2. Tom Wood
Interestingly, the Northampton Saints flanker managed to clash with Jones before the pair even met. Nine months after Jones branded the back-rower ‘distinctly average’, he made a shock return to the England fold in 2016.
Wood never let anybody down, but with the 2019 World Cup on the horizon it seemed strange to bring him back into the fold after initially writing him off. It was reported at the time that he was dumped from the squad without a phone call..
