The expectations of some verbal fireworks from the Japan coach ahead of a clash with the Wallabies were high. It didn’t turn out that way.

Knowing Eddie Jones will be taking full advantage of a well-timed heatwave, the Wallabies began preparing for it last week in Sydney.

Max Jorgensen is coming up against Eddie Jones for the first time in Australian colours, three years after the ex-Wallabies coach called him up as an 18-year-old.