LRZ on how he was told he'd never play for Wales... and his approach by England

LOUIS Rees-Zammit has revealed he was told he would never play for Wales and was approached by Eddie Jones to play for England.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars star appeared as a guest of the latest episode of The Overlap's Stick To Rugby podcast, where he spoke about the period prior to him receiving his first international cap.

Rees-Zammit is going into his second season of American football, and has been in the UK doing work for Jaguars in London ahead of their return there next season.

He also took the opportunity to chat with Tom Shanklin, Katy Daly-McLean and Lawrence Dallaglio about his journey so far.

Rees-Zammit was asked about how he signed for Gloucester's academy from Cardiff Blues (as they were known at the time, now Cardiff Rugby).

The winger explained that having gone through the system at Cardiff Schools and Cardiff Blues under-16s, he came to the realisation he wanted to attend Hartpury College in Gloucester.

However, the former Wales star claimed that Cardiff Blues gave him a stark ultimatum: “If you go across the bridge, you're not allowed to play for Cardiff.”

“I ended up just making the decision to leave Cardiff Blues,” explained Rees-Zammit on Stick to Rugby.

“I went over to Hartpury College, and then within two weeks I had a trial at Gloucester, their academy.

“Before that, when they ended up making the decision to leave Cardiff Blues and go to Hartpury, it was a tough decision, because there is one person that told me that I would never play for Wales.