RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
Wallabies ease pressure on coach Michael Cheika
Salta — A halftime shellacking from coach Michael Cheika turned around one of the most remarkable rugby internationals yet on Saturday, but the Australians will need more than words to improve on a disappointing Rugby Championship. Fans were calling for Cheika’s head at halftime in Australia’s Rugby Championship match against Argentina, with the home side 31-7 ahead and the Wallabies looking hapless and destined for a fifth loss in six games that would leave them last in the table. The Australians, however, scored five tries in the second period after Cheika got them back to the dressing room at the break. A silent video showed the angry coach pacing up and down and berating his charges and although he refused to reveal what he said, skipper Michael Hooper perhaps euphemistically acknowledged they were read the riot act. "Yeah, he had some pretty firm words there in the second half," Hooper said. "But … it was the choice of the players to come out in the second half and I’m very pro...
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