Michael Cheika has admitted that he will continue to allow players opportunities ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan this September.
Cheika’s Wallabies only have four more games before the tournament, where they open up against a high-flying Fijian side however the head coach is willing to continue switching things up to find the perfect combination.
“We want to have a look around … we’ve got a bit of a plan we want to follow on selections and what the strategy is (before the World Cup). It’s only logical now that we would use this opportunity to give everyone a chance to play footy. When it all boils down to it, the view is to go out and perform on Saturday night and win the Test match,” he said.
Ahead of the Wallabies clash with Argentina this Saturday Cheika has made five changes to the side that lost 37-15 to South Africa last weekend.
There are returns for the likes Kurtley Beale, Marika Koroibete and Will Genia, while Christian Lealiifano makes his first start for the men in gold for three years, and James O’Connor is set to make his first international appearance for six years from the bench.
Cheika believes that his side need to be more clinical when attacking and will be hoping that his changes to the back-line will be able to turn dominance into points on Saturday.
“Making opportunities isn’t good enough, taking them is what it’s about. We’ve just got to understand the momentum of the game, when we’ve got the flow and it’s happening to have a real go at it … show our hand. But when momentum might be against us, maybe that’s the bit we need to understand to be better at. That’s probably the thing we need to work on the most … and translate those opportunities into points,” he added.
The Wallabies are in desperate need of a morale boosting win heading into the World Cup and will be hoping to come out on top as they host a Pumas side currently on a six-game losing streak.
