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Hello, hope you're enjoying this podcast. Before we get back into it, here's another BBC

Sound series you might like. It's called Golden Boy, Lewis Re-Sammer. It starts with a global

rugby star leaving the game to chase an NFL dream, But this story becomes something much, much bigger.

It's a look at celebrity in modern sport,

the pull of America and what Lewis Rees-Zammis decision

says about Wales and rugby right now.

Here's a quick tease for you.

There was a time when proud Welsh people finished the hard day's work,

pulled on their boots and ran through walls for their village.

They were local heroes.

You could still chat to them down the pub.

But this is 2026. Gen Z, they don't pub. Life is online and our beloved sport

struggles to get to grips with this new age. There is though one man who was made for this moment.

Louis-Savittamed! Oh yes!

He's 25, scarily fast, a social media sensation.

He's not just a golden boy.

He could have been Welsh Rugby's golden goose.

Then he quit the game to chase a very different kind of egg.

The Wales winger Lewis Riff-Sammitt is leaving rugby union with immediate effect to play American football in the United States.

Yes, the Golden Boy was gone until the prodigal son returned.

And what the time to come back.

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