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==Rugby union career==
===Club career===
Rees-Zammit broke into the Gloucester senior team in the 2019–20 season, becoming the club's youngest ever [[Premiership Rugby|Premiership]] player at 18 years and 70 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Louis Rees-Zammit becomes Gloucester Rugby's youngest Premiership player |url=https://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/content/louis-rees-zammit-becomes-gloucester-rugbys-youngest-premiership-player-26466 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Gloucester Rugby |language=en}}</ref> He also became Gloucester's youngest European player,<ref name=bbc>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51ymj4n9jyo| website=bbc.com| title= Louis Rees-Zammit: The Welshman chasing his NFL dream|date=23 August 2024}}</ref> and youngest European try scorer in 2019.{{fact|date=September 2024}} He went on to score two tries against [[Worcester Warriors]] during a 36–3 win in December 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baldock |first=Andrew |date=21 December 2019 |title=Gloucester's teenage sensation Louis Rees-Zammit continues remarkable rise by inspiring win over Worcester |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/gloucester-vs-worcester-result-louis-rees-zammit-try-wales-england-qualified-a9256071.html |access-date=22 December 2019 |website=The Independent}}</ref> and later the same month became the first 18-year-old to score a [[hat-trick]] of tries during a 33–26 loss to [[Northampton Saints|Northampton]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iles |first=Robert |date=2019-12-28 |title=Rees-Zammit set a new Premiership record in Gloucester loss |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/louis-rees-zammit-set-new-3686714 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Gloucestershire Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbandonato |first=Paul |date=2019-12-28 |title=Welsh teen ace grabs hat-trick of tries to give Pivac a nudge |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/welsh-teen-sensation-louis-rees-17483586 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> His performances won him the Premiership Player of the Month Award in December 2019
In the [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby|2021–22 Premiership]] he made his first appearance of the season scoring two tries in the Round 4 victory over [[Sale Sharks|Sale]]. Gloucester managed to make it to the quarter finals of the [[2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup#Quarter-finals|2022 European Challenge Cup]], with Rees-Zammit scoring a try during the loss to fellow English side [[Saracens F.C.]],<ref name=bbc2022/><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/gloucester-vs-saracens/report/102366| website=skysports.com| title= Gloucester 15-44 Saracens: Owen Farrell stars in Challenge Cup quarter-final victory| date=6 May 2022|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Josef |last=Rindl |title=Premiership: Gloucester 33-32 Sale - Cherry and Whites edge thriller over Sharks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/58830568 |website=BBC Sport |date=9 October 2021 |access-date=28 March 2024 }}</ref> and also the semi finals of the [[2021–22 Premiership Rugby Cup]], losing to the Worcester.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/61251799 | website=bbc.com| title= Premiership Rugby Cup: Gloucester 25-39 Worcester Warriors|date=27 April 2022| access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
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