Jack Willis' intention to record a documentary on his rehabilitation from a major knee injury has been welcomed by his club boss.
The England flanker suffered the setback shortly after scoring a try against Italy in the Six Nations and is awaiting surgery before learning how long he is likely to be on the sidelines.
Scan results confirmed the 24-year-old hadn't ruptured his ACL but damage to other ligaments and cartilage will lead to a long period out of action.
The 2019/20 Gallagher Premiership player of the season has been down the rehabilitation road before having suffered an ACL rupture to his right knee in 2018, as well as fracturing his left ankle.
Aside from a brief return that lasted 168 minutes across three games in early 2019 before his ankle issue resurfaced, Willis missed the best part of 16 months of action - ruling him out of England's tour to South Africa in 2018 as well as the Six Nations and the Rugby World Cup the following year.
Faced with another gruelling recovery period, Willis reached out to his Instagram following of more than 23,000 people as to whether they would be interested in him recording a documentary of the process.
He was met with an almost unanimous vote of approval and he also asked for suggestions as to what to call the project.
Get some onions!
Wasps head coach Lee Blackett, who has been at the club throughout Willis' time within the senior ranks, believes it is a project that will be beneficial for the player.
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"I think at this moment in time it gives him something to do and a real goal," he said. "I think it's a great thing for Jack to do.
"When he spoke to me about the idea, I said I think it's a great idea. I think it would be a good watch as well. If everything goes well he's going to have to fake some things to make some drama in it! Get some onions and start crying and get emotional about something and make some setback up! Hopefully he doesn't have any!"
Willis, whose younger brother Tom is also a professional player at Wasps, has used time spent out of the sport due to injuries and Covid-19 enforced breaks to gain plumbing qualifications as well as set up his own property finance and search agency business, RockCap, with retired ex-Wasp, Alex Lundberg.
Real world
"I think it's really good for, especially these long-termers [injuries], to have something outside of rugby," added Blackett.
"It can really be a tough place. It's not just rugby players, it's everyone in the country isn't it with Covid and how tough things are getting. We're in a lucky position that we have something.
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"For me, my life hasn't changed much, I never went out much anyway! My life is normal, I am not feeling it too much, but other people like that have things like that outside of rugby where can they go.
"It's tough isn't it at the moment when he's got that injury and outside of rugby you can't do anything at the moment. That's the real world, that's where a lot of people are at the moment."
To follow Jack's progress as well as gain updates on the documentary, you can follow him on Instagram by clicking here.