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'I wear his boxers' - Louis Rees-Zammit explains Cristiano Ronaldo try celebration
By PA
Wales star Louis Rees-Zammit kept his promise to friends and fellow Manchester United fans with a Cristiano Ronaldo-style celebration against Portugal.
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Rees-Zammit’s second try at the Rugby World Cup was followed by him impersonating Portugal international and former United player Ronaldo’s so-called ‘Siuuu’ move where he jumps and turns in the air, his back to the crowd when landing.
“Ronaldo is my favourite player,” Rees-Zammit said. “I wear his boxers and I dress like him. And I thought ‘why not do his celebration as well’?
“A few of my mates back home wanted me to do it. They are massive football fans, and obviously we don’t play Portugal very often.
“So I said if I scored I would do it for them. But I don’t want to talk about the Man United result (a 3-1 home defeat to Brighton).”
Wales’ attention now turns to a pivotal Pool C clash against Australia in Lyon next weekend.
They headed back to their Versailles training base from the French Riviera on Sunday following successive bonus-point victories over Fiji and Portugal.
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Those results have put them in sight of a fourth successive World Cup quarter-final appearance, with the Wallabies game being followed by Georgia in Nantes 13 days later.
Louis Rees-Zammit doing the iconic Ronaldo celebration in front of Portugal fans after scoring his first try ?
Wonder how Portuguese fans will feel about that one? #RWC2023 | #WALvPOR pic.twitter.com/xwFjoEDPz4
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) September 16, 2023
Rees-Zammit added: “That is 10 points, and we are absolutely buzzing about that.
“It wasn’t our greatest game again, but we know we have got a lot to learn. Going up against Australia we’ve got to step up a gear again.
“When you don’t get perfect wins there is always a lot to improve on. That’s great.
“We need that progress, and we have eight days until the next game, so we will have a good training week and hopefully be ready for Australia.”
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The writer here ignores the fact that, following on from not taking the penalty kick, the All Blacks did manage to score a try a few minutes later. Not directly from the penalty awarded, but it is speculation to say that had they opted to take the koi they would have won. Even if they kicked it, which was no guarantee, they would still be trailing and would have had to start again at half-way.
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