Hiring Cheika first step in rebuilding Wallabies

By Rupert Guinness
Updated October 23 2014 - 12:13am, first published October 22 2014 - 9:11pm
Man of the hour: New Wallabies coach Michael Cheika. Photo: Christopher Pearce
Man of the hour: New Wallabies coach Michael Cheika. Photo: Christopher Pearce

The announcement of Michael Cheika as the new Wallabies coach on Wednesday was the first big step Australian rugby is making to pick itself up from the crisis that has engulfed it in recent weeks and to rebuild for next year's World Cup.