amazing full back with his speed, size and raw power, Quade Cooper could throw like a QB and could land the ball on a penny. Talking of which, everyone is talking about LRZ at WR/RB, but what about an old-fashioned style full back? He’s strong, he can tackle really well, and set up plays with lateral passes and bursts of speed.

@@TheArgonaut90 I’ve visited England a couple times and went to several Professional Rugby matches…. and I can tell you 100% without a doubt there are pro rugby players that would ABSOLUTELY be playing in the NFL had they been born and raised over here. I played High School football (I believe what you guys would call secondary school) with 2 guys that made it to the NFL. They weren’t stars, but they were good. They played multiple seasons and got a lot of playing time. One was a real close friend of mine… He started at middle linebacker for the Oakland Raiders for a season. The other one got a Superbowl ring with Tom Brady and the Patriots……And some of the Rugby players I watched play were just as big and athletic as my buddies. But we start playing American Football at six years old. You guys got some beasts over there. But we just have so much more time to develop our football IQ and football instincts. But in regard to your question, NFL teams don’t really use old-fashioned Fullbacks anymore. The position is almost extinct. But in the past, Fullbacks were mostly used just for blocking. They didn’t get the ball very much. They just blocked for the RB. And they were typically around 6 feet tall and 250+ pounds. I know lol we don’t use the metric system. They were shorter and much stockier than Louis. NFL teams in this era would rather have an extra RB, WR, or TE on the field. They are definitely going to try him as a RB, WR, and kick returner. He has great size and speed for those positions. He’s too talented and dangerous with the ball in his hands to be heavily utilized as a blocker. But I’m sure the first playing time he will see will be as a kick returner. That’s something he could be great at right away. Kick returning is something that will come completely naturally to him right away as a Rugby player. And like I said he’s too talented and dangerous with the ball in his hands to play defense. So he won’t be doing any tackling besides maybe Special teams. He’s gonna be juking guys out of their shoes or lowering his shoulder and steam rolling dudes with the ball in his hands. I have heard his Dad was a Huge American football fan and so is Louis….so I assume he watched quite a bit of the NFL as a kid, and probably played some for fun as a kid….so his football instincts and IQ might be more developed than most people would think.

Biggest difference with LRZ, although he wasn't the best on the international rugby stage, he has however performed at a far greater level than any of his rugby predecessors that transferred to the NFL.

Happy to have you all!!

I'm Welsh damm right they have

I’m an avid 49ers fan but suddenly - annoyingly - have a soft spot for the Chiefs being from Cardiff. The guy is a legend over here.

This seems like a move Pats woulda made back in midst of their dynasty

He's half Maltese! 🇲🇹 I'm glad the Chiefs got LRZ out of the other teams that were after him. It's been a dream of Louis to play in the NFL he grew up watching Americn Football and his dad used to play. I'd love to see him at SB for the Chiefs 3peat!! Wish Louis all the best for the future. I'm a Cowboys fan, but the Chiefs are my AFC team. Go Chiefs! ❤️💛

@@ChiefConcerns saying that, if he is able to put 15-20lbs on, he could be the next Travis Kelce

​@@jessebartolo1008what's SB

​@@liamh7383 I don't disagree with you, but it's important to remember he already did. He was 194 at the beginning of the IPP training camp and 209 at Pro Day. They're gonna pile muscle on this mans

Could be really fun

@@ChiefConcerns I wonder if he is going to be a back up running back/return man

Dont subestimate rugby skills. Its very tought to play.

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One word: lateral

Can’t wait!

@ChiefConcerns watch his rugby highlights reel he's got serious wheels and exploded on to World stage at only 18

Same here

Kid is a stud

for a rugby union winger, kicking or punting as you call it 60 m, and laterals or passing 20 as we call it is normal. every player in rugby has to have a much broader skill set than in american football. it 15 a side with 8 replacements, no special teams of people to come on and off, you are on untill substituted, and he is certainly not that much of a freak, he is fast vey fast, but for athletic freek look up duhan van der merve of scotland

​@@jukeseyable I was speaking from the experience of someone who's literally never watched Rugby. By football standards he's a freakish athlete. And every announcer in the highlights was calling him special. So I'd say regardless how you feel about him others think he's a special talent IN Rugby. I think he's freakish by American football standards.

