He’s Welsh lads. From Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

" I believe he's Irish" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Doing wonders to combat the global stereotype of Americans there lads 🤣🤣

LRZ wearing a bright red Wales top: "I think he's Irish" 🙈

You know what this make me think IMMEDIATELY? Kelce wants to do some more lateral passing.

Hey Jordan Mailata was a rugby player before eventually starting on the oline for the Eagles this guy definately deserves his shot.

His dad played American Football in europe so he probably has a better understanding of the game than would be expected. Top quality Welsh and British Lions rugby player at his peak trying to make it in the NFL! Hope he can thrive at the chiefs.

“A properly jacked white.” 😂😂

"I believe he's Irish" 🤣🤣🤣 Cymru Am Byth 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚

He’s Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (not Irish), still so cool you’re chatting about him.

South African rugby fan here. Louis Rees is a special talent, the decision to shift codes was a shock but considering the situation welsh rugby is in rn, it makes sense. And he grew up watching NFL so he's got something in store for the world

Properly jocked white😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Rugby player here and also a Chiefs fan living in Australia, you can probably guess my excitement for this signing 🎉🎉

He was a massively explosive rugby player, able to run for 80 minutes. With NFL coaching he’ll be a serious weapon!

As a Welshman I was disappointed he left rugby to try his hand at NFL, as Wales is one of the smallest rugby countries and can't afford to lose players of his quality from our national team. That said I wish him well and hope he achieves his ambitions as he is big, fast and exciting to watch

He grew up watching American football, and his dad played American football. He's already ahead of the transition.

As a Welshman, regular viewer this has me pumped 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

AJ chillin up there like the Wizard of Oz

They call him Rees Lightning. His father, Joseph Zammit, played American Football in a British league (The Budwieser League). Louis watched games with his father as a child and says that he has always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and try to make it on an American Football team.

The Chiefs know how to find the talent. Karloftis played water polo.

How do these guys not know that probably the greatest RB in NFL history, Jim Brown, was also one of the greatest lacrosse players in the country when he was in college?

Andy Reid - playing 3-D chess. John Harbaugh-shippin his team off to his brother...

Looking forward to checking out this experiment at Chiefs training camp in St Joe this summer.

England fan who's supposed to hate the Welsh, LRZ is the business. If anyone can open the crossover floodgates its this guy. Rapid in a straight line, a wicked step either way and can take, and give, a decent hit. Give him a chance and he'll shine. Oh, and at 23, he's just going to get better, faster and stronger.

The boys subtlety trolling Perkins and him not even knowing 😂

If anyone can take full advantage of a player its Andy Reid. Having him and KT on kick returns has the potential to be absolutely insane. I cant wait. This is potentially a HUGE signing, virtually no risk and high reward. Chiefs are coming for that 3 peat. ❤‍🔥

Surprised you didn't bring up 6'8, 360+ pound (all muscle) rugby player, Jordan Mailata, who came from Australia with ZERO football knowledge and is now a top left tackle and still only 26 years old!

I keep hearing the voice of Nigel (Rhys Ifans) in The Replacements. When one of his teammates called him an Irish slur, he yelled, “I’m Bloody Welsh!”

SUPER EXCITED as a chiefs fan, wanna see him play

I've always wondered why special teams coaches didn't just grab a couple rugby guys and treat ko returns as a scrum play. New rule change opens this option up.

I played rugby and football in college..after tackling spring and summer without pads, you’re indestructible with pads!

"I believe he's irish" He says about the guy whose picture shows him in a red wales jersey

I love this show! My man said “he’s a properly jacked white” 😂😂

Salary potential and floor is MUCH higher in NFL

"I have no idea why i just used an accent there" 😂😂 i love pat

He probably didn’t train for his 40 like everybody in the nfl does coming out of college. That’s why “game speed” is different than those combine numbers

Speaking of basketball players converting to the NFL... You forgot one of the GOATS, Tony Gonzalez!!!

8:56 yeah. That definitely would be tough. I'm rooting for him but I don't have high expectations.

Of all the damn teams he could have gone to, my fellow countryman got picked up by the reigning, defending champs, I wanted him on the Steelers but Rees Lightning is gunna make us all damn proud when he gets his first TD! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Cheslin Kolbe is the Rugby equivalent of Tyreek Hill 🔥

Would love to see LRZ do well. He’s a phenomenal athlete and a grounded kid.

Having played rugby as a kid then American football at university in the UK, the biggest shock was just the play speed when the ball is snapped and how you have to instantly go from static and relaxed to full speed and aggro. Also more depressing news as a wales fan ffs

"A properly jocked white"😂 The welsh CMC ❤

“I have no idea why I used an accent for that” 😂😂😂 luv ya pat

For the boys on rugby union speed and where you find it. Outside backs (wingers and the fullback) power runners will normally be in the centres. Your tight end style players will be your loose forwards (flankers and number 8). The 40 time will get better with specialisation and the change in requirement from being able to be constantly on the move covering the ground tackling and participating in the breakdown to a maximum effort once every 40 seconds. An interesting crossover and I hope he does well I think we all do. Mialata as an o lineman was a league prop and mountain of a man. I’d be interested to see what could happen with the loose forwards as d lineman or the odd second rower that’s athletic a d lineman.

