Love Island bombshell Jacques O'Neill entered the villa on Sunday night.
Gemma Owen's ex, he is also a professional rugby league player. Single Islanders Afia and Paige received a text inviting them to the garden for a date with new arrival Jacques.
Paige was first to head out on a date with Jacques as the other girls look on from the terrace. Gemma gasped: “Oh my god, no, that's my ex boyfriend.” Afia asked Gemma: “How long were you with him for?” Gemma replied: “Eight months.” When asked when they broke up she added: “A year and a half ago.”
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Asked why he was single in an interview released by the show, Jacques who underwent surgery for a hamstring injury, said: “I split up with my ex and then I was seeing someone else. I was concentrating so much on my rugby and then I had that injury. I think it needs to be the right person, at the right time.”
The 23-year-old quit the Castleford Tigers Rugby club to enter the Love Island villa. Castleford have first option to re-sign O'Neill if he decides to resume his rugby league career after his reality TV venture.
Jacques has clearly been into rugby for most of his life, with a throwback photo on Instagram showing his love of the game when he was just 17 years old. Jacques is unrecognisable in the snap, in which he looks very baby-faced.
Captioning the post, from January 2016, he said: "Toughest game I've ever played in last night against @OfficialBullsRL, unbelievable experience making my debut last week against York then playing last night against Bradford, loved it!! Will never forget it, massive respect to my mum who has never missed a game since I started playing at 5 years old much love x"
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and the ITV Hub
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