@@BuddhaMelffyQueenand i was coming at it from the point of view as a retired amature player and serious fan. modern wingers in rugby union come basically in 3 flavours. you get the likes of LRZ, in size and build, very average, but he is exceptionally fast, probably top 3 in the world, he also has a good eye for a gap, but when it comes to tackling ability to carry through contact for an international, (ie playing for your country, it is a higher level than club, he is average for an international) then you get the small guys, look up shane williams or cheslin kolbe, these guys are smaller around 5 8 and 13 st. what you folks call jinking we call it side stepping, super agile . then you get the genuine freaks 18 st, fast folks look up james lowe or Duhan van de merver. they tend to run over folks more, and carry through contact more, also they tend to come in field and get used on crash balls coming from deep, what they lack in agility and top end speed and acceleration they compensate for in power. you could look up joshua tuasova. But because rugby doesnt have special teams like in grid iro everyone has to be able to tackle, work breakdowns, and most of the backs need to be able to kick both offensivly and defensivly and be decent under high balls or long kicks, and do it in bad weather as its a winter sport, not so much of an issue if your south africian but if you are playing in europe sooner or later it will be wet and windy. one last thing with rugby, stamina, the ball doesnt go dead after a tackle play continues, it only pauses when the team in posession makes a mistake and actually looses control of the ball, but it depends on how they loose control, in many instances its just possession is lost and play continues without a stoppage its just the attacking defending roles are reversed. Even if the defending team commits a penalty offence, the play often doesnt stop as the ref will play advantage, where you get 1 tackle and it stops, you can get multiple tackles each of which is followed by a brakdown, (ruck or maul) that is a continuation in play called a phase, and it goes on. often 5 10 phases i think 30 is the record so many minutes of continious of attack and tackling

Very excited to see what he can provide in the NFL

Appreciate the love, Jordan! Really means a lot. Hope this guy dominates

Love the endorsement from all the rugby fans!!

Very true

Couldn’t agree more. Off load in the tackle and passing (left and right) out of both hands, and at speed in a controlled manner comes as second nature to him. He would have been doing it day in day out for 15 plus years. That’s without mentioning the blind offload passes they can do … Given the chance, he will be able to introduce the passing and offload game to American football, with new (fluid) running moves. NB top class rugby players rarely drop or miss pass a ball.

Yeah, he gained some muscle for the pro day!

Amazing! Glad he has so many fans

Love it!!

Yeah, thick & elusive

When I watched the IPP, they seemed to be boxing him as WR. I couldn't understand why not RB too, but definitely KR/PR because he played rugby fullback as well as wing and that is a hard position

Can't wait to see him dominate

Excited to see him develop

Love it. Guy could be awesome here in kc

You are welcome to join chiefs kingdom!!!

Absolutely unreal

Lmao, yes that'll save me time and trouble lol

It's a perfect pairing!

few more issues than lZR missing. having a 10 that cant kick more then 30 M or kick pens, a pack that is underpowered in the tight 5, are also issues

Damn, what an endorsement. Time to switch to kc!

Wales were playing guys nobody had heard of. One guy made his first professional start in the Six Nations having only came off the bench for Cardiff half a dozen times. I’m a URC fan and I was scratching my head with the random Welsh sounding names on the team sheet wondering if I was having a brain freeze because I couldn’t place them.

@@Dreynosame here, lost, totally lost with a third of the squad

Wow. That’s wild that it’s the same as both contracts combined

@@ChiefConcerns kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdSnlal9uc-cp40.htmlsi=S4b21MebYvsA-WK8 you have to learn some Tom Jones. I was in that stadium for ‘99 RWC quarter finals when Wales played Australia, it’ll make the hair on your neck stand

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There are no contracts when playing for Wales. They don't get paid for it.

