Cheika and Wallabies go to war with Cup chiefs

Michael Cheika picked a fight with the World Cup organisers yesterday over their banning of Reece Hodge, adamant that Australia had been singled out for special treatment.

In an extraordinary outburst on the contentious high tackle issue, the Wallabies’ former Leinster head coach claimed that Hodge’s three-week suspension put his squad under a siege mentality ahead of tomorrow’s probable pool decider against Wales.