Chieka plays down Folau injury
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Chieka plays down Folau injury
Australia boss Michael Cheika isn’t too worried about the fitness of Israel Folau despite his star full-back coming off against New Zealand with a possible injury.
Folau had been a late fitness call before the semi-final and will have a major role to play on Saturday against New Zealand.
"He pulled up pretty good," said the Wallaby coach.
"He was always going to tire a bit toward the end because of his injury.
"He actually got caught under a tackle. We were taking him off because we felt 65 (minutes) was about his duration with that ankle injury, just the fatigue of it. The way the game was going – they were manoeuvring us around the back field a bit.
"We didn't want him limping around and as it worked out it was the right time because he was caught under that tackle.”
Folau had been a late fitness call before the semi-final and will have a major role to play on Saturday against New Zealand.
"He pulled up pretty good," said the Wallaby coach.
"He was always going to tire a bit toward the end because of his injury.
"He actually got caught under a tackle. We were taking him off because we felt 65 (minutes) was about his duration with that ankle injury, just the fatigue of it. The way the game was going – they were manoeuvring us around the back field a bit.
"We didn't want him limping around and as it worked out it was the right time because he was caught under that tackle.”
