Louis Rees-Zammit shows his true colours as he posts airplane selfie on way to US

The Wales star has quit his rugby career to pursue his dream of making it in American football

He may have left Wales and rugby in a shock move this week but Louis Rees-Zammit is still very much a Gloucester fan.

The Wales winger stunned the rugby world on Tuesday, announcing that he was quitting the sport with immediate effect to pursue his dream of a career in the NFL.

It took everyone by surprise - not least wales coach Warren Gatland, who was only informed of the news an hour before his own Six Nations squad announcement.

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Things have moved quickly for Rees-zammit, who revealed he was only contacted a few days ago about a move to the US.

He jetted off to Miami on Friday, being dropped off at the airport by partner Saffron Barker in an emotional goodbye, but it didn’t take long for Rees-Zammit to continue to show his support for his former Gloucester team-mates, who were in action last night.

Posting a selfie mid-flight, the 22-year-old held up his phone on which he was watching the match and tagged in Ryan Wilson and Matt Banahan, who were pundits at the game in Gloucestershire, who both backed the winger's move Stateside when discussing it pre-match. "Of course I'm watching it on the plane!" he wrote, accompanied it with a laughing and smiling emoji.

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