Former Love Island contestant Jacques O’Neill has been provided a means again into rugby league.
Cumbria have reached out to the Barrow-born former Castleford hooker, who stop the sport earlier this 12 months to participate within the ITV2 actuality present however left after 37 days, citing psychological well being causes.
Castleford nonetheless retain the 23-year-old’s registration however he has been provided the prospect to characterize his county in opposition to Jamaica in a World Cup warm-up match at Workington on October 7.
Cumbria coach Paul Crarey instructed BBC Radio Cumbria: “Jacques is unquestionably a Cumbrian and he can be an choice if he wished to play.
“He would most likely convey folks in to observe and lift the profile of Cumbrian rugby league.”
O’Neill joined the newest sequence of Love Island as a “bombshell” and rapidly coupled up with Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne.
Their relationship turned strained after it was revealed he kissed Cheyanne Kerr whereas Thorne was away in rival villa Casa Amor.
He spent plenty of days making an attempt to win her again earlier than asserting he was leaving the villa as he wanted to “get again to himself”.
Earlier than deciding to depart the present, O’Neill got here near having a bodily argument with new bombshell Adam Collard who wished to pursue Thorne.
Thorne later paired up with Collard and so they completed fifth within the courting sequence.
After leaving the villa, O’Neill spoke about being identified with ADHD and likewise confirmed he had begun remedy.
Nevertheless, he was additionally accused by fellow contestant Remi Lambert of bullying behaviour whereas contained in the villa, and subsequently apologised if his actions had “prompted offence”.