Speaking of basketball players transitioning to football... Brian Thomas Jr was a high school basketball star who didn't play football until his sophomore year... After 68 receptions for 1,177 yards & 17 touchdowns in college - he's still getting better. 📈

Do not forget about Charlie Ward either. Amazing football player btw "We know your MO Perk" killed me

Awesome show! Valid points!

Patrick Spencer. He played college basketball at Northwestern and Lacrosse for the Loyola Greyounds.

Im excited as CHIEFS fan, Veech knows what he's doin

Good idea with the kick off rule changes

0:45 Look at the way he was making cuts in his routes lol he can’t change direction 😂

I heard here in KC on local that he played some American football as a kid and it's always been his dream.

As a rugby player , ive always been saying that we need to involve rugby passing with wide receivers and tight ends. It would completely evolve the game to create two one one situations with two wide receivers down field

Properly jocked white is crazy !!

Scoop and score with 0 pressure being applied 😂😂😂 NFL impacts

Lacrosse and basketball are very similar from a strategy and offense standpoint. Lacrosse is all about picks and rolls and basketball strategies. I played both lacrosse and football in HS and college (USCG Academy) so i wasnt an elite athlete or anything but there are a lot of similarities between all 3 sports. Im pulling for this rugby player though. I hope he has an amazing career.

I'm surprised more teams aren't scoping the Pacific Islander Rugby squads. You want to see some thiccc dudes running stupid fast? Look at highlights from the Fiji squad, they have some monster athletes. And of course the All Blacks from New Zealand have their fair share of Maori dudes who are massive human beings moving very quickly. Yeah, *it'll be different once this guy is up against NFL talent*, but you can see just in those training videos he has good movement and really good hands already.

Just don't underestimate - He's giving up being an elite Rugby player to try and make it in the NFL. That's a big sacrifice. And listening to him and his father (I'm in Ireland) He's always had this dream to play in the NFL. If he's as coachable as I think he is his talent will shine through and this may be a masterstroke. I expect it to be.

8:06 this is something I'm glad pat touched on. In elementary school my principal would play football with us kids during lunch. It was 2 hand touch on a large field but not 100 yds. Due to the sheer amount of kids on the field at once,weird but legal "techniques" started to happen. Kids would toss the ball up into the air as they were being 2 hand touched and because technically they did not posses the ball, they were not called down. Obviously this would not work in tackle football but it evolved into advanced pitching/ toss plays during plays. Essentially every play had a chance to become a hook and ladder or and option. Imagine the chiefs with a dedicated shadower always ready to catch a toss. This could the next level of football. I'm here for it

Rugby players are all shapes and sizes. The forwards are huge. The locks are tall. The wingers are fast and athletic, the scrum-half is usually small for playing the ball off the ground.

When the conversation started about how much speed you lose when you put the pads on I just wanna ask again. I ask every year, why don't the guys wear pads at the combine? It'll affect the speed and the throwing and the catching (I assume)

Sounds like an interesting narrative to follow this year.

This is going to be exciting to watch this kid is a Machine. With Reed as couch dudes this will be epic. I've seen play rugby this is perfect position for him

9:36 In speed terms he is certainly a faster player but there are also guys who play the same position a LRZ in rugby who aren’t much slower but are also aboit 260 LBS and even more e.g. Joe Cockansiga and Josh Tuisova

imagine him learning playing Tight End from kelce...

Daniel adongo was not a top player in rugby. He was a journeyman. He only played 2 seasons of pro rugby his whole career and never reached the pinnacle of the sport.

😂😂😂 looking forward to his "welcome to the NFL" play

Rugby tackles have sto start with feet on ground, different that football. My youngest son played both for 3 years in HS...Rugby will get you in shape and make you tough. I wish this guy best of luck.

Tony Gonzales was also a TE who played Basketball and like one or two years of football before the NFL right?

The crazy thing about this is, is that this guy is probably like the 10th best winger in rugby. He isn't one of the top 50 rugby players in the world. If he can make it, the NFL might make a dent in rugby stocks.

I’d love to see a play designed around the rugby pass/lateral. That would be so cool.

Jarryd Hayne (rugby league player in australia) played for 49ers for less than a season but had a great preseason he couldnt match against the top tier guys. Valentine Holmes also a league player played for practise squad New York Jets.Both are similar to this dude in style , frame and skills background

As a wide receiver the two biggest differences will be catching with a helmet and shoulder pads. Because the face mask gets in your way and the ball will bounce off of the chest protector and not absorb the ball like it will on your chest. I'd see him be more natural as a deep back or a safety. wide receivers in the NFL are tall and fast and know how to run int empty spaces. There is a big learning curve.

OL and DL aren't "fat". they're freaking monster athletes who eat until they're sick of eating, then eat more to get that padding and bulk. makes them harder to block or move. soon as these guys retire, they slim down into in season basketball player shape. it's incredible.

Give him the ball with a bit of space, and watch the TD’s accumulate. And yes, there are lots of huge athletic players running those times in rugby.

