Michael Cheika hails Wallabies camaraderie as the best he’s seen for World Cup

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Coach is pleased that the scratchy win against Samoa featuring a mostly second-string side has left him with a selection dilemma

Australia's rugby coach Michael Cheika. Picture: PETER PARKS / AFP

The two-time World Cup winners flew to Japan on Sunday after a scratchy 34-15 win against Samoa in Sydney featuring a mostly second-string side. But Cheika was pleased it had left him with a selection dilemma for the Wallabies’ opening game against Fiji on September 21. Only three players from their Bledisloe Cup defeat to New Zealand in August were risked in the starting side on Saturday — Adam Coleman, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and Marika Koroibete.

 

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