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Wales Online
18 minutes ago
- Wales Online
Today's rugby news as clubs circle around Wales star and Louis Rees-Zammit starts to 'feel pain'
Today's rugby news as clubs circle around Wales star and Louis Rees-Zammit starts to 'feel pain' The latest rugby headlines from Wales and around the world Tomos Williams of the British & Irish Lions (Image: Getty Images) Here are the latest rugby headlines on Saturday, August 16. Clubs circle for Wales star's signature English and French teams have already started to "sniff" around Tomos Williams as the Wales star goes into the last year of his contract with Gloucester. The report from RugbyPass says PREM Rugby and Top 14 sides are interested in acquiring his services. Williams has been one of the standout performers in northern hemisphere rugby since he joined Gloucester last season. The scrum-half went on to earn the Premiership Player of the Season award after a string of highly impressive outings in Cherry and White. Williams was also included in the British and Irish Lions squad for their tour of Australia but suffered a hamstring injury in the warm-up games, ending his time Down Under. The Welshman had been backed to challenge Jamison Gibson-Park for the starting nine jersey in the Tests, but never got his opportunity. Article continues below This season at Kingsholm he will be partnered with former Leinster fly-half Ross Byrne in the half-backs. Last season, he played alongside Wales teammate Gareth Anscombe, who is now with Bayonne in the Top 14. Rees-Zammit to 'feel pain' as he jets off Louis Rees-Zammit has been warned he will feel some pain over the next few weeks as he re-acclimatises to rugby. The Welshman has jetted off to Guernsey to meet his teammates on a pre-season training camp after completing his move to the English giants and knows he must get his fitness levels back up to standard after 18-months of very different training in the NFL. The 24-year-old has admitted American football training was nowhere near the aerobic intensity of rugby, with the focus on explosive short bursts and learning playbooks rather than conditioning for 80 minutes of constant action. 'He's going to feel a little bit of pain over the next couple of weeks and that's what he's signed up for,' Lam told the Telegraph, ahead of some brutal running sessions to fine tune his rugby fitness. 'But we're not taking an NFL player. We're taking a world-class rugby player who has learned a lot from NFL about what he can do with his body. When we transfer him back, I think he'll be an even better rugby player.' On Friday afternoon, the former American football player posted an image of a plane with the Guernsey flag emoji attached. The Welshman signed for Bristol Bears in the PREM on Thursday, and as part of their pre-season campaign, the squad and coaches are at Guernsey Rugby Academy in the Channel Islands. "This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for our young players," said David McGall, vice chair of the Guernsey Rugby Academy. "The Academy has been fortunate to have individual former professionals both share knowledge and run training sessions with groups of players, but the island has never hosted an entire squad including coaches, so we are extremely lucky that the Bears have agreed to spend time running a session with the players. It's an experience they will never have again, and we are all looking forward to it." "The club's links with Guernsey are well-known but this is the first time that we have had the opportunity to come across and enjoy a weekend off before the start of what will be a busy season," said Bears team manager, Jack Targett "To spend time with youngsters is something the team does regularly in Bristol through the Bears Community Foundation, so we're delighted to be meeting the players from the Guernsey Rugby Academy and building a relationship with them." Siya Kolisi admission Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has admitted he stays away from social media because criticism from fans and pundits affects him badly. The legendary skipper, who lines up at number eight against Australia on Saturday in the opening match of the Rugby Championship, says he advises team-mates to focus only on the opinions of those closest to them. "I try and stay away from social media because sometimes I am not strong enough to take the criticism,' he said. 'Sometimes it does affect me, so I try not to read it. It is either very good or very bad, with little in between. The most important voices that I listen to are my coach, my coaching staff. 'You can be looking for something else [online], and you come across somebody saying you are not good enough. And it has affected me quite a lot in the past,' he said honestly. 'So I try to stay away from it and look at facts. I watch the games and study my opposition – that works a whole lot more for me. 'People can say that a certain player is not good enough or ready, and then on the day that player shows up. 'I look at what the opposition has done in the past. That helps me focus and get me ready for the game because I know what he is about to do. I watch clips over and over, which gives me the idea that he might do that again. 'I try and tell the up-and-coming guys that we have to focus on the people who matter, people who coach you. 'I'm not saying they shouldn't listen to the media, because the media helps us with our stories and helps us get known. Article continues below 'When you do well, your stories are told, and when you are doing badly, they are also being told. 'But for us, it's all about rugby. 'I actually don't have time to read everything because the amount of clips that we have to study is so much that I can't add another layer.'
