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Louis Rees-Zammit is causing a meltdown on TikTok as young ladies 'simp' over Wales' new heart-throb
By Sam Smith
Wales new star Louis Rees-Zammit is creating waves in all sorts of places after a starring two try performance over Scotland in round two of the Six Nations.
His starring role came after scoring in the win over Ireland last week, with now three tries in in his first two Six Nations appearances this year.
His popularity is skyrocketing across multiple demographics, the most startling of which is with young females on Twitter & TikTok who have become enamoured with the 20-year-old star.
Rees-Zammit is becoming a figurehead for Generation Z, who owns an account on the popular Chinese music sharing app where fellow female TikTokers were falling over themselves upon finding it.
The Welsh wing's account was swamped with comments from swooning ladies ready to make 'LRZ' the poster boy of Welsh rugby.
Many commented they are 'simping' him, a term which means to 'perform excessive sympathy and attention toward another person'.
They were clammering to tag their friends after finding his account, and let Rees-Zammit himself know of their availability for Valentine's day.
One fan wrote "I'm free on 14th feb btw, like not one plan at all x x x x' another wrote 'get me to Cardiff Uni now', 'he's finally got TikTok omg'.
The account was inundated with hundreds of comments of a similar vein.
Some TikTokers proclaimed their 'FYP' is all about him, the 'for your page' home section of videos that the algorithm self-selects for each individual based on previous viewings.
TikTok wasn't the only platform in a flutter, with plenty on Twitter making it known that Rees-Zammit is now the hottest property in the game.
One fan wrote 'I love my boyfriend but louis rees zammit xxx' and there were more accounts trying to reach Louis in time for Valentine's Day.
With rugby needing to engage with a younger audience, Louis Rees-Zammit's new found stardom with a relatively untapped demographic could be a door opener for rugby.
Wales and the Six Nations will hopefully capitalise on this new audience and break a new frontier into the world of TikTok.
A Louis Rees-Zammit poster could be on the wall of every teenage bedroom by the end of this year's Six Nations if LRZ-mania continues, while the 20-year-old may need to hire admin help for his TikTok to manage all the replies.
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No he's just limited in what he can do. Like Scott Robertson. And Eddie Jones.
Sometimes it doesn't work out so you have to go looking for another national coach who supports his country and believes in what he is doing. Like NZ replacing Ian Foster. And South Africa bringing Erasmus back in to over see Neinbar.
This is the real world. Not the fantasy oh you don't need passion for your country for international rugby. Ask a kiwi, or a south african or a frenchman.
Go to commentsDont complain too much or start jumping to conclusions.
Here in NZ commentators have been blabbing that our bottom pathway competition the NPC (provincial teams only like Taranaki, Wellington etc)is not fit for purpose ie supplying players to Super rugby level then they started blabbing that our Super Rugby comp (combined provincial unions making up, Crusaders, Hurricanes, etc) wasn't good enough without the South African teams and for the style SA and the northern powers play at test level.
Here is what I reckon, Our comps are good enough for how WE want to play rugby not how Ireland, SA, England etc play. Our comps are high tempo, more rucks, mauls, running plays, kicks in play, returns, in a game than most YES alot of repetition but that builds attacking skillsets and mindsets. I don't want to see world teams all play the same they all have their own identity and style as do England (we were scared with all this kind of talk when they came here) World powerhouse for a reason, losses this year have been by the tiniest of margins and could have gone either way in alot of games. Built around forward power and blitz defence they have got a great attack Wingers are chosen for their Xfactor now not can they chase up and unders all day. Stick to your guns its not far off
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