Brown is one of two non-disabled players in England’s squad for the Ashes tour; he first took up wheelchair basketball and then rugby league to share a sport on an equal level with his younger brother Harry, who lost both legs to meningitis as a baby.

They were both part of the England team who won the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup in 2008, and were runners-up in 2013 and 2017, before Harry concentrated on basketball, helping Great Britain to Paralympic silver in Paris last year.

Wheelchair rugby league’s international laws allow two of a team’s five players on the court to be non-disabled, and Jack has become an England stalwart.

But he was not playing regularly in Australia because of strict eligibility rules.

“I was training with a lot of the top players over in Australia, but in terms of representation, the eligibility rules are quite strict over there, so it kind of filters down,” he said.

“If you’re not eligible for Australia, you’re not eligible for State of Origin, and it continues on down.”

It meant that throughout his time in Australia, Brown was only playing during trips home to England. And although he helped his country lift the World Cup in 2022, he did not feel it was going to work for 2026. Which meant a move home and giving up the lucrative welding.

“I was just doing a bit of workshop welding to start off with, but the aim was to try and get into the mines over there,” he said.

“It had that team mentality around it, where you’re going through really nasty periods of work and you’re in some really bad places and some dirty places, and you’ve got to get through it together.

“It was a big decision to come back to England, because we had a lot of things over there and I’ve still got a lot of good, close friends over there.

“But I had to be realistic with myself. I was really lucky to be still alongside these players in the England side while I was over there and I think it was selfish of me to think that I could maintain that level with only playing one game a year.”

And for Brown, international success means more than money.

“I’ve set up a couple of businesses with close friends doing driving and maintenance, so I’ve got my finger in a couple of jars but that’s not the important thing at the moment,” he says.

“My only focus at the moment is just making sure I can get to every training on time, get to every game on time and the work will just take care of itself. I can always make more money.”