Once bitten, twice shy: Jones remains wary of Wilkinson

EDDIE JONES claims Jonny Wilkinson is not the player he was in 2003 – but the former Australia coach knows the England star is still capable of again booting his country to World Cup glory.

Jones, who coached the Wallabies side that was sunk by a Wilkinson-inspired England in the final four years ago, was drafted in by South Africa as a specialist advisor for this World Cup.

Wilkinson will clearly be the danger man again for the defending champions in this weekend’s final against the Springboks, and the 47-year-old Jones is in a good position to assess the relative merits of the fly-half compared to 2003.