Eddie Jones planning position switch for recalled Jack Nowell

Nowell, who quit alcohol for good in a bid to earn a recall, has been in stellar from for Exeter Chiefs in 2022.

Reports suggest that with Manu Tuilagi ruled out, the England boss wants to try the 28-year-old out in the centre during their training camp.

“Jack definitely looks more like a rugby player and less like a bodybuilder,” said Jones when quizzed on the Cornishman's recall.

“As you get older, you have to train differently. For our experienced players, that’s the challenge they have had.

"Sometimes habits of young players don’t suit you as you get older and Jack has made a really good adjustment. He’s got the bounce back in his step. 

Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby, Nowell revealed he'd be interested in changing position: “I would like to change position one day as I get older.’

The winger, who has played a little bit at outside-centre, added: “Some wingers nowadays are so quick you know,.

“I’ll always back myself to do a job, but obviously the bigger and older you get I’d be really keen to give centre another good go.”

The England and Exeter Chiefs winger is the co-owner of The Swordfish Inn back in his hometown of Cornwall. Sitting on the harbourfront, the pub has been a favourite of local fishermen, artists and visitors alike for as long as anyone cares to remember and is well-known for its rugged charm and atmosphere.

“I remember being down there as a kid with my dad and I just remember it being so rammed and seeing everyone like a family,” says Nowell.

“When I got old enough and started drinking, it got a bit quiet and fizzled out a bit, and I was then in a position where I could afford to buy it, so me and Mark and Nick George bought it together. They’re two guys that run pubs down in Cornwall and they’re very, very good at what they do, so I mentioned (my plans) to them one day and they were really keen to do it with me. I’m trying to build it slowly into what it used to be like.”

He is also a director of .

When Nowell was called up for the British and Irish Lions in 2017, he became the first player to be called up from the Exeter Chiefs. He went onto win two caps for tourists as they recorded a memorable one-one draw wit hthe All Blacks.

The tattooed England winger became hooked on building Lego as he missed all four autumn internationals with a thumb injury and torn quad muscle. If you follow him on Instagram you'll know he also enjoys a jigsaw.

"When I start a piece of Lego, I feel like I’ve got to finish it,” he says. "That’s probably one of the downsides to it!

"I’ve known Zoe since I was 14 when she came down to Cornwall from Essex,” Nowell says of his partner, Zoe, a spa therapist.

“We were friends but never really got together properly until I was about 20-21 years old. I went back down to Cornwall to see my family and happened to bump into her. We had a good catch-up and we now have a kid and a house, so it’s pretty weird!”

So what is the key to their successful relationship? “She doesn’t have a clue about rugby, which is very nice and very important to me. She obviously shows a little bit of interest and she tries to learn a few things.

“But the last thing I want to do is come home and her ask how the training’s going and what moves are we running and stuff. Her not knowing rugby suits my lifestyle very well.

“She knows what it’s like to grow up down in Cornwall and we both enjoy going back home and spending time on the beaches and things like that. What was important to me was that she knew me before I was a rugby player and what I was like when I was younger.”

“I had a lot of energy as a kid and my parents asked me to go down (to the club),” he says.

"But I was very nervous; nervous about not enjoying it. I was also very shy – you may not believe that. But I got to know some of the boys, became mates with them and probably after months of perseverance with my mum and dad taking me down there, I finally enjoyed it and found a love for it. I haven’t looked back since, to be honest.”

His trawlerman father Michael also provided an added incentive to maintain his son’s interest in the game: he gave him the “golden carrot” of £1 for every try he scored. “It's quite nice when you’re four or five years old and you’re getting £5 off your dad!"