Michael Cheika's flawed selection process undoes Wallabies | Bret Harris

Australia won the second half against Wales but the decision to flip the halves at the outset backfired Pre-tournament, Michael Cheika said he would adopt a horses-for-courses selection policy at this World Cup, but for the Wallabies’ crunch Pool D game against Wales in Tokyo, he backed the wrong horse. The coach’s master-plan fell apart and perhaps it is time to look at Plan B.Wallabies selectors made four changes to the starting team that beat Fiji 39-21 in their opening game in Sapporo last Sunday, all in the backline. Cheika flipped his halves combination, replacing Nic White and Christian…