Love Island 2022: Rugby league star Jacques O'Neill set to appear on ITV's summer show

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Super League rugby star Jacques O'Neill is planning to take a break from his sport and enter the famous Love Island villa fior its hotly-anticipated summer series.

Jacques, 23, a Castleford Tigers player, has been lined up by ITV to be a potential contestant on the most famous dating show in the UK next month, Yorkshire Live reports. Love Island participants are known to make a living as Instagram and YouTube influencers after their debut on the show, so his career path could take a very different turn.

Due to a serious injury, O'Neill had to undergo major hamstring surgery which has hampered his Super League career over the past 12 months. If selected as a contestant to appear on the show, he will try to make connections with fellow housemates and ultimately fall in love.

The ITV show has the nation on hooks every year, with millions of viewers around the world tuning in. The 23-year-old rugby player will not be the first sportsman to put their