Michael Cheika hints at 'horses-for-courses' selection policy at Rugby World Cup | Bret Harris

The options for the Wallabies are seemingly limitless, but picking the right combinations is crucialWhen Alan Jones became Wallabies coach in 1984 one of the first things he did was to end the practice of playing two openside flankers in the Australian back row. Jones’ predecessor Bob Dwyer routinely selected two smallish, mobile flankers in Simon Poidevin and Chris Roche, a precursor to the “Pooper” combination of David Pocock and Michael Hooper, but Jones retained Poidevin at openside flanker and replaced Roche with David Codey, a big ball-carrying, lineout jumping blindside flanker. With St…