Australia’s Michael Cheika turns shambles into Rugby World Cup threat | Andy Bull

Former Leinster and New South Wales Waratahs coach uses sense of fun to set Wallabies on run of six wins from their last seven matchesIt has been 11 months and 16 days since the Wallabies reached rock bottom. Ewen McKenzie quit as head coach on 18 October last year, 15 months after he first took charge and only six days before the team left for their autumn tour. A year out from the World Cup, Australia were in such a sorry state that, as McKenzie told the press, “the easiest thing for me is to exit stage left”. This on the same day Australia lost to the All Blacks in Brisbane by blowing a 10-…