Australia coach Michael Cheika may be set to end the Kurtley Beale flyhalf experiment and restore Bernard Foley to the No10 shirt for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with rejuvenated SA.Having started the tournament at inside centre, Beale replaced Foley as starting flyhalf for the tight win over the Springboks in Brisbane and remained in the pivotal position for the demoralising loss against Argentina at Gold Coast.While the promoted Matt Toomua impressed at inside centre, Beale was unconvincing in both matches, prompting local media to demand Foley take back the reins for Saturday’s match in Port Elizabeth.With the Wallabies under fire after slipping to seventh in the world rankings, the coach said in the city he was ready to play "any combination"."It’s a matter of whether we want to build on the last two games [and] give those guys another opportunity," he said."Or do we throw Bernard back in there? I have a pretty solid idea of what I want to do but we will have to let it u...
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