With Bernard Foley and Matt Giteau in scintillating form,and the Australian scrum no longer a joke, the Wallabies are genuine World Cup title contendersAustralia came into this World Cup unsure of who their first choice five-eighth was. Michael Cheika trialed both Bernard Foley and Quade Cooper in the lead-up to the tournament with varying degrees of success. Neither staked a strong enough claim to become the obvious selection, and though Cheika seemed to always enjoy a touch more faith in the playmaker who guided his Waratahs to the 2014 Super Rugby title,compared with the high-risk original Zealand-born Queenslander.
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Source: theguardian.com