Wallabies class of 2003 know best how Eddie Jones can make a team sing

Eddie Jones with Wallabies players before the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. The coach returned to the role in January this year. Photograph: Nick Laham/Getty Images

Matt Dunning first met Eddie Jones in June of 2003 in a meeting room of the Wallabies’ hotel in Coogee. After three seasons of Super Rugby the then 24-year-old loosehead prop was uncapped by Australia but had been chosen in the Wallabies squad as the Rugby World Cup loomed.

After the pair shook hands and sat down, Jones raised his trademark left eyebrow and dispensed with pleasantries immediately, according to Dunning.