London — Michael Cheika was remarkably sanguine about Australia’s first loss to Wales in a decade, saying there was no shame in losing a tight test against a good side and suggesting the Wallabies were due a change of luck. Wales had become Australia’s banker on their annual trips to Europe in recent years as they built up a 13-match winning streak against the Principality. Whereas on some of those trips to the Millennium Stadium Australia have come away with a last-gasp win, on Saturday they were on the wrong side of a 9-6 defeat secured by Dan Biggar’s 77th minute penalty. That left the Wallabies, who go on to play Italy and England over the next two weeks, with only three wins from 11 tests this year and set to drop below Scotland again to seventh in the world rankings. “All I can do is improve the guys in the things that we didn’t do well today,” Australia coach Cheika told the post-match news conference. “There wasn’t a lot of them. Wales are a good team, they’re ranked third i...
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