@@goattm2 👀🤯👀

I’m excited!!!

Toosh push!!!

Wow that’s great

He’s a project, but the team gave him a 3 year deal, so they definitely see something big with him

Love it

@@ChiefConcerns There’s a week-by-week documentary (EDIT: It’s called “The Pathway,”) on the NFL UK KZfaq channel if you want to see how they prep these international guys. Very good doc, and shows how their training is designed to be as close to modern NFL training camps as possible to prepare these guys for what’s ahead. Ex-pro and collegiate position coaches, ex-players, drills, training equipment/regimen, and getting used to the techniques and volume required of film study. It’s pretty impressive to see what living it 24/7 for just 10 weeks can do, but obviously, all these guys are very promising raw athletic talents to begin with.

@@PristineTX I’ll definitely check that out! Thanks for the recc

@@ChiefConcerns well worth the watch. LRZ was clearly one of the focal points of the series.

It’s perfect

Oh that’s genius

I’ve never heard of a hip drop tackle. You’re not allowed to trip, tackle high, tip, no arms tackle etc… in rugby. Maybe hip drop is considered a trip in rugby?

@@ness-ee a hip drop tackle is newly banned in the nfl. Rugby, they tackle properly. This is the definition: When one grabs a runner with both hands/arms while attempting to make a tackle; • “unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body”; • and then lands on and traps the runner's leg(s) at or below the knee.

@@ChiefConcerns thanks that’s an excellent explanation. It’s not a thing in rugby union probably because the attacker wants to offload or recycle the ball. I’ve seen it in rugby league. The only thing LRZ can contribute here then is by knowing how to tackle round the ankles.

@@ness-ee I can’t wait to see how his game translates

Haha Warren moon also played with Kansas city at end of his career. Yeah, the new return rules the league just announced tells me he could be a huge weapon

@@ChiefConcerns remembered him at the oiler's. Loved his aggressive played. Used to run at defence instead of throwing dead. You definitely have a lot of rugby fans interested in this story friend

Same here, Larry!

Yep - we said all that. Literally the point of the video lol

I agree. Limit expectations, but if he pans out, awesome

Definitely not one of the top rugby stars. Not even in the top 10 in his postion. Arendse, Kolbe, Jordan, Telea, Lowe, Hansen, Penaud, Freeman, Van de Merwe, Mapimpi all far better. Louis only starts for Wales because they are dreadful.

​@@saschawickham7497 they are all quite different players to LRZ probably only Penaud is comparable stylistically and he's been one of the best players as well over the last few years. LZR scored 42 tries in 77 matches for gloucester (a crappy team) + about the same strike rate internationally 14 in 32 matches for a bad welsh team... pretty much the same strike rate as Lowe and Hansen in the best Irish team ever. on top of this he was the youngest person selected for the lions in literally 70 odd years and he's only just turned 23... honestly you can say that he's not one of the top rugby stars but objectively he is. hitting a strike rate of approximately one try per two matches in a great team is good... in 2 bad teams its incredible

Good point

⁠@@colstoun4762He objectively is not. Nobody outside of Wales would put him near a World 15. Half his tries are against tier 2 nations ffs. He had huge potential but playing for Gloucester and a misfiring Wales, we never got to see if he was really world class.

@@saschawickham7497 he started for us when we won the six nations and went on a lions tour

Yep. Doesn’t count against roster

Yeah, he gained some good weight! I was looking at his player profile from his rugby page

Appreciate you Leon! He’s gonna be fun

Let’s goooo

😅His 196 was his rugby weight

I read that he weighed 216 at his pro day 🤷🏻‍♂️….. he looks like a Unit.

Yeah, it'll be interesting how the skills transfer over. Happy to have all the new rugby fans!

