Jack Willis was picked by England at breakfast and made redundant by Wasps at lunch.
Told he was a part of an elite 36-man squad given first dibs at booking a World Cup place - then informed he was on the list of the condemned.
The 25-year old has endured two horror knee injuries - one that caused his anguished cry to echo around an empty Twickenham during a lockdown Test. But nothing hurt quite like seeing one of rugby’s greatest names wiped off the sporting map and being one of 167 players and staff made redundant.
