Coach Michael Cheika can be ruthless. Is he planning to cut the umbilical cord with his NSW favourites for the World Cup?
Michael Cheika has promised the Wallabies will have “a few new tricks” up their sleeve for the World Cup in Japan and, intriguingly, said they would “look a little different to what most people may expect”. But what exactly can be expected from a Cheika-coached Australia team?
Since taking over as Wallabies coach at the end of 2014 Cheika has relied heavily on members of the NSW Waratahs team he guided to the Super Rugby title in 2014. Players such as Michael Hooper, Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Sekope Kepu and Bernard Foley have been mainstays when available. And you expect to see them in any of Cheika’s sides.
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