Some positions are more skill-reliant while others are more instinctual/reliant on athleticism. He's currently listed as a running back; I assume they're mostly looking at him as a returner with the league's completely new kickoff rules. i don't know much of anything about rugby so don't know if these new rules are something a rugby player can take advantage of. The NFL basically just stole the idea from the XFL, so kickoffs will ook like this next season: kzfaq.info3gR5Q2ZkFGI Special teams is how a lot of players get their foot in the door making the 53-man roster. It would be cool if he could work his way into being a regular part of the offense, but that's a very hard mountain to climb. He has his work cut out for him.

@@ChiefConcerns the guy is young enough and good enough if it was a heads up game. In training and all those things his numbers are going to look good. the biggest caveat here is can he do it a helmet and pads on in the real thick of the game. Most NFL pros have been trainiing wit this gear on since they were kids. His numbers can look as impressive all ya want but if he does not have that ability with all the gear on he isnt going to get there..... I really do want to see him do it i must admit

Will be tons of fun

Could be awesome

Yeah, it was an old weight I was looking at. I was reading off his player profile from rugby days. Kelce will have fun with this guy! And it’s a 3 year deal which makes this intriguing

With the international program, those players don't count towards th 16 players on each team's practice squad, so I would assume he'll at least have a spot there. Our "2nd division" is college football.

@user-ki9um4ju9d problem is no professional rugby player would give up their salary to join a college football program and the gap between div 1 college and the NFL is massive. Think more like the English championship in soccer.. Salaries can be £1million, crowds are 20,000+. Players play their entire career in it without ever making.the premiership. The issue is the best teams in the championship get promoted to the premiership (and the worst teams in the prem.get relegated to the championship) and that's what teams in a theoretical NFL 2nd division or dev league would want to happen. 'Hey we won this league 3 seasons running. We want a chance to be an NFL team now' etc Unless they were owned by the NFL franchises and it was just a pure development league.

@@robmcrob2091With the new rules for college athletes, there's now money to be made. Female college basketball player Caitilin Clark is makin about a half mil USD. I wouldn't say the gap is massive. NFL teams rely heavily on players playing on rookie contracts to keep costs under the salary cap.. I don't see a universe where sports leagues here adopt a promotion/relegation system, although I think a lot of fans would like it. If I could have it my way, we'd basically do what you describe. College athletics is basically unrecognizable to me as a fan these days with conference realignment and the new NCAA rules.

Let’s goooooo! This gets me excited

😂😂 didn’t claim to be rugby experts, this was our initial reaction to hearing of the signing

High reward low risk for kc

He can if he wants

We'll see what happens

Guy’s a beast

In pads and helmet? Get real.

Let’s goooooooo

Love it

The guy’s set either way

Damn. Badass

Yeah, I saw. I was reading his height & weight from his rugby page. He’s built like a Greek god

@@ChiefConcerns Ya, I hope he pans out. That would be awesome for the sport. I think there would be a huge influx of Rugby players trying to crossover. It could really expand the Global popularity of American football. Only question is can he translate his rugby instincts into football instincts. KC without a doubt gives him the best opportunity to succeed. The best team, best coach, best QB, best TE, but no stud RBs or WRs…..🤔 he’s gonna have every chance to succeed. Let’s go Chiefs!

These genuine get it

Oh yeah!!!

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Let’s hope they try to develop him on this 3 year deal

Totally different game in my opinion , this works the other way too with Wide Receivers trying to play rugby , highly unlikely they'll cut it .

Yeah pads and helmet hits are a different animal

No pads and no helmet are a different animal too. He's been playing without at a high level for nearly a decade. And don't tell me Rugby is soft, it isn't. Wide receivers are so well protected compared to previous decades, he won't see anything he hasn't seen before. I think Travis might have someone he can safely lateral to though.

@@lastpenny849 100% in agreement

Fair! Good to know 🤝

Oh yeah

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@@ChiefConcernsover under 27.5 kansas women before 1st regular season game

Yep - was looking at his rugby weight

Was looking at his player profile, not his latest pro day

Probably not - but worth a gamble

Cooking up some fun stuff

Scheming up...

@@donnacochran3335 cooking, scheming, whipping up

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