Scotsman
an hour ago
- Scotsman
Edinburgh Monarchs blast Workington Comets into oblivion
Kye Thomson (red) and Jordy Loftus (blue) show the way around Armadale. Picture: Jack Cupido The Edinburgh Monarchs have one wheel in the Championship play-offs after a comprehensive 55-35 victory over the Workington Comets. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Capital side will all but confirm their spot later today should they emerge victorious in Cumbria in the return fixture at the GT Tyres Arena. However, picking up the aggregate bonus point on their travels could also be enough to secure a top-four finish. Either way, the Monarchs are in a very handsome position ending into the final weeks of the 2025 season. Reigning champions the Poole Pirates and arch-rivals the Glasgow Tigers have already secured their berths. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Victory over the Comets was the perfect response to Wednesday's heavy KO Cup defeat to Glasgow at Ashfield. The hosts scored well throughout with Kye Thomson and Justin Sedgmen both amassing 11, while Victor Palovaara, who returned following a spell on the sidelines with pneumonia, was well worth his nine points. However, 16-year-old Australian Jordy Loftus stole the headlines with an impressive four, paid six, from his four outings, earning him the Monarch-of the-match accolade. The Comets showed little resistance with Troy Batchelor and Jacob Hook scoring 28 points between them. Jye Etheridge also withdrew after coming to grief in his first race citing a leg injury. It's unlikely he will be fit to race this evening so the home side may elect to operate rider replacement. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Teenager Loftus said afterwards: "I'm really happy to be voted. I hope this is the first of many (Monarch-of-the match) and a big thanks to the crowd for voting and coming out to support us. It's great to have you all here supporting the club and the team. I didn't expect to get the award so it was a big surprise." Team-mate Sedgmen added: "All the boys did their bit which is nice. 20 points is great to take down there so it's ours to lose. We want to hit them hard from the start. The team we've got, we're all good. It's nice to rock up when everyone's there too. When we're all together it's very beneficial. Everyone is really enjoying riding for Edinburgh and it's a great club to ride for."
BBC News
14 hours ago
- BBC News
Easingwold athlete 'competing for my organ donor'
When Louise Prashad was diagnosed with a rare pregnancy-related condition, there was only a small chance she would years later, she will represent Team GB on the athletics world stage after receiving a successful organ transplant. Louise, from Easingwold in North Yorkshire, is due to compete at the World Transplant Games in Germany next week, where she is aiming for a gold medal in shot 32-year-old said: "I want to show my donor's family that it wasn't all in vain." At just 22 years old and 37 weeks pregnant with twins, her liver went into was then placed into an induced coma at St James's Hospital in Leeds."I woke up to the knowledge that my son and daughter had passed away at full term and that I'd had an organ transplant," Louise said."I really struggled with the grief but knowing that I had somebody else's organ and somebody else's life, really spurred me on to want to live every day like it's the last." Ten years on, Louise has married, graduated with a law degree and has two children."I think if I hadn't had the transplant I'd really have struggled to get out of the dark hole that I was in," she admitted."I'm living for more than me, I'm living for my donor and her family who I met this year, I'm living for the children I've had since and I really want to make the world proud and showcase what can be achieved."The organ recipient has spent almost 10 years conquering ultramarathons, raising more than £350,000 for liver-related charities and giving more than 600 talks about organ donation. Despite not always being sporty, Louise also began training in track and field. For the past three years, she has competed in the British Transplant Games in events such as shot put, javelin, discus, long jump and ball throw, picking up several gold medals. However, it will be the athlete's first time going to the World Transplant Games. "Shot put is my main focus for the World Games, hoping to bring back a gold," she said."It is very competitive, there are some amazing throwers from all different countries this year but I'm quietly confident. "I've been training with my coach Paul Wilson for well over a year now and I hit a PB this weekend."Louise said she owed her success to the woman who donated her liver and whose family she has since met. "I walked into a room and we just hugged and had an instant connection. I felt like I was meeting part of a long-lost family," she said."My donor saved nine people and her husband saved nine people, that's 18 people's lives that wouldn't have carried on without organ donation."She was only 52 years old and I feel a duty to keep on living for her because she gave this gift of life in her final hours. I feel like I need to honour that."Despite there being an opt-out system for organ donation, Louise said it was still important to discuss wishes with family."Your family has the final say so you need to have that conversation to leave your family sure about your decision otherwise your organs may not be donated," she added. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