Pat Spencer is the guy that yall are referring to. University of Loyola(Maryland) Attackman that won the Tewaarton Award(Lacrosse's Heisman) in 2019. Was the best college attackman on the field when he was playing.

Perfect timing with the new KO rules.. this mofo gonna come in and go off😂😂😂

Rugby Union and Rugby League are similar but different games. This guy is a Rugby Union player. Mailata was a Rugby League player.

"Don't learn from us" 😂

Half of my high school rugby team played football as well (including me). It definitely improved our tackling form and put us in better shape. Some of the toughest ppl I knew I met on that team.

Juju Smith Schuster played rugby and thrived in NFL. Halota Ngata was a rugby player/Football player combo.

Y'all forget that FB is a position still...he could be a Christian McCaffrey of the FB position...Basically having 2RBs on the field that have hands and with the right WR core....pick your poison...who do you double team? Quite the dynamic...and I'm a SF 49ERS fan with Kyle juz....he could make the position prominent again...just sayin

LRZ was disappointed when he ran 4.4 sec on his official 40 & said had run several sub 4.4 & even a 4.29!! Also, your totally accurate stating he’ll be a ST unicorn👍🏼 Plus, the “drop-hip” tackle has been banned in rugby for a longtime, so he brings a LOT to the Chiefs Brain trust too🧠✍🏼 As a 60+yr old Chiefs freak, I love the move as the Chiefs always seem to be a step ahead of the upcoming offseason NFL play & rule changes That’s why they continue to dominate the league. For the last decade, the entire “team” at ONE Arrowhead Drive created the foundational organization that has us where we are today…DYNASTY(🏆➕)🏆🏆🏆 If the Chiefs can 3-peat this season, will anybody not believe they are the Greatest NFL Team of All-time?! After 50 years of rollercoaster seasons (like most other NFL fans), I still can’t believe the rare air we’re in everyday now🫨😁 The hardest thing to do is to NOT just take it all for granted……

Rugby and football has a lot in common but also both are drastically different. I wonder if you could put in Rugby style plays in the kickoff. As for transition to the NFL... I think ball security and toughness is on another level with football. Rugby seem to be more loose with the ball dropping it or laterals while football is about possessions or keeping the ball to the ground and taking the hit.

"I believe he's Irish" ... hes wearing a Welsh rugby top in the pic beside the comment... 😂

Big guys don't lose as much MPH when putting on pads. Smaller guys lose more. It a physics thing...percentage of total weight.

Jim Brown was a lacrosse player at Syracuse.

LRZ is defo a top 20 speedster in rugby. But the thing with rugby is speed endurance. He can run full speed for 100 yards.

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 buddy not Irish

Unreal watching this after all the BS he got just for trying. And awesome to see rugby highlights here and an appreciation of the sport. Well in LRZ!

He has catchers mitts for hands, break away speed, and is so physical and young....he is going to make waves with Reed coaching and using him strategically. I'm psyched about the guy....

This guy is already a star athlete, the red shirt with 3 white feathers shows he plays for Wales. Rees is a Welsh surname, Zammit is Maltese from his paternal grandfather. He was with the 2021 Welsh team that won the Six Nations Championship & played for the British & Irish Lions. Interesting to see him as a running back for the Chiefs. If he translates to a 'Christian McCaffrey' that would be awesome. Wish him all the best!

The biggest diffence between NFL and both League and Union is Power and speed. NFL is based on short sprints, short plays and long breaks. Hence 40 yard stats, so burst speed is needed to outrun defender. The other 2 forms are almost look for a balance of endurance and speed, as in reality the best of the best players are playing offence/defence for 80 minutes a game. Now before you all say Union and League has so many breaks in play, its as slow as heck. Do the maths. League/Union 80 minute game, Usually around 110 minutes run time. Call it 30 mins of stoppage including halftime period. NfL 60 minutes of game with a runtime of 190 minutes of runtime. So around 2 hours of stoppage. In fact all codes actually only have very minimal "Ball in play" minutes. Union around 38, League at 52 and NFL at a paltry 14 minutes. Apologies for the rant, but in the end its fairly difficult to actually get the point across. Side note: back when Seattle and the Boom were on top, theyd hired some Coaches and players from Fiji i think to help with their tackling.

Aren’t all NFL teams now required to sign at least one international player to their practice squad?

Glad to see the expansion of talent

as an Englishman i'm so pleased you've misrepresented a Welshman as an Irishman plus can you explain the new KO rules

His top speed is 24.2mph Tyreek hills is 23.24 👀 obviously put pads and helmet on but if he’s anywhere close to that explosive could be a huge weapon for the chiefs

Brit here ✋, not many rugby players have tried to changeover it’s usually been older guys who are not as accomplished. There’s a lot of good athletes and there’s definitely bigger and quicker guys than LRZ but he’s a good athlete. If he’s successful I’m certain a lot of young rugby players will start entering the IPP program

Bahahaha "a properly jocked white" man I love these guys!

That highlight where he kicked the ball and caught it in stride on a bounce was very impressive. Hope this guy does well in the NFL