Within an hour or so of Louis Rees-Zammit announcing that he was leaving the NFL and returning to rugby, the 24-year-old's Wikipedia page had already been tampered with. Under the 'clubs' section on the website sat the words: 'Dragons - 2025'. Perhaps a little ambitious for the Men of Gwent, but clubs will undoubtedly now be on red alert following the news that Rees-Zammit is parking his dream of cracking America. After 18 months, he's heading back to rugby. Quite where yet, nobody knows. It's understood he's not signed for any particular club yet. But the first question almost certainly asked upon his announcement late on Thursday night ( you can follow live updates here ) was where will he end up? Would Gloucester, having been his home before he headed stateside, be the obvious destination? He is still said to harbour warm feelings for the Cherry and Whites - particularly around how they let him follow his NFL dream. But, on the flipside, he was linked with a move away from Kingsholm before he decided to try American football. France was the supposed destination back then - with big-spending Montpellier and European champions Bordeaux both linked. It's easy to see, with 32 caps to his name and no issue with playing anywhere, that a French club could be a tempting prospect. Finding any deal this late in the day could be a complication - with clubs having likely mapped out how they are using most of their budget for the next season already. That could certainly be a factor for Gallagher Prem clubs in England, although Newcastle's new influx of cash from Red Bull could give them a boost - even if the suggestion was when they were first sniffing around Kingston Park that little would change initially, before Red Bull athletes like Jack Nowell were targeted later down the line. One thing that seems unlikely, given the state of flux the domestic game is in with a consultation over the number of clubs currently underway, is that Rees-Zammit will be plying his trade in Wales when he returns. Don't rule out the R360 league too, if it ever gets off the ground. Rees-Zammit would likely have always been a target to lure back to rugby - just as the rebel league is also reportedly chasing rugby league stars Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Kalyn Ponga. The next question is probably why now? In the US, this already isn't seen as too much of a shock. Beat reporters out in the states have already expressed a lack of surprise on the announcement, other than the timing. Recently, Rees-Zammit did tell TalkSport that he likely had another year or two left to give the NFL a crack before returning to rugby. In the end though, he's returned to his first sport earlier than expected. His preparations for the upcoming NFL season had been hindered, having been sidelined in the last few training camp practices with a lower back injury. That might have been an influence. If Rees-Zammit felt he couldn't give the best possible account of himself in terms of making the Jaguars' roster for this season, it makes sense not to lose any more time in terms of his second stint in rugby. No one can argue with how the former Gloucester wing has thrown himself into this American dream, but the odds were always stacked firmly against him. He was, effectively, learning a sport in his early 20s and competing against the very best - who have been playing the game since they were kids - for a limited number of spaces. There's no shame in falling short. Like Christian Wade before him, Rees-Zammit would almost certainly have held more regrets if he hadn't tried. Speaking of Wade, the former England wing - now in yet another sport playing rugby league with Wigan Warriors - could give some insight into another burning question. What sort of rugby player will this experience have made Rees-Zammit? It's difficult to know for sure, with Rees-Zammit's last rugby match being over 500 days ago. The intensity with which he will have trained for the NFL, be it on the pitch skills or off-field playbook work, will stand him in good stead. Wade had something similar when he returned to rugby after his own stint with the Buffalo Bills. "I think I have matured in a different way," said Wade last year. "Different experiences, some stuff that's really solidified the mindset I had already. "But I wasn't really able to nurture that in this environment. So going over there, I was able to expand it a little bit more and add to it as well." Finally, what will this mean for Welsh rugby? Well, first things first, it's a boost for Steve Tandy. Regardless of where Rees-Zammit ends up or when he's back playing, the new Wales coach will have a player at his disposal that he likely wouldn't have planned for when accepting the job. Since Rees-Zammit left Welsh rugby, the national team has won just one Test match. Obviously, there's more reasons for that than just one player going, but after losing a number of key individuals, having one back is no bad thing. Whether Rees-Zammit was ready to become as big a figure as he might have been post-2023 World Cup, without a host of senior figures, is irrelevant now. But it might not have been a bad thing that he went elsewhere and experienced being a smaller fish in a bigger, far more intense pond. That said, it'll still be a shock to the system - coming back from being seen, locally, as a bit of a novelty story in the states to the main figure in Welsh rugby again. Commercially, those within the Welsh Rugby Union will likely be rubbing their hands with glee. As Wayne Pivac noted this morning, few bring in the crowds like Rees-Zammit. Given the lack of interest in the national team in recent years, expect to see Rees-Zammit's face front and centre very soon ahead of the autumn campaign.