Infotainment Factory: Bizarre 'arts and crafts' solution to star's nasty injury

SAINT-ETIENNE: Tom Hooper said Nick Frost had been channeling MacGyver in his bid to play at the Rugby World Cup and the knockabout Wallabies flanker wasn't wrong.

Lock Frost missed Australia's 35-15 win over Georgia in Paris as he continued to be plagued by a problematic ear that first split open in the Bledisloe Cup loss to New Zealand in Melbourne in July.

Frost, recalled to the second row for Monday's (AEST) massive date with Fiji in Saint-Etienne, shed light on the unusual measures he'd taken in order to make his World Cup debut.

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Nick Frost of the Wallabies with his ear injury at the MCG.

"I've re-opened it a few times. Every time you do contact and hit the side of your head it opens up," Frost told reporters.

Frost has had his ear stitched up three times for an injury that "ripped through the webbing."

"It (ear) doesn't really stay on the side of my head."

Nick Frost during a Wallabies training session.

Frost spent a day in hospital in Darwin during the pre-World Cup camp when the cut became infected.

"I was going to get quick surgery before we left for Darwin to fix it but I decided against it," Frost said.

"Obviously from an infection, it takes more time to heal... when we thought we were pretty good to go, I had an accident at training and reopened it so it was back to square one.

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"It's been a few weeks so it's very annoying but now we're pretty much looking on the right track."

That's partly due to some innovative DIY solutions, with Frost donning waterpolo caps to help protect the injury at training.

"We've had to order a few in and there's a bit of an arts and craft department with me and the physios working and sewing things out.

Nick Frost looks on during a Wallabies training session.

"They've been very supportive and very helpful around that and obviously trying to source a waterpolo cap in the south of France, it was a bit of an issue," Frost said.

The Brumbies giant said he wouldn't wear a waterpolo cap against Fiji and hoped headgear would prevent another setback.

"So far, it's been the best solution we have. Previously, we just had a foam cup over the ear and it was pretty hard to hear so I have the hearing back in one ear," Frost said.

"With the blood issue, it's just like any cut. If it's too bad, you get put in the blood bin but it's more of an annoyance, not too painful just frustrating."